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Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 71st Biennial Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 26

General

Alumni Association welcome reception This party for returning alumni and their families features live music from local musicians and a special performance by viral-video sensations and Mayo Clinic residents Elvis Francois, M.D. (OR ’20), and William Robinson, M.D. (OR ’20)
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel

Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley

Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center, 7th floor

565 First St. SW

Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley welcome reception
6 - 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 27

General

Continental breakfast
7 - 8 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Welcome and Mayo Clinic update Eric Edell, M.D. (THD ’88), president, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
Gianrico Farrugia, M.D. (I ’91, GI ’94), president and CEO, Mayo Clinic; general chair, Biennial Meeting
8 - 8:20 a.m. Hilton Hotel

SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) and Me? John Knudsen, M.D. (RD ’90), chair, Division of Ultrasonography, Department of Radiology; medical director, Mayo Clinic Office of Equity and Inclusion, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Joseph Gallego, M.D. (invited) (MED ’16), resident, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Dean’s Advisory Council for LGBTQI Affairs, Stamford, Connecticut
8:20 - 9 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Raymond Pruitt Lecturer Walter Franz III, M.D. (FM ’82), Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9 - 9:30 a.m. Hilton Hotel

“The Year in Outbreaks, 2019: Infectious Diseases Impacting World Population” Pritish Tosh, M.D. (I ’06, INFD ’09), Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9:30 - 10 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Break
10 - 10:15 a.m.

“Vaccine Research” Keith Knutson, Ph.D. (IMM ’05), Department of Immunology; director, Discovery and Translation Labs Cancer Research Program; Mayo Clinic in Florida
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Hilton Hotel

“Effective Stress Management” Anjali Bhagra, M.D. (I1 ’05, I ’08)
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 
Department of Medicine
10:45 - 11:15 a.m Hilton Hotel

Doctors Mayo Society Lifetime Achievement Distinguished Lecturer "Reflections on Giving Hearts" S. Ann Colbourne, M.D. (I ’93, ADGM ’94), professor of medicine, University of Alberta, Canada; member, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board of Directors
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Lunch
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Hilton Hotel

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association business meeting (during lunch)
12:15 - 12:45 p.m. Hilton Hotel

"Healthy Living" Stephen Kopecky, M.D. (I '84, CV '87), Division of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
1 - 1:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel

“Hormones & Breast Cancer: Is There More to it Than Estrogen?” Lonzetta (Loni) Neal, M.D. (GIM ’00), Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
1:30 - 2 p.m. Hilton Hotel

“Watchman Device and New Management for Afib” Sunil Mankad, M.D. (CV ’06), Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
2 - 2:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel

“Teleneonatology” Jennifer Fang, M.D. (MED ’02, PDNE ’17, PDNPM ’17), Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Christopher Colby, M.D. (PD ’03), chair, Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
2:30 - 3 p.m. Hilton Hotel

Break
3 - 3:15 p.m. Hilton Hotel

“The Kern Scholars Program: Equipping Clinicians with New Tools” Lois Krahn, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona; member, Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Hilton Hotel

“Simulation Training for Care in Unconventional and Underserved Environments” Mariela Rivera, M.D. (CCMS ’11), Division of Trauma, Critical Care & General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Hilton Hotel

Free time
4:15 - 6 p.m.

President’s Dinner (black tie optional) Recognition of award recipients
• Humanitarian Award
Phillippe Baele, M.D. (ANES ’81), Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
Patricia Walker, M.D. (MED ’81, I ’84), University of Minnesota, Office of Medicine Education, Minneapolis
• Professional Achievement Award
Claudette Lajam, M.D. (OR ’04), NYU School of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, New York City

Installation of new Alumni Association president, Carl Backer, M.D. (MED ’80), chief medical philanthropy officer; A.C. Buehler Professor of Surgery; surgical director, Pediatric Heart Transplant Program, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; professor of surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Chicago, Illinois
Dinner, live music and dancing to the Brian Kinney Band, featuring legendary Twin Cities musicians who play R&B, jazz, swing, rock & roll, funk, Latin, reggae and more. 6 - 10 p.m. Hilton Hotel

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Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley

(open to any interested alumni)

Geffen Auditorium

Gonda Building

Subway Level

Registration & continental breakfast
7 - 7:20 a.m.

Opening remarks John Stulak, M.D. (S ’06, TS ’08, CS ’09)
Secretary-treasurer
Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley
7:20 - 7:30 a.m.

Legends chief conference
David Nagorney, M.D. (S ’82)
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Johnathon Aho, M.D., Ph.D. (CI ’16, BME ’17, S ’20)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
7:30 - 7:55 a.m.

Legends chief conference
Michael Sarr, M.D. (GI ’80)
Emeritus Staff, professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Nassir Thalji, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (CTSA ’15, S ’20)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
7:55 - 8:20 a.m.

Legends chief conference
Michael Farnell, M.D. (S ’80)
Emeritus Staff, professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Moustafa El Khatib, M.B., B. Ch. (MMED ’14, S ’20)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
8:20 - 8:45 a.m.

Legends chief conference
Clive Grant, M.D. (S ’80)
Emeritus Staff, professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Aodhnait Fahy, B.M.B.Ch., Ph.D. (S ’20)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
8:45 - 9:10 a.m.

Break
9:10 - 9:25 a.m.

