General surgery residents and faculty receive awards at Mayo Clinic in Rochester

The Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester presented awards to graduating general surgery residents and faculty:

Howard Kramer Gray Travel Award

Maile Parker, M.D. (S ’18)

Jon A. van Heerden Award

T.K. Pandian, M.D. (MED ’11, S ’16)

Kaare K. Nygaard Travel Award

Johnathon Aho, M.D., Ph.D. (CI ’16, BME ’17, S ’17, S ’18)

Ryan Antiel, M.D. (MED ’12, CI ’16, S ’19)

Sahar-Al-Sadat Saddoughi, M.D., Ph.D. (S ’19)

Cornelius Thiels, D.O. (S ’18)

Chief Resident Teacher of the Year Award

Jaime Glorioso, M.D. (S ’12, CI ’14, S ’17)

 

General Surgery Teacher of the Year Awards

David Farley, M.D. (S ’94)

Travis McKenzie, M.D. (S ’09, S ’12)

Henry Schiller, M.D. (S ’01)

 

Subspecialty Teacher of the Year Awards

Scott Kelley, M.D. (CRS ’12), Colon and Rectal Surgery

David W. Larson, M.D. (S ’02, CRS ’03), Colon and Rectal Surgery

Kellie Mathis, M.D. (S ’05, CI ’07, S ’10, S ’11, CRS ’12), Colon and Rectal Surgery

 

Non-surgeon Physician Teacher of the Year Award

Navtej Buttar, M.D. (GI ’01), Gastroenterology

 

Surgery Fellow Teacher of the Year Awards

Omar Ghanem, M.D. (SLAP ’17), Minimally Invasive Surgery

Ryan Groeschl, M.D. (SGI ’17), Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

 

Silver Retractor Award for Outstanding Interns

Nicolas Contreras-Peraza, M.D. (MED ’16)

Alaa Sada, M.D. (PRES ’15)

Michael Traynor Jr., M.D. (S ’18)

John Zietlow, M.D. (S ’18)