Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center that grew from a single physician's practice into one of the largest group medical practices in the world. William Worrall Mayo opened a private practice in Rochester, Minnesota on January 27, 1864; his sons William James and Charles Horace Mayo joined after completing medical school, and following the devastating 1883 Rochester tornado the Mayo physicians partnered with the Sisters of Saint Francis, who funded and staffed a hospital, to open Saint Mary's Hospital on September 30, 1889, the direct institutional ancestor of the modern clinic. The practice moved toward multi-specialty group medicine in the 1890s, a model widely copied elsewhere. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Founding YearDated to William Worrall Mayo opening his Rochester, Minnesota practice on January 27, 1864; Saint Mary's Hospital, the direct institutional ancestor of the modern clinic, opened September 30, 1889 in partnership with the Sisters of Saint Francis. Founding DateTraces to William Worrall Mayo settling in Rochester and opening the sole proprietorship medical practice that evolved, under his sons Will and Charlie Mayo and their practice partners, into Mayo Clinic. Connections
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Mayo Clinic's founding physicians William James and Charles Horace Mayo built the practice's early reputation on surgical outcomes and pioneered group-practice surgical case review.
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William Worrall Mayo settled his family in Rochester in 1864 and opened a sole proprietorship medical practice that evolved under his sons, Will and Charlie Mayo, along with practice partners Stinchfield, Graham, Plummer, Millet, Judd, and Balfour, into Mayo Clinic.
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Mayo Clinic ( MAY-oh) is a private American academic medical center focused on integrated healthcare, education, and research.
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