Resident Inlow Award recipient “Outpatient Mastectomy Outcomes: Breast Cancer Surgery in the Era of ERAS” Kristen Jogerst, M.D. (S ‘21)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
9:25 - 9:50 a.m.

Resident Inlow Award recipient “Utilization of Age-adjusted Shock Index in a Multinational Population” Michael Traynor Jr., M.D. (S ’18, CI ’23)
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9:50 - 10:15 a.m.

Remine Lecture Michael Kendrick, M.D. (S ’03)
Chair, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
10:15 - 10:40 a.m.

“ERSS — Where Are We Now?” Stephanie Heller, M.D. (CCMS ’02, S ’04)
Division of Trauma, Critical Care & General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
10:40 - 11:05 a.m.

TBD John Stulak, M.D. (S ’06, TS ’08, CS ’09)
Secretary-treasurer
Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley
11:05 - 11:30 a.m.

Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley business meeting
11:30 - 11:55 a.m.

Times subject to change. See on-site Conference Guide for final schedule.

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Saturday, Sept. 28

General

Continental breakfast
7 - 8 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Judd-Plummer Lecture “Mayo Clinic Surgery: Honoring Legacies and Exploring Frontiers”
Bobbie Gostout, M.D. (MED ’86, I ’87, OBG ’91, BIOC ’93, GYNO ’96)
Vice president, Operations
Mayo Clinic Health System
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
8 - 8:30 a.m. Hilton Hotel

Break/travel time
8:30 - 9 a.m.

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Saturday, Sept. 28 (continued)

Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley

Geffen Auditorium

Gonda Building

Subway Level

“Assessment of Coagulopathy in Trauma Patients” Myung Park, M.D. (CCMA ’08, CTSA ’16)
Division of Trauma, Critical Care & General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9 - 9:25 a.m.

“Advancements in Gastric Cancer” Travis Grotz, M.D. (CI ’12, CTSA ’15, S ’15)
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9:25 - 9:50 a.m.

“Post-operative Opioid Reduction in Robotic Surgery” Megan Nelson, M.D. (S ‘16)
Chair, Division of Community General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9:50 - 10:15 a.m.

“The Surgical Clinic of Maricopa Jail — A Mayo Surgeon Behind Bars” Charles Mullany, M.B. (CS ‘85)
Emeritus Staff
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
10:15 - 10:40 a.m.

“Update on Complex Endovascular Aortic Repair” Gustavo Oderich, M.D. (S ’04, VASS ’06)
Chair, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
10:40 - 11:05 a.m.

“Resposivity, Reconstructability, Recoverability: The New Era in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery” Mark Truty, M.D. (CI ’06, S ’09)
Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
11:05 a.m. - 11:30

Lunch/break
11:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Legacy Professor Clive Grant, M.D. (S ’80)
Emeritus Staff
Professor of Surgery
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
12:30 - 12:55 p.m.

“Five Years of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction at Mayo Clinic” Basel Sharaf, M.D., D.D.S. (PLS ‘14)
Chair, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
12:55 - 1:10 p.m.

“Face Transplant” Samir Mardini, M.D. (PLS ’06)
Chair, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
1:10 - 1:35 p.m.

Presidential Address Richard Gray, M.D. (S ’00)
CEO
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
1:35 - 2 pm

Closing remarks 2 - 2:10 p.m.

Times subject to change. See on-site Conference Guide for final schedule.

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Saturday, Sept. 28 (continued)

Women Physicians & Scientists Group

Hilton Hotel

"Connect | Collaborate | Curate: Alumnae Stories, Opportunities and Future Focus Together”

Welcome Melanie Brown, M.D. (MED ’98)
Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board member
Program director, Integrative Medicine
Department of Pain, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis
9 - 9:15 a.m.

Keynote Address Bobbie Gostout, M.D. (MED ’86, I ’87, OBG ’91, BIOC ’93, GYNO ’96)
Vice president, Operations
Mayo Clinic Health System
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
9:15 - 9:35 a.m.

Wisdom from Models of Success — panel discussion Moderator: S. Ann Colbourne, M.D. (I ’93, ADGM ’94)
Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board member
Professor of medicine, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Claudette Lajam, M.D. (OR ’04)
Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City
Past president, Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society
2019 Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award (first woman recipient)
Diane Jelinek, Ph.D. (IMM ’91)
Dean of Research
Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Past dean, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Anjali Bhagra, M.D. (I1 ’05, I ’08)
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee in Rochester
Co-developer, co-director, GRIT (Growth, Resilience, Inspiration, Tenacity) Mayo Clinic CME program for women in medicine
Narjust Duma, M.D. (HEMO ’20)
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison
Founder, Mayo Fellows’ Association Women in Medicine Group
National Hispanic Medical Association Resident of the Year Award (2018)
Mayo Clinic Office of Diversity and Inclusion Diversity Champion in Research Individual Award (2017)
9:35 - 10:35 a.m.

Break 10:35 - 10:45 a.m.

Building the Network — small group discussion Moderator: Olayemi (Yemi) Sokumbi, M.D. (MED ’09, I1 ’10, DERM ’13)
Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board member
Department of Dermatology
Mayo Clinic in Florida
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.

Wrap up, next steps Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Board members

Melanie Brown, M.D. (MED ’98)
Program director, Integrative Medicine
Department of Pain, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Michelle Wyatt, M.D. (MED ’14, OBG ’18, MFM ’21)
Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Lunch & networking 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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