Mayo Clinic Health System - Austin

We offer a full range of medical services through a network of community-based health care providers in cities and communities across the region that provide patients with high-quality health care services close to home. Mayo Clinic Health System is a family of clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities serving 63 communities in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Mayo Clinic Health System links the expertise of Mayo Clinic in practice, education and research with the health-delivery systems of our local communities. Mayo Clinic Health System is firmly committed to helping practices grow in their own community, delivering healthcare more efficiently and preserving patient choice, including the option to choose Mayo Clinic for more specialized care.

Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin is an 80-bed hospital, attached to a 70+ physician multi-specialty clinic serving a 54,000 person service area. We also have clinics located in Adams, Blooming Prairie, Grand Meadow, and LeRoy, MN. The Medical Center is currently undergoing a $28 million dollar expansion and renovation, in line with the institutional thrust to provide state-of-the-art care in Southern Minnesota.

Austin is located in southeastern Minnesota and surrounded by prairies, rivers and valleys. This city of 25,000 lies in the heart of the rich agricultural Midwest. Austin is a progressive community, located 90 minutes south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and approximately 35 minutes west of Rochester, MN. It is an upscale community, offering many amenities not often found in communities this size.   

Austin has an excellent parochial and public education system. The public school includes a special services department, which provides programming for students with special needs, while the High Potential Program challenges gifted students.  

The area offers ample opportunity for hiking, cycling, indoor and outdoor tennis, canoeing, fishing, hunting, cross-country skiing, and camping. Austin is home to the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, which includes more than 278 acres of hardwoods, restored prairies, ponds, creeks and pine trees.  

Austin has three golf courses within minutes of the city. Austin Country Club is regarded as one of the premier country clubs in southern Minnesota. Public courses include Ramsey Golf Course - an 18-hole course located in the northern section of Austin, and Meadow Greens - a newly developed 18-hole course.  

Hormel Foods, a multi-nation food manufacturer and marketer, has its corporate headquarters in Austin.