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Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 72nd Biennial Meeting

Thursday, Oct. 14

Welcome reception

6-8 p.m.

Orange Grove

Friday, Oct. 15

CME program

Welcome Carl Backer, M.D. (MED ’80), president, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Richard Gray, M.D. (S ’00), CEO, Mayo Clinic in Arizona 8-8:45 a.m. Estrella Salon

"All in This Together: How COVID United the AZ Health Care Community" Alyssa Chapital, M.D., Ph.D. (CCM ’06), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona 8:45-9:15 a.m. Estrella Salon

"The 2030 Hospital Is in Your Bedroom: Advanced Care at Home" Michael Maniaci, M.D. (I ’06, CMR ’07), chair, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida 9:15-9:45 a.m. Estrella Salon

Doctors Mayo Society Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture David Dines, M.D. (I ’57), Mayo Clinic Emeriti Staff 9:45-10:15 a.m. Estrella Salon

"Innovating to Solve Cancer: 3D Cancer Model Research" Panagiotis Anastasiadis, Ph.D. (CB ’03), Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic in Florida 10:45-11:15 a.m. Estrella Salon

"Listening Together, Speaking Together: Enhancing Communication the Mayo Clinic Way" Halena Gazelka, M.D. (ANES ’10, PAIN ’11, PLM ’15), Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 11:15-11:45 a.m. Estrella Salon

Raymond Pruitt Lecture Steven Rose, M.D. (MED ’81, I ’82, ANES ’84), Designated Institutional Official, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education; Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Estrella Salon

"Remote Monitoring Not Such a Remote Idea: New Tools to Evaluate from Afar" Craig Daniels, M.D. (I ’01, CI ’03, THDC ’04), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 1:15-1:45 p.m. Estrella Salon

"Elevating You Elevates Me: Diversity and Inclusion in Medicine" Alyx Porter, M.D. (I1 ’04, N ’07, NONC ’08), Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona 1:45-2:15 p.m. Estrella Salon

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award Michael Bacharach, M.D. (I ’89, CV ’92), North Central Heart Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2:15-2:45 p.m. Estrella Salon

"Let’s Give It a Shot! Rolling Out the COVID Vaccine to Mayo Clinic" Melanie Swift, M.D. (PREV ’17), Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 3:15-3:45 p.m. Estrella Salon

Judd-Plummer Lecture "Being a Mayo at Mayo Clinic" Joseph G. Mayo, M.D. (MED ’83, I ’85, OR ‘89) 3:45-4:15 p.m. Estrella Salon

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Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine all-class reunion

6-9 p.m.

Palmera Salon

Priestley Society reception

6-8 p.m.

Reflecting Pool North

Saturday, Oct. 16

Priestley Society program

Welcome Carl Backer, M.D. (MED ’80), president, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 8-8:10 a.m. Palmera South

"Management of Acute Diverticulitis in Immunocompromised Patients — the Mayo Clinic Experience" Shengliang He, M.D. (S ’22), Division of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Arizona 8:10-8:30 a.m. Palmera South

Inlow Award recipient "Answers in Hours — Prospective Trial Using Microbiome Metagenomics for Bile Duct Cultures" Jennifer Yonkus, M.D. (CI ’21), Division of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 8:30-8:50 a.m. Palmera South

"A Systemwide Approach to the Surgical and Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease — an Intermountain Perspective" Stephen McKellar, M.D. (CI ’07, CLRSH ’07, S’ 12), Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah 8:50-9:10 a.m. Palmera South

"EPPOCRATIS: Point-of-Care 3D Printing in Facial Reconstruction" Basel Sharaf, M.D., D.D.S. (PLS ’14), Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 9:10-9:30 a.m. Palmera South

"Carotid Artery Plaque Imaging and Characterization" Young Erben, M.D. (PRES ’09, S ’13, VASS ’15), Division of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Florida 9:30-9:50 a.m. Palmera South

"Training General Surgery Residents During COVID-19" John Stulak, M.D. (S ’06, TS ’08, CS ’09, TS ’10), Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 10:05-10:25 a.m. Palmera South

"Implementation of a Robotic Assisted Kidney Transplant Program" Danielle Haakinson, M.D. (PRES ’10, S ’15, SABT ’17), Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 10:25-10:45 a.m. Palmera South

"Good to Great: Achieving Efficiency, Innovation and Safety in Breast Reconstructive Microsurgery" Sumeet Teotia, M.D. (PRES ’97, S ’01, CI ’03), Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 10:45-11:05 a.m. Palmera South

"Cyber Attack at UVM Health Network: Lessons Learned" Claude Deschamps, M.D. (THD ’87, TS ’89), Mayo Clinic Emeriti Staff; University of Vermont Health Network Medical Group, Burlington, Vermont 11:05-11:25 a.m. Palmera South

ReMine Lecture "Organ Preservation in Esophageal Surgery" Denis Wigle, M.D. (TS ’06), Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 11:25-11:45 a.m. Palmera South

Business meeting 11:45 a.m.-Noon Palmera South

Lunch, Orange Grove for in-person participants Zoom virtual networking and quotable women PowerPoint Noon-1 p.m.

