Mayo Clinic history

Doctor W.W. Mayo decided he liked the town and moved his family to Rochester in 1864.

By 1870, Rochester was a city with a population of over 3,900 residents.

He received his M.D. degree in 1883 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and then engaged at Rochester in the private practice of medicine and surgery with his father and later with his younger brother Charles Horace Mayo.

Mayo's first health sciences professional, Edith Graham Mayo, was trained as a nurse anesthetist in 1889.

As late as 1890, there were only three hospitals in Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.

About 1900 the Mayo Clinic was changed from a partnership to a voluntary association of physicians and specialists in allied fields.

In 1901, the Mayo brothers hired Doctor Henry Plummer who would play a major role in transforming this small group of independent practitioners into a unique collaborative practice.

He and his brother performed all the surgeries at St Mary’s Hospital until about 1905.

In 1906, Saint Marys Hospital Training School for Nurses was founded.

March 6, 1911, Rochester, Minn., United States) was the father of the doctors Mayo who developed a large-scale practice of medicine.

In 1917, the first graduate degrees in Mayo's programs were conferred to two women and two men.

The Colonial Hospital Training School for Nurses was established in 1918.

In 1919 the Mayo brothers transferred property and capital to the Mayo Properties Association, later called the Mayo Foundation, a charitable and educational corporation having a perpetual charter.

By 1920, over 60,000 people came to Rochester each year for medical treatment.

1922 — More than 1,000 prospective candidates sought opportunities for graduate medical training at Mayo Clinic.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the Mayo brothers, 1934

The Mayo Physical Therapy Program was established in 1936, setting the standard for education in its field.

July 28, 1939, Rochester) was the eldest son of William Worrall Mayo.

1947 — Approximately 10% of all graduate medical students in the United States had completed a residency or fellowship at Mayo Clinic.

1961 — Approximately 3% of all medical faculty members in the United States were alumni of Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education.

July 28, 1968, Rochester) was the son of Charles Horace.

Mayo Medical School, now known as Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, opened its doors to its first class of 40 students in 1972.

Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences opened in 1973.

And in 1983, the first class was admitted to the Mayo Clinic Medical Scientist Training Program, an M.D.-Ph.D. joint degree program offered collaboratively by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

In 1986, the Clinic, St Mary’s Hospital, and the affiliated Rochester Methodist Hospital merged as an integrated center of medicine with total assets of $1 billion.

The Mayo Foundation also began a national expansion program that year, opening the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville in Florida; the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale in Arizona opened in 1987.

In 1989, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences began independently conferring master's and Ph.D. degrees.

In 1992 the Mayo Foundation launched the Mayo Health System, a network of clinics, hospitals, and health-care facilities (including nursing homes) serving communities in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education, now named Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development, was established in 1996.

2005 — Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education received maximum institutional accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

In January 2014, Saint Marys and Rochester Methodist were consolidated under the name Mayo Clinic Hospital – Rochester.