Residents’ Corner: Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Education
Editor’s Note: In an effort to connect more Duval County Medical Society members with residents, in each 2013 issue there will be a “Residents’ Corner” with information about a residency program in the area, details about research being done and/or a list of achievements/accomplishments of the program’s residents. This “Residents’ Corner” features the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Education.
By William Palmer, M.D. Overview of Residency Program Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education was one of the first medical specialty teaching programs in the world, with more than 24,000 graduates of residencies and fellowship programs across all medical and surgical specialties. In 1986, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. became Mayo’s first campus outside of Rochester, Minn.. Mayo Clinic hospital, which recently completed the initial phase of a $100 million expansion to 304 beds, has 22 operating rooms and offers care in 20 medical and 15 surgical specialties, and also includes a full service Emergency Department. An additional $16.7 million has been used to construct a new outpatient primary care clinic on Gate Parkway in Jacksonville that houses 24 physicians and supporting staff. Currently at Mayo Clinic in Florida, there are more than 160 residents and fellows in training, and 300+ students total when including pharmacy and medical students. Residents and fellows are allotted further clinic opportunities at nearby institutions including Nemours Children’s Clinic, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, University of North Florida, UF Health Jacksonville, and the Jacksonville Naval Hospital. Resident Research A cornerstone of Mayo Clinic, medical research is highly encouraged and supported by the institution and staff physicians. Trainees are deeply involved in research that not only advances medical knowledge leading to new therapies, but also quality improvement projects that enhance the efficiency of delivery of patient care. Below are a few examples of ongoing research: • Gastroenterology Fellow Victoria Gomez, M.D. was awarded the 2012 National Community Outreach Video of the Year by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for her educational film about screening colonoscopy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-p7zPWSQcg)
• Hematology/Oncology Fellow Jennifer Crozier, M.D. was highlighted in multiple national news outlets including the Wall Street Journal and interviewed on National Public Radio regarding her recent publication in Cancer on HER2+ breast malignancy. • Internal Medicine Resident David Cangemi, M.D. recently published a retrospective analysis of small bowel tumor diagnosis with double balloon enteroscopy in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Resident Community Outreach Through the Mayo Fellows Association training organization, Mayo Clinic residents and fellows are extremely active in the local community, providing their time and clinical expertise to those in need. Here are several examples of their activities: • A yearly can-food drive for Second Harvest Food bank • A yearly holiday clothing drive for Mission House of Jacksonville • Annual golf tournament for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of America • Campus-wide blood drive for The Blood Alliance • Benefit events for the WeCare organization of Jacksonville Mayo History and Focus From its humble beginnings as a family venture between a father and his two sons, Mayo Clinic eventually became America’s first integrated group practice; a model that is now the standard in the United States. Mayo Clinic’s three-shield logo represents the practice’s three primary focuses; first and primary to the organization is the patient care practice, represented by the central shield and primary statement of the organization that “the needs of the patient always come first.” The other two shields represent the areas of education and research.
• Internal Medicine resident David Snipelisky, M.D. recently published on the value of the troponin post-operatively following orthotopic liver transplantation in Journal of Transplantation.
William Palmer, M.D. is a PGY-4 Fellow in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Florida. He is currently completing a hybrid program in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, with plans to continue further clinical and research work in the area of liver transplantation.
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