Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell is an award-winning medical expert who currently serves as the Joseph Butenas Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Dean Emeritus for Medical Education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Mitchell has chaired the North American Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME) and has led accreditation visits to over 20 other Medical Schools. He tells the story of the founding of the Mayo Clinic, which pioneered many hallmarks of modern health care.
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Group Portrait at Mayo Clinic. Wellcome Collection. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
Mayo Clinic OR. Charles Sattgast. 1948. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
Portrait of William Worrell Mayo and his sons: Charles Mayo (right) and William James Mayo (left). Wellcome Collection. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en



Whenever I am looking for reliable, easy-to-follow medical advice, I always turn to the Mayo Clinic’s website. I know it will be well-researched and up-to-date. What a wonderful 250 to 250 today that highlights these pioneers in medicine! Oh, Boy! Do we ever need medical professionals like them today!
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