"The Effect of Payer Type on Breast Reconstruction Outcomes" Sami Khan, M.D. (PLS ’04), Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York 1-1:20 p.m. Palmera South

Legacy Professor "The Art of Venous Surgery" Peter Gloviczki, M.D. (VASS ’83, S ’87), Mayo Clinic Emeriti Staff 1:20-2 p.m. Palmera South

Presidential Address "Prehospital Hemostatic Resuscitation" Scott Zietlow, M.D. (S ’89), Division of Trauma, Critical Care & General Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 2-3 p.m. Palmera South

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Mayo Clinic Women Physicians and Scientists Group program

Breakfast — in-person and virtual networking 7 a.m. Estrella Salon

Welcome S. Ann Colbourne, M.D. (I ’93, ADGM ’94), Women’s program chair; Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient (2019); Emeritus professor, University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 8 a.m. Estrella Salon

"Talking Taboo: Our Own Health Matters" Moderator: Adebisi (Bisi) Alli, D.O. (CIM ’18), Women’s Health Center, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Fertility & Reproductive Health: Julia Files, M.D. (WHC ’96), Women’s Health Center, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Fertility & Reproductive Health: Ariela Marshall, M.D. (HEM ’15), Hematology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Female Sexual Health: Jacqueline Thielen, M.D. (ARM ’94), Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida Menopause & Hormonal Therapy: Taryn Smith, M.D. (I ’18), Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida 8:15-9:30 a.m. Estrella Salon

Break — in-person and virtual networking 9:30-9:45 a.m. Estrella Salon

"Shining Through the Lens of Diversity" Moderator: Jessica Silva-Fisher, Ph.D. (BMB ’11), Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Alyx Porter, M.D. (I1 ’04, N ’07, NONC ’08), Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, M.D. (OBG ’09), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Elizabeth Valencia, M.D., J.D. (RD ‘16), Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 9:45-10:30 a.m. Estrella Salon

"Professional Pathways — Planning, Progress and Pivoting" Moderator: Olayemi (Yemi) Sokumbi, M.D. (MED ’09, I1 ’10, DERM ’13), Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic in Florida Hongfang Liu, Ph.D. (HSR ’11), Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, Mayo Clinic in Rochester LaTonya Hickson, M.D. (NEPH ’08, CTSA ’21), Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic in Florida Kristin Vickers, Ph.D. (PSI ’02), Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Anne Schletty, business analyst, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
10:30-11:15 a.m. Estrella Salon

"The Fourth Shield: Our Journey in Work-Life Harmony" Moderator: S. Ann Colbourne, M.D. (I ’93, ADGM ’94), Women’s program chair; Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient (2019); Emeritus professor, University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jessica Maiers, Ph.D. (GI ’16), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana Yvonne Baerga-Varela, M.D. (S ’92, CCMS ’93, VASS ’94), Critical Care Surgeon, Puerto Rico Kathrin LaFaver, M.D. (I1 ’07, N ’10), Neurology, Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, New York 11:15-11:55 a.m. Estrella Salon

Morning wrap-up 11:55 a.m.-Noon Estrella Salon

"Delving Deeper" Five concurrent moderated breakout sessions reflecting on the morning topics   Talking Taboo   Diversity, Equity, Inclusion   Professional Development   Work-Life Harmony   The Art & Science of Tibetan Healing, Yoga, Qigong, Mindfulness & Meditation,   Maria Caselli, Integrative Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Moderators/session leaders   Yvonne Baerga-Varela, M.D.   Melanie Brown, M.D. (MED ’98), Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins   Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland   Claudia Chou, M.D. (I ’15, N ’18), Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic   in Rochester   S. Ann Colbourne, M.D. (I ’93, ADGM ’94), Women’s program chair; Mayo Clinic   Distinguished Alumni Award recipient (2019); Emeritus professor, University of   Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   Narjust Duma, M.D. (HEMO ’19), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston,   Massachusetts   Elizabeth Haglind, M.D. (I ’07, ENDO ’09), Endocrinology, Fairview, Edina,   Minnesota   Susan MacLellan-Tobert, M.D. (PD ’93, PDC ’96), Pediatrics, Gundersen Health   System, La Crosse, Wisconsin   Jessica Maiers, Ph.D.   Ariela Marshall, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Women’s   Thrombosis and Hemostasis   Ana Norell, M.D. (FM ’19), Family Medicine, Allina Health, Hastings, Minnesota   Belinda Ostrowsky, M.D. (I ’95), Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of   Medicine, Bronx, New York   Alyx Porter, M.D.   Anne Schletty   Jessica Silva-Fisher, Ph.D.   Taryn Smith, M.D.   Abigail Stockham, M.D. (RADO ’14), Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo   Clinic Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin   Ting Wei, Ph.D. (HSR ’20), research fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and   Hepatology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester 1-2:10 p.m.,
2:10-3:30 p.m. Estrella Salon

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Young Investigators Research Symposium poster judging

8 a.m.-Noon

Cervantes Lounge

Young Investigators Research Symposium oral presentations

10 a.m.-Noon

Cervantes Room

Mentor luncheon

Noon-1:30 p.m.

President’s Reception and Dinner

5:30-9 p.m.

Palmera Salon

(Young Investigator Research Symposium poster and oral presentation awards presented)

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