Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 73rd Biennial Meeting
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Connecting our alumni and bringing Mayo Clinic values to the world
Thursday, September 28 – Saturday, September 30, 2023
Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic Area, Rochester, MN

CME Course Director

Darryl Chutka, M.D. (MED ’78, I ‘82)

Conference Headquarters

  • Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic Area
  • Room Rate $205 per night
  • Reserve your room before Monday, Sep. 4, 2023

Registration & fees

CME registration : $425

  • All speakers Friday and Saturday, including Priestley Society, Mayo Clinic Women Physicians and Scientists Group, and Young Investigators Research Symposium
  • Breakfast and lunch Friday and Saturday
  • CME credit

Mayo Clinic employee discount code (MAYOSTAFF) for $100 off CME registration

Non-CME registration: $200

  • All speakers Friday and Saturday, including Priestley Society, Mayo Clinic Women Physicians and Scientists Group, and Young Investigators Research Symposium
  • Breakfast and lunch Friday and Saturday

Separate tickets required for:

  • Thursday welcome reception: $0
  • President’s Gala: $125 per person
  • Mayo Clinic Surgical Society in Honor of James T. Priestley CME program only: $200
  • Women Physicians and Scientists Group CME program only: $200

Schedule

Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023

TimeSession or Activity
5:30-8:30 p.m.Welcome Reception
Mayowood Stone Barn

Friday, Sep. 29, 2023

TimeSession or Activity
8-8:15 a.m.Welcome
Carl Backer, M.D. (MED ’80), president, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
8:15-8:30 a.m.A Message from Mayo Clinic’s CEO, Gianrico Farrugia, M.D. (I ’91, GI ’94)
8:30-9 a.m.Judd-Plummer Lecture The Alchemy of Dreamers & Pragmatists
Yolanda Colson, M.D., Ph.D. (MED ’89)
9-9:30a.m.Glucagon: New Look old drug
Morey Haymond, M.D. (PD ’78)
9:30-10 a.m.Current State of Alzheimer’s Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment
Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D.  (MED ‘80, N ’84)
10-10:30 a.m.The Conundrum of Prostate Cancer
Celestia Higano, M.D. (I ’82)
10:30-10:45 a.m.BREAK
10:45-11:15 a.m.Goals for Going Global: Principles of Health Development in the Majority World
Stephen P. Merry, M.D., M.P.H. (FM ‘05)
11:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m.Raymond Pruitt Lecture Medical School Education- Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Michele Halyard, M.D. (RADO ’89)
11:45-1 p.m.LUNCH and Alumni Association Business Meeting
1-1:30 p.m.Healthcare Professional Burnout
Colin West, M.D., Ph.D. (I ’03, CMR ‘04)
1:30-2 p.m.Lessons Learned in the Lab
Mary Burritt, Ph.D. (PATH ’78)
2-2:30 p.m.Doctors Mayo Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Aminah Jatoi, M.D. (ONCL ’98)
Eddie Greene, M.D. (NEPH ’00)
2:30-3 p.m.Innovation:  The Triumph of Improbability
Stephen S. Burkhart, M.D. (OR ’81)
3-3:15 p.m.Break
3:15-3:45 p.m.The Hunt for the Red Leukocyte (eosinophil) 
Gerald Gleich, M.D. (IMM ’77)
3:45-4:15 p.m.Improving Provider-Patient Communications
Daniel Hurley, M.D. (I ’83, ENDO ‘86)
 Adjourn

Friday, Sep. 29, 2023

Time Priestley Society Schedule
7:45-8:15 a.m.Legends Chief Conference #1  
A selected resident shares their patient list and one faculty member will grill them on their patients and how they treat them. Similar to when they become board certified with the ABS.
8:15-8:45 a.m.Legends Chief Conference #2
A selected resident shares their patient list and one faculty member will grill them on their patients and how they treat them. Similar to when they become board certified with the ABS.
8:45-9:15 a.m.Resident Inlow Award Winner – Omair Shariq, M.D. (S ’24)
Epigenetic targeting of bromodomain and extra-terminal domain proteins as a novel therapy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors  
9:15-9:45 a.m.Resident Inlow Award Winner – Jennifer Tomlinson, M.D. (S ’24, CI ’26)
Discovery of Novel LCK Interactions in Cholangiocarcinoma Using Proximity-Dependent Biotinylation  
9:45-10:15 a.m.Resident Inlow Award Winner – Sacha Broccard, M.D. (S ’23)
Room for improvement: extended venous thromboprophylaxis after abdominal and pelvic surgery for colorectal and anal cancer. The impact of guideline-recommended thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for colorectal and anal cancer at a tertiary referral center
10:15-10:30 a.m.Break
10:30-11 a.m.Priestley Society
Eric Dozois, M.D. (S ’00, CRS ’01)
11-11:30 a.m.American Board of Surgery Update
David Farley, M.D. (S ’94)
11:30-11:55 a.m.Business Meeting

