From our community leaders

Mayo Clinic residents and fellows don’t just make an impact in our hospitals; they deliver the Mayo Model of Care to their local communities and beyond through service learning and volunteering. Here is what some local leaders had to say about our residents:

“From the very beginning, The Salvation Army Good Samaritan Health Clinic has been dependent on the volunteer time of residents from Mayo Clinic. Thirty years later, the residents who volunteer at the Good Sam remain essential. They provide care our patients wouldn't be able to access anywhere else. They give both care and compassion to people who are very ill and often very afraid. We are so grateful to the many residents who have volunteered, and who currently volunteer, to make our clinic a place of refuge for thousands in need of healthcare. From our whole team at The Salvation Army, thank you!”
- Cornell Voeller, Major, Corps Officer for Business The Salvation Army, Rochester, MN

“The Landing MN would like to express our deepest gratitude for your incredible work and dedication. Witnessing your compassion and commitment to serving Rochester community members experiencing homelessness has been truly inspiring. The empathy and care you show are a testament to the exceptional training you're receiving at Mayo...and it gives us so much hope for the future of healthcare. We want to especially recognize the advent of the psychiatric support provided by you in our clinic, and the incredible impact made by this novel approach to mental healthcare. Thank you for all that you do; you make a profound difference in the lives of so many.
- Alex Hurlebaus, LGSW Executive Director, The Landing MN

"Serving our small, rural Minnesota town and its surrounding areas, our family medicine residents are the Center Clinic. For 20 years, our residents have provided compassionate and humanizing care to those with minimal resources. They extend Mayo Clinic's mission to those who would otherwise lack access. They inspire hope, promote health, and make our community a better place. On this Thank a Resident Day, we celebrate their heart, leadership, and commitment."
- Cesar A. Gonzalez, Ph.D., MSCP, ABPP President, Center Clinic

“We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our amazing Mayo Clinic residents and fellows who give of their time and compassionate services to the patients in our Sulzbacher clinics. The weekly ‘Mayo Learners Clinic’ is a blessing to Sulzbacher, the vulnerable patients that we serve and to the community at large. If it were not for you, these patients might not receive the treatment that they need and would end up even more ill and in an emergency room or worse. Thank you Mayo, residents and fellows for your critical partnership, service and empathy. We appreciate you more than you know.”
- Cindy Funkhouser President and CEO, Sulzbacher Center

“By adding residents and fellows to our amazing provider team at Volunteers in Medicine we are reaching a new level of care. The residents and fellows add fresh eyes and ideas to our clinic and in turn are mentored by experienced MDs with a wealth of knowledge. Our patients enjoy seeing the residents and fellows and comment on the thoroughness of their visits and compassionate care given. Thank you!”
- Suzanne Taylor, MSHA, MBA Chief Operating Officer, Volunteers in Medicine Jacksonville

“We love our Mayo residents! They travel from all over the country to come to Winslow Indian Healthcare and provide care on the Navajo Nation. They are really insanely smart, incredibly diligent, and thoughtful and considerate to the culture and socio-economic considerations of care out here. We love getting to work with them and are always eager to see where they go! “
- Evan Pulvers, M.D., Medical Education Site Director, Winslow Indian Healthcare Center/Dilkon Medical Center

“Serving our growing community of people experiencing homelessness requires as much help as we can get, and we're always searching for clinicians willing to volunteer their limited free time. Residents from Mayo have not only consistently volunteered during the demands of residency training, but they come from the other side of the Valley to do so, driving nearly an hour on their limited days off. From exceptional clinical care to teaching medical students to donating supplies, we are extraordinarily grateful for their enthusiasm, support, and willingness to serve our community. Thank you to all the residents who have so graciously shared their time, helping us to walk side-by-side with, advocate for, and learn from patients experiencing homelessness.”
- Dr. Robert Fauer, Medical Director, and Catherine Miller, Program Lead Street Medicine Phoenix

“The providers and staff at Circle the City are grateful for the Mayo residents and their commitment to their rotation at Circle the City. Their engagement and their commitment to work with our staff to serve the most vulnerable in our community is a testament to the type of physician they are striving to be.”
- William Ellert, MSN, M.D. Chief Medical Officer, Circle The City

“At the Chippewa Valley Free Clinic, we are so grateful to have the Family Medicine residents working at our clinic! They are thoughtful, compassionate, and thorough. They provide an invaluable service to our vulnerable patient population. A heartfelt thank you to all the residents!”
- Lori Whitis, M.D., Medical Director, Chippewa Valley Free Clinic