Author Archives: Traci Klein

Mayo Clinic and WomenHeart educate women with heart disease

October 24th, 2009 - 6:15 am

Last week, 69 women from across the country gathered in Rochester, Minn.,  for the 8th annual Science & Leadership Symposium, a joint effort between Mayo Clinic’s Women’s Heart Clinic and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. The … Continue reading →

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Powerful voices: Women’s heart disease survivors

October 24th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Participants at the 8th annual Science & Leadership Symposium — a joint effort by Mayo Clinic’s Women’s Heart Clinic and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease – gained insight into their disease Oct. 10 through 14 in Rochester, … Continue reading →

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Michigan man’s care highlights Mayo’s culture, expertise

October 12th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Just days after being told he had a tumor inside his heart, Ron Reffitt Jr., of Elk Rapids, Mich., was on a medical airplane headed to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Gazing down at Lake Michigan on that beautiful sunny … Continue reading →

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A Prom Promise Kept

May 9th, 2009 - 9:00 pm

As an 8-year-old girl from Michigan was headed into surgery for a heart transplant, she asked Mike Ackerman — a pediatric cardiology fellow at Mayo who was part of her care team — if she was going to live. Dr. … Continue reading →

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