Mayo Clinic’s mission is to provide the best care to every patient, every day through integrated clinical practice, research, and education. Because Mayo Clinic experts are some of the best in the world, Mayo Clinic is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the nation. Across all three campuses, Mayo Clinic treats 1.3 million patients every year. 

As an M.D.-Ph.D. student, you will be fully immersed in the clinical setting within the first few months of your education. Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine has the highest ratio of patients to medical students anywhere in the world. This not only enables you to work in the most cutting-edge disciplines and technologies, but also focus on the more common patient cases.