Specialization Of Mayo Clinic - Saint Marys Hospital
Neuro Surgeon
About Mayo Clinic - Saint Marys Hospital
** About **
Mayo Clinic, Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital form an integrated medical center. Mayo Clinic patients who need hospitalization are cared for in one of the two Mayo Clinic hospitals in Rochester. The hospitals serve only Mayo Clinic patients and are staffed exclusively by Mayo Clinic doctors. A single administrative team manages both hospitals to most efficiently serve patients' needs.
Saint Marys is one of the nation's largest private hospitals and provides services in virtually every medical specialty. Saint Marys began in 1889, a joint project between the Sisters of Saint Francis and the Mayo brothers and their father.
Five buildings at Saint Marys Hospital are named to honor Saint Marys' foundress and first administrator, Mother Alfred, and four Sisters who previously served as hospital administrators: Sisters Joseph, Domitilla, Mary Brigh and Generose. (See map.) The Francis Building honors the many Franciscan Sisters who have served at the hospital since its founding.
History Of Mayo Clinic - Saint Marys Hospital
** History of Saint Marys Hospital **
After a devastating tornado ripped through Rochester in 1883, Mother Alfred Moes and the Sisters of Saint Francis proposed building a hospital to aid the sick and injured in Southern Minnesota — on the condition that William Worrall Mayo and his sons provide the medical service. They agreed, and in 1889 Saint Marys Hospital opened with 27 beds. It expanded continually over the years to meet the needs of the Mayo Clinic practice.
One of the hospital's largest expansion projects was the Mary Brigh Building additions in 1980. The addition added a 50-room surgical suite and more than 100 new intensive care beds to the hospital. In 1997, another major expansion was completed with the addition of more intensive care beds, an expanded Cardiac Laboratory and the Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital.
In 1986, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Methodist Hospital and Saint Marys Hospital integrated their operations under one governing board to more efficiently serve the needs of Mayo patients. As a part of that agreement, a special Sponsorship Board was created to ensure that the spiritual values integral to the hospital's history are perpetuated.
