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Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 71st Biennial Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 26

Hilton Hotel

Alumni Association welcome reception 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 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)

Friday, Sept. 27

Hilton Hotel

Continental breakfast 7 - 8 a.m.

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 - 8:30 a.m.

Judd-Plummer Lecturer To be announced 8:30 - 9 a.m.

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

“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.

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.

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

Doctors Mayo Society Lifetime Achievement Distinguished Lecturer 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.

Lunch 11:45 - 1 p.m.

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

"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.

“Updates from the Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic” Lonzetta (Loni) Neal, M.D. (GIM ’00), Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 1:30 - 2 p.m.

“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.

“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.

Break 3 - 3:15 p.m.

“Mayo Clinic’s Green Initiatives” Alanna Rebecca, M.D. (PLSR ’05), chair, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Arizona 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

“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 - 4:45 p.m.

Free time
4:45 - 6 p.m.

President’s Dinner (black tie optional) Recognition of award recipients
• Humanitarian Award
• Professional Achievement Award

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.

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Saturday, Sept. 28

Priestley Society 8 a.m. - NoonGeffen Hall
Subway Level
Gonda Building

Women’s Alumni Subgroup To Be Announced 8 a.m. - NoonHilton Hotel

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