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About Marshfield Clinic

Marshfield Clinic is a part of Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. 

Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 

As we grow, our policies, procedures and systems continue to support those who need it most. We’re focused on improving health outcomes and creating welcoming environments where we foster safety and respect regardless of lived experiences, backgrounds or socioeconomic status. 

For more than 100 years, Marshfield Clinic has provided advanced care – helping and healing the people we are proud to live alongside. Learn more about the history of Marshfield Clinic. 


Doing good every day 

We’re leading the next generation of health care in your community with strong values and strong commitments to our patients and each other.

Our mission, vision and values

Our mission 

To care, comfort and cure. 


Our vision

To be the premier rural health system in the United States.


Our values 

Service 
Doing our best every day to uphold and care for others.

Courage
Having the strength to persevere, problem solve and take action.

Humility
Respecting others and knowing there is more to learn.

Stewardship
Safeguarding the resources that have been entrusted to us.

Family
Honoring the commitment we have to each other through it all.

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI) was established in 1959. Housed primarily in the Lawton Center and the Melvin R. Laird Center, MCRI scientists conduct clinical research, rural and agricultural health and safety research, and work in human genetics, epidemiology and biomedical informatics.

Medical education

With the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Marshfield Clinic provides clinical and educational experiences for students.

Our residency programs include internal medicine, pediatrics, dermatology, surgery, transitional year and pharmacy. We also offer fellowships in palliative care, non-operative spine and post-doctoral psychology.

Laird Center for Medical Research

The Laird Center for Medical Research, named after health care advocate, former statesman and U.S. Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, is a world-class medical research and education facility that houses Marshfield Clinic Research Institute on the campus of Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield, WI.

Since 1997, the Laird Center for Medical Research has enhanced Marshfield Clinic’s ability to:

  • Discover and share knowledge 
  • Provide local laboratory services 
  • Advance academic medicine through education 
  • Achieve greater integration of medical research and clinical practice 
  • Improve patient care and protect public health 
  • Honor Melvin R. Laird's accomplishments in health care, medical research and education

Community health needs assessment

We are pleased to share the community health needs assessment and implementation strategy reports for our communities.