Saturday, Sep. 30, 2023

TimeSession or Activity
8amPriestley Society Program
Schedule below
8-2 p.m.Mayo Clinic Women Physicians and Scientists Affinity Group Activity or Session
Schedule below
8-5 p.m.Young Investigators Research Symposium
Schedule below
6-9 p.m.President’s Dinner, Program and Awards


Priestley Society Activity or Session

8-8:30 a.m.
Liver Transplantation for hilar cholangiocarcinoma
 
Charles Rosen, M.D. (MED ’84, S ’89, TRNS ’91)
8:30-9 a.m.
Pancreatic Cancer Update
 
Mark Truty, M.D. (S ’04, CI ’06, S ’09)
9-9:30 a.m.
Setting Up an Educational and Training System in Pediatric Surgery in a War-torn Underserved Country
Angela Hanna, M.D. (S ’08)
9:30-10 a.m.
A Century of Military & Civilian Surgical Collaboration at Mayo Clinic  
Todd Rasmussen, M.D. (MED ’93, S ’96, VASS ’01, VASA ’21)
10-10:30 a.m.
Effective Surgical Advocacy for Health Policy and Reform
Jess Thompson, M.D. (STS ’03, CI ’05, CLRSH ’06, TS ’10, STS ’10)
10:30-10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45-11:15 a.m.
Resident Recruitment: Technical and nontechnical skill assessment during Virtual Interviews  
Mariela Rivera, M.D. (CCMS ’11)
11:15-11:45 a.m.
Renal Transplantation among underserved population in Mexico  
Marco Covarrubias-Velasco, M.D. (TRNS ’04)
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
LUNCH And view posters
12:30-1:00 p.m.
Legacy Professor L.A. to the Frozen Tundra: 41 years in Surgery at Mayo Clinic
Michael B. Farnell, M.D. (S ’80)
1:00-1:30 p.m.
Remine Lecture A Life of Surgical Innovation
David Larson, M.D. (S ’02, CRS ‘03)
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Presidential Address ERSS -> TCGS – A Fully Developed Acute Care Surgery Practice at Mayo Clinic
Stephanie Heller, M.D. (CCMS ‘02, S ’04)  


Mayo Clinic Women Physicians and Scientists Affinity Group Activity or Session

8-8:15 a.m.
Our aspirations for the day  
Ana Norell, M.D. (FM ‘19)  
 
8:15-9:30 a.m.
Talking Taboo: Review of Reproductive Rights – Advances and Insights  
Ana Norell, M.D. (FM ’19), Moderator
Erin Tietz, Mayo Clinic Legal Administration
Regan Theiler, M.D., Ph.D. (OBG ’17)
9:30-9:45 a.m.
BREAK

In Person Networking -musical chairs/switch tables
9:45-10:30 a.m.
Shining Through the Lens of Diversity
Jessica M. Silva-Fisher, Ph.D. (BMB ’11), Moderator
Elizabeth Valencia, M.D., J.D. (RD ’16), Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Anjali Bhagra, M.D. (I1 ’05, I ’08)
Luis Lujan, Ph.D. (NS ’12)
 
10:30-11:15 a.m.
Professional Pathways – Planning, Progress, and Pivoting
– Overcoming obstacles and mentorship support
 
Olayemi Sokumbi, M.D. (MED ’09, I1 ’10, DERM ’13), Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Moderator
Jessica M. Silva-Fisher Ph.D. (BMB ’11)
Robin Patel, M.D. (I ’92, INFD ’95, CM ’96)
Heidi Nelson, M.D. (CRS ’88, S ’89)
Anne A. Schletty, M.B.A., Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
 
11:15 a.m.-Noon
The Fourth Shield: Our Journey in Work-Life Harmony
Claudia Chou, M.D. (I ’15, N ’18, MD ’20)
Moderator Panel
 
Noon – 1 p.m.
LUNCH
1-2 p.m.
Delving Deeper Concurrent, moderated breakout sessions on the topics from the morning:
Reproductive Rights
Diversity and Inclusion, Professional Pathways
Work Life Balance
Moderators/Session leaders are the same as the morning sessions
 
2 p.m. Adjourn


Young Investigators Activity or Session

8-8:30 a.m.
Registration, Breakfast, Welcome  
Elaine Griffeth, M.D., (S ’26, TS ’28), Co-Chair of YIRS
and Yun Liang, M.D., M.P.H., (S ’22, CI ‘24), Co-Chair of YIRS  
 
8:30-9:10 a.m.
Keynote #1 The Trials, Tribulations, and Joy of Medical Research”
Celestia Higano, M.D. (I ’82)
9:10-9:30 a.m.
Break
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Quick Shot Oral Presentations
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
 
10:45-11:50 a.m.  
Breakout Sessions:  
Grant Application Workshop (K-award or other) 
Clinical Trials Workshop 
Commercialization/Innovation Workshop       
11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Break, set up for Posters  
12:10-1:20 p.m.
Lunch
1:20-2:45 p.m.
Poster Session and Break    
 
2:45-3:45 p.m.
Select Oral Presentations  
 
3:45-4 p.m.
Break
 
4-4:45 p.m.  
Keynote #2
 
4:45-5 p.m.
Closing Remarks