Mayo Clinic Rochester gives General Surgery Residency Recognition Awards

Nassir Thalji, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. (CTSA '15, S '20)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Howard Kramer Gray Travel Award

Michelle Junker, M.D. (CCMS '18, S '20)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Jon A. van Heerden Award

Moustafa El Khatib, M.B., B.Ch. (MMED '14, S '20)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Kaare K. Nygaard Travel Award

Matthew Hernandez, M.D. (CI ’18, S ’21)

Peter J. Davis. (S '19)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Chief Resident Teacher of the Year Award

Brittany Murphy, M.D. (S '19)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Instructor in health services research and surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Chief Resident Teacher of the Year Award

Jamie Kapplinger, M.D., Ph.D. (MDPH '18, MPET '18, S '19)
Resident, Preliminary Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Silver Retractor Award for Outstanding Interns

Rebecca Zhu, M.D. (S '23)
Resident, Division of General Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Silver Retractor Award for Outstanding Interns

David Farley, M.D. (S '94)
Division of Breast, Endocrine, Metabolic, and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
General Surgery Teacher of the Year

Scott Kelley, M.D. (ADLT '88)
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Assistant professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Subspecialty Surgery Teacher of the Year

Keith Paley, M.D. (S '14)
Division of General Surgery
Assistant professor of surgery
Mayo Clinic Health System - Owatonna, Minnesota
Off-Campus Teacher of the Year

Non-Surgeon Physician Teacher of the Year
Navtej Buttar, M.D. (GI ’98)

Michael Driedger, M.D. (SGI '20)
Fellow, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery
Department of Surgery
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Surgery Fellow Teacher of the Year