Virend Somers MD, Ph.D. (CV ’99), received the highest honor, Mayo Clinic Rochester
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Virend Somers MD, Ph.D. (CV ’99), Division of Preventive Cardiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, received the highest honor of the Czech Society of Cardiology — the Libensky Gold Medal for contributions to the science of cardiovascular disease — at the society’s 30th Annual Meeting. Dr. Somers is the Alice Sheets Marriott Professor and a Mayo Foundation Distinguished Investigator. Dr. Somers is a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.