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Advanced diagnosis and treatment with Mayo Clinic brain AVM experts.

AVM Expertise, on your side.

At Mayo Clinic, your AVM care team will have the experience and knowledge to make an accurate diagnosis. This is the first step in being able to create a care plan designed just for you. So not only will our experts be able to give you an accurate diagnosis from the start, but they will also have access to the latest treatment innovations. Mayo Clinic experts diagnose and treat more than 450 people with brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and other vascular abnormalities affecting the brain each year. We can help.

Expertise gets answers.
An accurate diagnosis is critical for making appropriate treatment decisions. And our experts— who are skilled and experienced in all AVM treatment options—are how you get that accurate diagnosis. They are the key to successful patient outcomes. And we don’t stop at just one expert. Doctors from all disciplines, from across Mayo Clinic come together to become part of your care team. 

Innovation at work.
With state-of-the-art research and laboratory facilities, Mayo Clinic experts are constantly seeking new medical knowledge and innovations for people with AVMs. Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons have pioneered surgical techniques for AVM as well as noninvasive stereotactic radiosurgery. With this expertise in surgery and noninvasive treatment as well as in embolization and watchful waiting, the AVM team at Mayo Clinic provides people the widest range of treatment options available.


 
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[MUSIC PLAYING] I think Mayo is a truly unique institution. And what makes them so special is that they collaborate well, listen to each other, and most of all, they listen to the needs of the patient. The primary value of Mayo Clinic is the needs of the patient come first. And that's been the primary value of Mayo throughout its 150 year history. We are focused on addressing the needs of our patients first and foremost. That's what makes Mayo different. It's the model of care where people are not incentivized with anything but to take good care of patients. It has to begin with listening to them. Fortunately, here at Mayo we're afforded the time necessary to sit down and listen to them, to understand the nature of their symptoms. That part of listening is really, I think, a central core of the clinic. That pervades everything that we do. And that is a unique environment to work in. Everybody here is a working unit. And coordination implies, just as it says, physicians interacting with other physicians. More minds are better than one. So when you're evaluating a patient with a complex neurological problem-- We can bring colleagues from many different areas of medicine, expertise across virtually any field-- We all each bring different perspectives. And that collective intelligence is something that, I feel, truly unique to the Mayo Clinic. I think one of the strongest reasons patients come here is for that coordinated care. We bring a tremendous expertise. Our Department of Neurosurgery is one of the largest neurosurgical practices in the world. There is nothing that can be done anywhere on the planet that you cannot get here in the neurosurgical realm. All aspects of neurological care is available at the Mayo Clinic. The size, the scale, the infrastructure that supports us here, allows patients to be seen here and have a level of coordinated care that's difficult to duplicate anywhere else. We're very proud of our number one ranking in U.S. News and World Report. And it's something we've held many, many times. We are recognized as being among the nation's very top, the very best in what we do, as neurologists and as neurosurgeons. To see that high ranking is reaffirming for people. That they are doing the right thing. But we don't rest on our laurels, and we continue to try and do better, because our patients really deserve that. Care of patients is about meeting their needs. Research is about meeting their unmet needs. Neurosurgery is one of those rare specialties of medicine that is greatly impacted by new discoveries and new treatments. Research is definitely something that Mayo does very well. We consider research to support the practice by bringing the most cutting edge treatments and ideas to a patient's care. If they need surgery, they're going to have surgery done in a state of the art operating room with the absolute best technology and equipment available. And that makes it much safer for patients. The wedding, or the melding, visual imagery with robotics or other types of tools, works well in what we do. And that team approach, the expertise, the technology which we can apply to patients to treat them is truthfully why a patient should come here. Because it's all about the people that are here. We have a group of colleagues who are very dedicated to the ideals of Mayo and to the primary value, which is, the needs of the patient come first. It's very meaningful to me and my colleagues. Our mission is really to do the best for our patients, and that's why we stay here at Mayo. [MUSIC PLAYING]
 
 

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Why Choose Mayo Clinic?

  • More Experience

    Every year, more than 1 million people come to Mayo Clinic for care. Mayo Clinic's highly specialized experts are experienced in treating rare and complex conditions.

  • The Right Answers

    Getting effective treatment depends on identifying the right problem. In a recent study, 88 percent of patients who came to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion received a new or refined diagnosis.

  • Seamless Care

    At Mayo Clinic, every aspect of care is coordinated and teams of experts work together to provide exactly the care each patient needs. What might take months elsewhere is often done in days at Mayo Clinic

  • Unparalleled Expertise

    Mayo Clinic experts are some of the best in the world. Mayo Clinic consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the nation in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of best hospitals.

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