2025 Biennial Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida
Mayo Clinic Alumni
Association 74th Biennial
Connecting our alumni and bringing Mayo Clinic values to the world
November 13–15, 2025
Amelia Island, Florida
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Conference registration details:
Scientific Session tickets:
Scientific Session Tickets include: Thursday welcome reception, Friday Breakfast/lunch, breaks, Friday networking social, Saturday Breakfast/lunch, breaks.
- Mayo Staff CME ($950)
- Non – Mayo Staff CME ($975)
- Non – CME Ticket ($375)
Add on opportunities:
Do you have a spouse or guest traveling with you? If they do not plan to attend the scientific session there are add-on only options to include.
- Welcome Reception ($100), Thursday, Nov. 13
- Included with Scientific Session tickets
- Networking Social ($100), Friday, Nov. 14
- Included with Scientific Session tickets
- President’s Dinner ($200), Saturday, Nov. 15
- Separate ticket – not included with any other ticket
Additional ticket types:
- Conference Speaker
- YIRS attendance (learner only)
Conference venue details:
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
4750 Amelia Island Parkway,
Amelia Island, Florida, USA, 32034
Tel: +1 904-277-1100
If you prefer to call in to make a reservation via phone, there is a group desk available to accommodate you at 866-763-2960 please reference the group name Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Biennial Meeting when making reservations.
CME Course Co-Directors
Young Erben, M.D. (S ’13, VASS ’15)
Nathan Jacobson, D.O. (FM ’05)
The course overview, audience and learning objectives for our course are as follows:
The Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Biennial program is a multi-disciplinary program held in odd-numbered years. The program is specifically curated to include topics of broad interest that will appeal to alumni of any specialty. The program is one of many activities the association produces in support of their mission “Connecting our alumni and bringing Mayo Clinic Values to the world.” An important aspect is the opportunity for alumni to renew social and professional relationships and renew their connection to Mayo Clinic’s RICH TIES values.
This program, specifically for Mayo Clinic alumni, provides participants with current and comprehensive programing that features Mayo Clinic’s best clinical, education and research topics from all Mayo Clinic locations.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the historical evolution, current landscape, and future trajectories of Hospital at Home models, with emphasis on innovations driving the next generation of decentralized acute care.
- Classify artificial intelligence.
- Summarize how artificial intelligence (AI) aligns with the enterprise practice strategy and operating plan of Mayo Clinic.
- Identify specific examples of AI at Mayo Clinic.
- Identify characteristics and appropriate timing for patients with arthritis for referral to radiation oncology.
- Describe the timing and course of treatment for arthritis and potential for additional courses of treatment.
- Name 3 additional benign indications for radiotherapy.
- Discuss potential side effects and risk of radiation induced malignancies.
- Identify how to locate board certified radiation oncologists in your area.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Speakers and Schedule
| Time | Session or Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 | ||
| 5:30-8 p.m. | Welcome Reception | N/A |
| Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 | ||
| 7-8 a.m. | Breakfast | N/A |
| 8-8:15 a.m. | Welcome Theresa Emory, M.D. (PATH ’94), president of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, Peninsula Pathology Associates in Virginia | |
| 8:15-8:30 a.m. | Welcome message Kent Thielen, M.D. (RD ’94, RNEU ’97), CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida | |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Judd-Plummer Lecture Victor Montori, M.D. (I ’99, CMR ’00, CLRSH ’01, ENDO ’02), Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and the Robert H. and Susan M. Rewoldt Professor of Endocrinology Honoring Daniel L. Hurley, M.D. | .5 |
| 9-9:30 a.m. | Update on the Research Shield at MCF Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D. (NS ’16), Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida, the James C. and Sarah K. Kennedy Dean of Research at Mayo Clinic in Florida, and a William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor | .5 |
| 9:30-10 a.m. | CRISP Program: The Future of Healthcare Michael Boniface, M.D. (EM ’15), Department of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida | .5 |
| 10-10:15 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | Clinical Practice, Research and Medical Entrepreneurship-A Personal Journey and Lessons Learned Pankaj (Jay) Pasricha, M.B.B.S., M.D. (GI ’22), chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona | .5 |
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. | How to Overcome the Limits of Expertise Richard Winters, M.D. (MED ’94), Department of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester | .5 |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | Raymond Pruitt Lecture Annie Sadosty, M.D. (EM ’99), retired dean, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education and emeritus consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester | .5 |
| 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. | Lunch and Alumni Association Business Meeting | |
| 1-5 p.m. | Breakout Groups Priestley Society, Young Investigator’s Research Symposium | Various, see below |
