June 3, 2025

By Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science staff

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Mayo Clinic alumni across the years reflect on their education at Mayo Clinic and how it has impacted them over the years.

Cullen O’Gorman, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. (NACF ’14, NEMG ’15), a neurologist and neurophysicist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Queensland, Australia. He offers advanced electrodiagnostic testing for nerve and muscle disease, including traumatic nerve injury, nerve entrapment, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy, and myasthenia gravis.

Dr. O'Gorman received an ANZAN overseas fellowship, which allowed him to continue learning and caring for patients at Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, completing fellowships in advanced clinical neurology and clinical neurophysiology.

He reflects on his time at Mayo Clinic.

My time at Mayo Clinic provided a bedrock of expertise that I rely on daily to diagnose and treat patients. The depth and richness of my experience there includes countless examples of superlative clinical care, compassion, commitment to excellence and dedication to the needs of the patient. To work at Mayo Clinic is to be immersed in a fast-moving tide of new medical discoveries and treatments — it may feel like you are swimming hard, but the sheer force of the waves carries you farther than you could have ever traveled alone.

I draw upon many fond memories of mentors and colleagues from my time at Mayo Clinic. An example I have never forgotten comes from the first neurologist I worked with — a senior colleague with tremendous clinical acumen and wisdom. He shared with me an experience from his own training, when he had learned much from a mistake. I was deeply touched by his honesty and profound humility. His openness and willingness to teach through example has remained with me, and I hope that I can measure up to his example with my own trainees.

This and other alumni stories originally appeared in the 2025 issue 1 of Mayo Clinic Alumni Magazine.