Stephen Hauser, M.D., one of the Course Directors for the Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology & Hepatology Board Review Course, discusses this year's course, being held September 6-9, 2012 at the Westin Chicago River North in Chicago, IL.
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Dr. Julie Heimbach elaborates on her manuscript, "Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation, followed by Liver Transplantation, for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma at 12 US Centers."
Minnesota Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ed Ehlinger, Mayo pediatrician, Dr. Robert Jacobson, and a Minnesota parent talked to media during National Infant Immunization Week (April 21-28, 2012) to express the importance of infant immunization.
Several participants of the Social Media Residency in Arizona, put on by the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, took time to share a couple thoughts after this 1.5 day intensive experience.
Dr. Cliff Jack recently received two major awards, one for his achievements in helping to advance MRI and for his work with Alzheimer's. Here he talks about the state of Alzheimer's imaging today.
In a video originally posted on www.theheart.org, Robert D. Simari, M.D., Vice Chair of Mayo Clinic's Department of Cardiovascular Diseases discusses this year's American College of Cardiology Meeting (ACC) and how to transfer the wealth of information learned at national meetings into knowledge that can be applied to clinical practice.
Weight Loss Surgery -- America's curiosity about it has expanded with our waistlines. However, even with obesity at epidemic proportions, it's a drastic decision that patients and their doctors have to weigh very carefully. Here's Dennis Douda for Mayo Clinic's Medical Edge.
Mayo Clinic researchers have been studying the physiology of a team of North Face/National Geographic climbers on Mount Everest (April-Mayo 2012 expedition). Much of the data is being collected by monitoring devices worn by these athletes. Joel Streed of the Mayo Clinic News Network asked climber Sam Elias how it felt to be the subject of scientific tests.
Mayo Clinic researchers have been studying the physiology of a team of North Face/National Geographic climbers on Mount Everest (April-Mayo 2012 expedition). Much of the data is being collected by monitoring devices worn by these athletes. Joel Streed of the Mayo Clinic News Network asked climber Emily Harrington what she thought of the research at base camp.
Todd H. Baron, Sr., M.D., outlines his presentations for DDW 2012. Topics include palliative and preoperative colonic stenting, endoscopic management of biliary and duodenal obstruction, and the role of therapeutic endoscopy in eosinophilic esophagitis (EOE). View video on YouTube.
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