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Who will you honor on National Doctors’ Day?

We are proud to recognize our amazing, innovative and caring Mayo Clinic physicians. We invite you to join us to help support their lifesaving work.

The three shields in the Mayo Clinic logo represent the commitment to patient care, research and education. That’s why we’re eager to take the opportunity of National Doctors’ Day to thank our doctors for their inspiring commitment to our patients and the Mayo Clinic community while making the world a better, healthier place.

Beginning in 1933, March 30 has been set aside in the United States to recognize doctors to thank them for all they do. Dr. William Worrall Mayo, the founder of Mayo Clinic, took his calling as a doctor very seriously and he passed that philosophy along to his sons Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie, who created the modern Mayo Clinic.

As Dr. W.W. Mayo said, “My own religion has been to do all the good I could to my fellow men, and as little harm as possible.” Dr. Charlie echoed that sentiment when he said, “The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered, and in order that the sick may have the benefit of advancing knowledge, union of forces is necessary.”

More than 100 years later, those words guide Mayo Clinic doctors — and all members of the Mayo Clinic community — every day. That’s why we invite you to join us in honoring Mayo Clinic physicians on National Doctors’ Day, 2022!

Today, the field of health care is changing rapidly. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated pre-existing trends, and forced caregivers, researchers and educators alike to adapt more rapidly than ever before. Through it all, Mayo Clinic doctors have used their positions of leadership and visibility to make health care fairer, more inclusive and more accessible to all. There’s much more work to do, but Mayo Clinic physicians have both a vision of the future and — in partnership with generous benefactors — a plan for leading the way there.

That’s why we invite you to join us in honoring and thanking Mayo Clinic doctors on National Doctors’ Day in a way that they will appreciate the most: by helping advance their visionary and lifesaving work by .

If you wish to honor a specific Mayo Clinic doctor who has meant something special to you and your family, we would love to let them know. But even if you’ve never been treated at Mayo Clinic, you’ve likely benefitted from breakthroughs made at Mayo Clinic. We hope you will join us in celebrating the world’s finest doctors — and advancing the vital work they do every day — by . Thank you very much!