City: Rochester, MN

Category: Health Care

Telephone: (507) 284-2511

Address: 200 First St. SW

Description: The world-famous Mayo Clinic has been a pioneer in medical research and disease treatment for more than a century. While it is located almost 90 miles south of the Twin Cities, the very existence of the hospital is one of the reasons there is such a strong medical community in Minnesota. More than 2,000 physicians and 35,000 allied health staff work in the Mayo system, treating nearly half a million patients annually. Their specialties include (but are far from being limited to) cancer treatment, dermatology, diagnostic radiology, Native American studies and medicine, internal medicine, cardiovascular disease treatment, allergy studies and treatment, plastic surgery, HIV study, and general practice/family medicine.