The month of May recognizes the heritages of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), and Jewish Americans. Throughout the month, the Office for Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Mayo Clinic will share facts, articles, and featured profiles to demonstrate the richness of AAPI and Jewish American cultures.
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Mayo Clinic is celebrating the next generation of physicians and scientists. In a joint ceremony on Sunday, May 22, students will receive degrees conferred by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Medical students from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, a national medical school, are taking part in the first tri-site commencement this year. This is the second commencement of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine's campus in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona. The ceremony will take place Friday, May 20.
Lee Peyton, Ph.D., wanted to become a scientist since he was a kid watching Bill Nye the Science Guy conduct experiments on TV. But when he first set foot on a Mayo Clinic campus, fresh from college with a microbiology degree, Dr. Peyton had no vision of the type of research career he wanted. Read his story as he prepares to graduate from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences on Sunday, May 22.
It has been a year of many firsts for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine's campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Earlier this spring, the first full cohort of medical students in Florida participated in Match Day for the first time. Now, this Sunday, May 15, that same cohort will help celebrate one more 'first' for the campus. The class of eleven medical students will graduate from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Florida in its first commencement ceremony at this campus location.
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Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, along with the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association and Rochester Mayo Fellows' Association, has announced the recipients of the Teacher of the Year Awards as well as the Edward C. Kendall and Donald C. Balfour Alumni Awards for Meritorious Research, Fellows' Fellow Award, and Mayo Fellows' Association Humanitarian Award.
When she was a child, Saranya Wyles, M.D., Ph.D., would recite the stages of wound healing in Latin — rubor, tumor, calor, dolor, functio laesa— to her father at the dinner table. Decades later, that ingrained knowledge would be a cornerstone of her regenerative medicine research, education, and practice at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Wyles is a dermatologist whose subspecialty is regenerative medicine.
Mayo Clinic selectives are student-selected electives that offer broad opportunities for innovation and leadership. Options include training that emphasizes humanities in medicine, personal reflections, global health, artificial intelligence in health care, and more.
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Growing up as a student athlete in Cincinnati, Joe Panos had more than his fair share of visits to the orthopedist for sports injuries. Now Panos, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, is hoping to become an orthopedic surgeon. As part of his education, he is conducting research to improve regenerative treatment for patients whose bones don't heal properly.
Christeebella Akpala, R.N., an M.D. student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, is a 2022 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow. This prestigious award is given to just 30 immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing graduate education in the U.S. Selection is based on a student’s drive, creativity, intellectual spirit, and their commitment to the values of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
