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)
