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Jithma Abeykoon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Consultant, Hematology
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Alumni Profiles
The Clinician Investigator Training Program faculty is highly regarded internationally in basic clinical and translational research. Because of Mayo Clinic's significant emphasis on and expertise in basic research and implementing translational research, many outstanding staff members are available to serve as mentors and advisers during the program. You will have direct access to these individuals throughout your training.
Many members of Mayo's faculty are actively involved in established research activities, either as part of designated centers or independent laboratories. Examples of programmatic areas and centers include:
- Center for Regenerative Medicine
- Center for Individualized Medicine
- Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
- Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Molecular medicine
- Robert and Arlene Kogod Center for Aging
Discovery's Edge and Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine highlight the Clinician Investigator Training Program.
- The Clinician Investigator: Translating Science into Better Care
- Clinician Investigators Find Their Voices in Translational Research
Mayo Clinic faculty and former program trainees
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Andrew Badley, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Molecular Medicine
HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Professor of Infectious Diseases Honoring Walter R Wilson, M.D.
Chair, Molecular Medicine
Vice Chair, conflict of Interest Review Board
Chair, Medical-Industry Relations Committee
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Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinician Investigator Training Program
Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Russ and Kathy Van Cleve Professor of Regenerative Medicine
Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine
Consultant, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
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Arthur Beyder, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Physiology
Consultant, Gastroenterology
Consultant, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Research: Neurobiology of functional GI diseases, gastrointestinal mechanosensation
Funding: American Gastroenterological Association Research Scholar Award (AGA RSA), NIH K08 (DK106456), NIH R01 (DK05276), NIDDK P30 Pilot and Feasibility (DK084567)
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Eva Carmona Porquera, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Consultant, Immunology
Research: Lung defense, infection and fibrosis
Funding: NIH K08 (HL112849)
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Gianrico Farrugia, M.D.
President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Physiology
John H. Noseworthy M.D., and Jay Ali Distinguished Chair
Consultant, Gastroenterology
Consultant, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
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John Giudicessi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine
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Andrew Limper, M.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Pulmonary Medicine I
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Consultant, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Elena Myasoedova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Rheumatology
Consultant, Quantitative Health Sciences
Section Editor, Proceedings Editorial Board
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Siobhan Pittock, M.B., B.Ch.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Consultant, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Consultant, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism
Clinical and research interest in pediatric thyroid cancer
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Lewis Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Peter and Frances Georgeson Professor of Gastroenterology Cancer Research
Consultant, Gastroenterology
Advisor, Mayo Clinic Global Health Program
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Rory Smoot, M.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Surgery
Consultant, Surgery
Consultant, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Carmen Terzic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Associate Professor of Medicine
Consultant, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research: Nucleocytoplasmic transport and cardiac differentiation, role of nuclear transport in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases, stem cells differentiation
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John Weroha, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oncology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Consultant, Medical Oncology
Vice Chair, M.D.-Ph.D. Program Committee
Research: Ovarian cancer preclinical and clinical drug development
Funding: Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Early Career Award; NIH R01 CA184502, "Avatar-directed Treatment for Ovarian Cancer"