| Priestley Society Program | 1:00 – 1:10 p.m. Opening Remarks Elizabeth Ferguson, M.D. (S ’08, PLS ’10), secretary/treasurer of the Priestley Society, Creighton University School of Medicine in Arizona 1:10 – 1:25 p.m. Inlow Award Winner Under Pressure: How Activity Restrictions Shift the Pectus Bar Paradigm – A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Study Scott Eldredge, M.D. (S ’25), Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona 1:25 – 1:40 p.m. Inlow Award Winner Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancers: How Do They Differ After Benign Breast Disease Monica Price, M.D. (S ’27), Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida 1:40 – 1:50 p.m. Resident Talk Variation in patient selection and outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridge to lung transplant across high and low volume centers: An analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization database Lee Ann Santore, M.D. (S ’28), Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota 1:50 – 2:00 p.m. Resident Talk Advancing Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer Therapies – Targeting AKT and YAP/Hippo Crosstalk Jack Sample, M.D. (CI ’25, S ’26), Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota 2:00 – 2:25 p.m. Loss of domain hernias – operative management and managing the acute physiologic changes Charlotte Horne, M.D. (S ’23), Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota 2:25 – 2:50 p.m. A “Fundamentals” Approach to Global Health Initiatives Beth Ballinger, M.D. (S ’94, CCMS ’95), Division of Trauma, Critical Care and General Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota | 1.25 |
| 3-3:15 p.m. | BREAK (all groups) | |
| Priestley Society Program | 3:15 – 3:40 p.m. Partial Heart Transplant Awais Ashfaq, M.D. (S ’17), Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s in Ohio 3:40 – 4:05 p.m. Vascular Surgery – From Maximally Invasive to Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Young Erben, M.D. (S ’13, VASS ’15), Division of Vascular Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida 4:05 – 5 p.m. Business Meeting | .75 |
| 5:30-8 p.m. | All Alumni Networking Reception | N/A |
| Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025 | ||
| 7-8 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Radiation Oncology at MCF: Carbon Ion Therapy Laura Vallow, M.D. (RADO ’01), chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Mayo Clinic in Florida | .5 |
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Treating Benign Conditions with Low-Dose Radiation Abigail Stockham, M.D. (RADO ’14), Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Health System in Wisconsin | .5 |
| 9-9:30 a.m. | AI at Mayo Clinic: Scaling to Transform Care Jon Ebbert, M.D. (I ’99, CMR ’00, ADGM ’01, CLRSH ’01), Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota | .5 |
| 9:30-10 a.m. | Inspiring Hope in our Patients, Their Families, and the Communities We Serve Mark Deyo-Svendsen, M.D. (FM ’16), Department of Family Medicine at Mayo Clinic Health System in Wisconsin | .5 |
| 10-10:15 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | Doctors Mayo Society Lifetime Achievement Award and Lecture | .5 |
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. | Advance Care at Home: Where We Came From and Where We Are Going Michael Maniaci, M.D. (I ’06, CMR ’07), Division of Hospital Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida | .5 |
| 11:15-11:45 a.m. | History and Progress of the MCF Department of Surgery Sarah McLaughlin, M.D. (S ’06), chair of the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida | .5 |
| 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. | LUNCH | |
| 1-5 p.m. | Breakout Groups Priestley Society, Women Physicians and Scientists Affinity Group, Young Investigator’s Research Symposium | Various, see below |
| Priestley Society Program | 1:00 – 1:25 p.m. Advancing Transplant Surgery: The Role of Robotics in Organ Transplantation Normothermic Michelle Nguyen, M.D. (TRANS ’21), Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona 1:25 – 1:50 p.m. The history of the ileal pouch-anal anastomosis Patrick Sullivan, M.D. (CRS ’11), Department of Surgery at Emory Healthcare in Georgia 1:50 – 2:50 p.m. Legacy Professor Ronald Hinder, M.D. (S ’76), emeritus staff at Mayo Clinic in Florida | 1.5 |
| Women Physician and Scientists Affinity Group | 1:30-2:30 p.m.TITLE TBD Roxana Dronca, M.D. (HEMO ’10), director of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida 2:30-3:30 p.m. Women’s Physicians and Scientists Affinity Group Networking time | 1 |
| 3-3:15 p.m. | BREAK (all groups) | |
| Priestley Society Program | 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. ReMine Lecture Amit Mathur, M.D. (TRANS ’14), Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Presidential Address Juan Sarmiento, M.D. (SR ’96, PRES ’98, S ’00, SGI ’02), Department of Surgery, Emory Healthcare in Georgia | 2 |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Reception | |
| 6:30-9 p.m. | President’s Dinner |
CME Information
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Scientific Session ticket pricing:
Scientific Session Tickets include Thursday welcome reception, Friday Breakfast/lunch, breaks, Friday networking social, Saturday Breakfast/lunch, breaks.
- Mayo Staff CME ($950)
- Non – Mayo Staff CME ($975)
- Non – CME Ticket ($375)
Add on opportunities:
Do you have a spouse or guest traveling with you? If they do not plan to attend the scientific session there are add-on only options to include.
- Welcome Reception ($100), Thursday, Nov. 13
- Included with Scientific Session tickets
- Networking Social ($100), Friday, Nov. 14
- Included with Scientific Session tickets
- President’s Dinner ($200), Saturday, Nov. 15
- Separate ticket – not included with any other ticket