Rochester, MN – Michael (Mick) Bies is an Internal Medicine specialist practicing in Rochester, MN. Tragically, he passed away on February 15, 2023. He was a devoted spouse, father-to-be, son, friend, and doctor. His pregnant wife Meagan, as well as his family, friends, and community, will miss him terribly. Dr. Mick worked at Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research. The cause of death for Mick Bies is currently unknown at the time this article was published.
A GoFundMe campaign was created with a goal of generating $100,000 and the funds will be used to establish education savings for their son & help to address any immediate needs for the family. However, $32,890 of the fund threshold had been donated.
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Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic is an academic medical center in the United States that is nonprofit and focuses on integrated health treatment, education, and research. It has 58,400 administrative and allied health employees, over 4,500 physicians and scientists, and three major campuses in Rochester, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Florida, and Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. The practice specializes on using destination medicine and tertiary care to manage challenging cases. It is home to many of the most highly regarded resident education programs in the United States as well as the top-15 ranked Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. It employs more than 3,000 full-time researchers and spends more than $660 million annually on research.
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In 1864, William Worrall Mayo moved his family to Rochester and established a sole proprietorship medical practice. Under the leadership of his sons Will and Charlie Mayo and their collaborators Stinchfield, Graham, Plummer, Millet, Judd, and Balfour, the practice eventually became known as the Mayo Clinic. As of right now, the Mayo Clinic has significant campuses in Arizona and Florida in addition to the hospital in Rochester. The Mayo Clinic most recently acquired a building in the heart of London, United Kingdom, in 2020. Moreover, associated facilities are run by the Mayo Clinic Health System in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
In U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll, Mayo Clinic has been named first in the US for seven years in a row, holding that position for more than 35 years. It has been included on Fortune magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for fourteen years running and has maintained this position as of 2017. Mayo Clinic receives patients from all over the world and performs nearly all of the nation’s transplants, including both solid organ and hematologic transplantation.
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