
The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science
The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a "Medical Mecca," the "Supreme Court of Medicine," and the "place for hope where there is no hope." The Mayo Clinic began in 1883 as an unlikely partnership between the Sisters of Saint Francis and a country doctor named William Worrall Mayo after a devastating tornado in rural Minnesota. Since then, it has grown into an organization that treats more than a million patients a year from all 50 states and 150 countries. Dr. Mayo had a simple philosophy he imparted to his sons Will and Charlie: "the needs of the patient come first." They wouldn't treat diseases...they would treat people. In a world where healthcare delivery is typically fragmented among individual specialties, the Mayo Clinic practices a multi-specialty, team-based approach that has, from its beginnings, created a culture that thrives on collaboration.
Cast & Crew

Ken Burns
Director

Christopher Loren Ewers
Director
Erik Ewers
Director

Kevin Conway
Self - William Worrall Mayo

Blythe Danner
Self - Other Voices

Gene Jones
Self - Other Voices

Carolyn McCormick
Self - Other Voices

Josh Lucas
Self - Other Voices

Rosa Gilmore
Self - Other Voices

Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator

Tom Hanks
Self - Will Mayo

Sam Waterston
Self - Charlie Mayo
David Blistein
Writer

Ken Burns
Writer







