Mayo Clinic Buildings - Rochester MN
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Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group based in Rochester, Minnesota. It is the first and largest integrated nonprofit medical group practice in the world.
Waymark Code: WMMFD9
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2014
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IN 1864 Dr William Worrall Mayo, settled in Rochester, MN and opened a medical practice that evolved into the Mayo Clinic, under his sons. The sons, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo joined their father in his practice, who went on to form the Mayo Clinic.
The founders of Mayo Clinic are the Mayo brothers Will and Charlie, Dr. Stinchfield, Dr. Graham, Dr. Henry Plummer, Dr. Millet, Dr. Judd, and Dr. Balfour. These early founders and partners shared in the profits of the private group practice, while other staff hired by the partners were salaried. W.W. Mayo died in 1911, but the group practice continued strong with an ever increasing presence nationally as a cutting edge center. In 1919, the founders, with the exception of Dr. Graham, created the Mayo Properties Association, and their private practice became a not-for-profit entity. The founders gave the Clinic properties and furnishings to this newly formed association. The integrated practice model developed primarily by Dr. Plummer, created a foundation for what would grow into the Mayo Clinic.
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A personal note:
I visited the Mayo Clinic and was able to take a guided tour of the facility. I never understood until that tour how big the Clinic was and how extensive the medical facility was. Truly a great institution