Mayo Clinic International Clinical practice medical director, associate medical director and European region medical director
Executive medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International
Stacey Rizza, M.D. (MED ‘95, I ‘98, INFD ‘01), Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, was named executive medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International. She will collaborate with physician and administrative leaders across all locations and shields to ensure the international practice is safe, effective and innovative, and that it advances institutional and international strategies. Dr. Rizza will work in partnership with Jorge Pascual, M.D. (I ’94), associate medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International.
Dr. Rizza is interim executive medical director for Academic Affairs, Mayo Clinic International, president of Officers and Councilors of Mayo Clinic, and a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Associate medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International
Jorge Pascual, M.D. (I ’94), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida, was named associate medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International. Along with Stacey Rizza, M.D. (MED ’95, I ’98, INFD ’01), executive medical director, Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic International, he will share responsibilities for the international clinical practice.
Dr. Pascual is chair of the Florida Clinical Practice Committee, associate dean of the Mayo Clinic Clinical Practice Committee, and an assistant professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Medical director, European region, Mayo Clinic International
Gurpreet Sandhu, M.D., Ph.D. (MBIO ’92, BIOC ’94, CV ’03, CVIC ’04), chair, Division of Interventional Cardiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, was named medical director for the European region of Mayo Clinic International. Dr. Sandhu will lead all efforts for the region, including Mayo Clinic Healthcare, located in London.
In his new role, Dr. Sandhu assumes the responsibilities previously held by Stephen Cassivi, M.D. (TS ’02), Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, who played an integral role in activating Mayo Clinic Healthcare, London.
Dr. Sandhu is director of the Dr. Earl Wood Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.