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Digestive Health | Last Active: May 3, 2019 | Replies (20)

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@kanaazpereira

Hi @katie215,

Mayo Clinic specialists have experience collaborating with doctors all over the world. Patients often receive a diagnosis at Mayo Clinic and then receive subsequent treatment in their own countries. The Clinic has several offices for international residents who wish to make an appointment; representative offices are located in:
-Canada
-Central America
-Colombia
-Ecuador
-Mexico
Although you mentioned that your daughter lives in Croatia, if you'd like to find out more about visiting Mayo Clinic you could speak with the patient advocate located in Canada – call 807-346-2218 – messages are checked daily and calls are returned in the afternoons and evenings. This representative does not provide medical advice.

Mayo Clinic also cooperates with independent referral organizations that facilitate the referral process for patients to all its campuses. These recognized referral facilitators have worked with Mayo Clinic to establish a reliable process for assisting patients who wish to visit Mayo Clinic for health care services.
Here's information about the Independent Referral Facilitators in Canada: https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/international/locations/independent-referral-facilitator-canada

Not to inundate you with more reading, but you can find all the details about the appointment process for international patients here:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/international/appointments
@katie215, I wish you and your daughter all success; please keep me updated about her progress, and more importantly, feel free to lean on the Connect community for support.

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@kanaazpereira One further question: Before I begin my reaearch tomorrow with phone calls etc, are you aware if Mayo will contract to assess review all existing tests, reports and history and offer recommendations (for a substantial fee). It seems to me many years ago we accessed this service at Mayo for a family member and received a recommendation. Perusing the Mayo links today I just can't seem to find anything. Our daughter is very astute and has every detail of her condition on file, including scans that would be easily transmitted in today's online world. Of course this will be one of my questions when I call the Canadian contact tomorrow. Again thank you kindly for all of your responses these past couple of days. In our humble opinion, if Mayo can't help there is no help in thiss world to be found and we will know we, as her parents, have done our utmost to help.