Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences

This is the "Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences" podcast, where we build trust and belonging through the authentic storytelling of our Mayo Clinic staff. In this episode, you will hear Emily, a clinical nurse specialist, and Mathew, an EHR support analyst, discuss their experience participating in educational offerings at Mayo Clinic to advance their career.

In a "Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences" conversation, Amanda Holloway, director of sustainability, and Dru Larson, senior systems engineer, discuss their passion for environmental stewardship and how the work they do at Mayo Clinic plays a role in living their passion.

In this conversation, you will hear Jose, team assistant, and Ian, desk operations specialist, share how their relationship formed during Jose’s internship with Project SEARCH, a transition-to-work program for young people with disabilities. Ian was Jose’s mentor as a Project SEARCH intern who made it his goal for Jose to find his confidence and thrive in a team-based environment. Jose, now a Mayo Clinic employee, shares his inspiring journey of finding a sense of belonging in his new workplace, and how he is paying it forward by being a Project SEARCH mentor for new interns. Ian and Jose now work together, serving the needs of our patients and creating an impactful experience for new Project SEARCH interns.

Fred, emeritus staff member who was an orthodontist at Mayo Clinic from 2001 to 2018 and Jenn, a child life manager, share their experiences giving back to our patients through volunteer programs at Mayo Clinic. Fred is a retired Army colonel who serves as a Final Roll Call volunteer where they pay tribute to our service people in their final days. Jenn is a dog owner who volunteers with the Caring Canines program where they have specially trained and certified dogs to provide companionship and comfort to patients seeking care at Mayo Clinic.

In this episode, you will hear Anne, a senior project manager, share her experience returning to Mayo Clinic following a move to a different state and Steph, a nurse manager, share her experience returning to Mayo Clinic in a role that fit her family schedule.

In this episode, you will hear from Emmett, a care management assistant, and Wendy, a development officer, share their experiences with equity, inclusion and diversity and how, with the support of their leaders, take action in their work unit to encourage colleagues to learn and grow in this space.

In this Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences episode, you will hear Leslie, an OBGYN, and Susan, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in the Cardiovascular Division, discuss their experiences with the Healing the Emotional Lives of Peers (HELP) program. The HELP Program is an enterprise-wide peer support program for colleagues who may experience emotional impacts after involvement in stressful or traumatic work-related events. The goal of the HELP Program is to assist colleagues who have been involved in such events return to a pre-event level of performance by use of trained peer supporters across Mayo Clinic.

In this episode, you will hear Curt, an IT Senior Analyst/Programmer, and Molly, an Experience Education and Training Advisor, discuss their experience as a Mayo Clinic patient and their journey to becoming a Mayo Clinic employee. Explore Mayo Clinic. Check out careers at Mayo Clinic. Request an appointment. Subscribe to Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences podcast.

In this episode of Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences, you will hear from the Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences Podcast team as they look back on the previous 49 episodes. The podcast team consists of colleagues in Human Resources coordinating the podcast participants, episodes and recording including Sarah Shtylla, Dani Budahn, Tom Jorgenson, and Chelsea Bladen Babin. The podcast production is supported by Rick Andresen from Media Support Services. The podcast team greatly appreciates all those who have participated, listened and recommended this series.

In this episode, you will hear Amy, a financial counselor, and Melissa, an Associate Specialist in research, discuss their experiences on being the first in their family to graduate from college. Amy shares her perspective of being the first to graduate not only from college, but high school as well. She also talks about being a single mom and going back to college as an adult. Melissa talks about how her pursuit of education inspired her mom and a diagnosis has instilled even more intrinsic motivation. Both agree that educational opportunities have transformed as time has progressed.

In this episode of Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences, you will hear from Shanthi Siva, compliance analyst and Miguel Soto, community engagement coordinator as they discuss learning English as their second language. Siva talks about her native language being Tamil and knowing multiple languages. Soto shares his journey of learning English at the age of 18.

In this episode, you will hear Heather Bird, a nurse transplant coordinator, share her journey needing a liver transplant due to a rare blood disorder and Mollie Luhman, a clinical research coordinator, share her perspective of being a kidney donor.

In this episode, you will hear Noe, clinical support services supervisor, and Paul, clinical support services manager, discuss their experiences bringing Noe onto the supply chain team after a long career in the U.S. Air Force.

In this episode, you will hear Evy, HR advisor, and Danielle, senior program coordinator, share their experience of homelessness and food insecurity. Evy grew up in California and shares her story of moving from home to home while taking care of her siblings. Evy also shares how she put herself through college and grad school and worked at top companies to become financially secure and now, as a new employee at Mayo Clinic, she is working by choice. Danielle talks about living in 26 places by the time she was 26 years old and how she left her unsafe home at the age of 16 to live with a friend. Danielle didn’t recognize until later in life that she had experienced sheltered homelessness. Both share their journey of navigating life and how the support of friends helped them survive. Two types of homelessness experiences: According to Britannica.com, sheltered homelessness are individuals who spend the night in emergency shelters or in transitional, or temporary, housing. Unsheltered homelessness are individuals who sleep on the streets, in cars, in abandoned buildings, or in other places not intended for human habitation. Food insecurity is defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a situation of "limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways".

In this episode, you will hear Jan Jenswold, mother of a recovering addict and a recently retired Mayo Clinic employee from the Psychiatry and Psychology Department, and Brien Gleeson, a recovering addict and psychotherapist specializing in addiction at Mayo Clinic, discuss their experiences with addiction.

In this episode, you will hear from Kim Baumann, a medical administrative assistant supervisor, and Kay Bachman, a nurse study coordinator. They both work in the Division of Allergic Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. They discuss their experience with being identical twins working in the same organization, their special bond, and their relationship as kids and into adulthood.

In this episode, you will hear Annie Lam, a communication specialist and Monica Ibarra, an equity, inclusion and diversity advisor, discuss their experience being first generation Americans.

In this episode, you will hear Michelle Gishkowsky, an IT program manager, and Marcia Core, an IT application architect, discuss their experience with mentorship. Michelle shares the joy she finds in being a mentor. Marcia talks about how seeking a mentor helped her grow professionally and how she’s stepping into the role of mentor herself.

In this episode, Alexandra Morrissey, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) neonatal nurse, and Matthew Rank, M.D., chair of the Division of Allergic Diseases, discuss their experiences parenting children who are living with disabilities. Morrissey talks about her daughter with down syndrome and what that means for her family. Dr. Rank shares his parenting experience raising a child living with cerebral palsy and another living with autism and epilepsy.

In this episode, Hilary Seltun, a financial counselor, and Edgar Mtanous, a principal gifts officer, discuss the ups and downs of being a single parent. Seltun talks about co-parenting two of her children and being the only parent for her youngest child. Mtanous shares his experience of having full custody of his three daughters from a young age.