D. Dean Potter, Jr., M.D.

The Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Program at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Rochester, Minnesota, offers hope through our expert teams of specialized doctors who provide accurate diagnoses and offer the latest treatment options for esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, anal cancer and gastrointestinal cancers that have metastasized. You will have access to the full range of cancer treatments, including minimally invasive surgeries, robotic and laparoscopic, endoscopic mucosal resection, esophagectomy, complex esophageal reconstruction, gastrectomy, hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), targeted radiation treatments such as proton beam therapy, immunotherapies and cutting-edge clinical trials. Mayo Clinic’s Gastrointestinal Neoplasia Clinic specializes in the prevention, early detection, diagnostic evaluation and integrated management of luminal gastrointestinal pre-cancers and cancers for people at higher-than-average risk of stomach and colorectal cancer based on family history, personal history or having other gastrointestinal diseases like Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis. Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report, and the Cancer Center continually ranks among the top hospitals in the U.S. for cancer. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Lutheran Retirement Home, located in Northwood, Iowa, has been dedicated to providing comprehensive nursing care since 1962. Over its 50 years of service, the facility has expanded its offerings to include various levels of healthcare, ensuring a compassionate and supportive environment for seniors in the community. The residence includes a skilled nursing facility, an Alzheimer's care unit, assisted living, independent living apartments, and a therapy clinic, catering to the diverse needs of its residents. With a focus on meeting spiritual and psychosocial needs, Lutheran Retirement Home promotes a homelike atmosphere conducive to quality senior care. Generated from the website

Dr. Mardini is a plastic surgeon and global leader in the field of craniofacial surgery and facial paralysis and reanimation surgery in children and adults. Dr. Mardini was a major contributor to forming Mayo Clinic's groundbreaking face transplant program, and he led his team to perform Mayo Clinic's first-ever face transplant successfully. This groundbreaking procedure gave a new life to a patient whose facial disfigurement destroyed his face and his life. As the Chair of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. Mardini tirelessly works to support and lead his team of fourteen plastic surgeons and hundreds of providers and Allied Health staff to exceptionally care for patients, innovate, and educate. He spent years traveling around the world, developing his knowledge, skills, and expertise to help people of all ages regain confidence and improved function after suffering from facial paralysis, disfigurement, or deformities. His practice focuses on the whole person, and he regularly collaborates with physicians across specialties to provide holistic, respectful, and attentive care to their individual health needs and aesthetic preferences.