Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but came out to Mayo for medical school and chose to stay for my residency in anesthesiology. My interests are in critical care and perioperative care for the complex sick and injured patient, and I felt that to be a good anesthesiologist intensivist I had to learn first to be a good generalist. Mayo has taken such incredible care of me as a learner, I was thrilled to be able to complete my intern year here. Nowhere else are faculty as excited and ready to teach, and I have been made to feel that my education and well-being is the highest priority. In addition, I’ve had the opportunity to learn from world experts in broad areas of medicine including cardiology, transfusion and hematology, head and neck surgery, neurology, and medical and surgical critical care.

Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
I am originally from Colombia, and I am currently an intern at the Mayo Anesthesiology program. One of the things that I enjoy the most about doing my internship with the internal medicine group has been the opportunity to work with interns from different programs and backgrounds, and the vast number of educational opportunities found in the services, and in the daily noon conferences offered by the IM residency.

Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
I am so stoked to be at Mayo Clinic for my internal medicine intern year and for three years of neurology residency! I originally grew up in Rochester so it's great to be back close to family. I left for eight years for undergraduate and medical school in the Twin Cities at UMN. I chose to return to Mayo because of all the positive experiences I had interacting with mentors and peers through a few prior research experiences, shadowing, and especially because of my positive interactions as a patient here! The people all genuinely put the needs of the patient first, and are pretty cool friends to have too!

Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
My name is Hunter Soleymani, and I am one of the preliminary interns who is staying here to begin PM&R residency next year. I decided to choose Mayo based on my previous experience on a visiting rotation during medical school. During that rotation I was blown away with how warm, welcoming, and engaging each person I worked with was. Additionally, I learned more in 1 month than I ever thought imaginable. Each day across multiple settings, upper-level residents and consultants actively were engaged in teaching and would go out of their way to ensure my educational needs were met. Now, during residency I have continued to have a similar experience and could not be more thankful to train with the best colleagues in the world and learn from the world's experts. If I had to choose again, I would choose Mayo 100/100 times!

Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
I'm originally from Montana and attended the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee for medical school. Ophthalmology residencies are integrated but nonetheless, the prelim year here at Mayo has been a wonderful experience. The people here are truly so kind and supportive. The faculty here are encouraging and have a passion for teaching. My co-interns (internal medicine and other prelims) are fun and great people to work with and be around! It has been a joy to be part of the Mayo family!

Why did you choose Mayo Clinic for your preliminary year?
I am from Apple Valley, Minnesota and did my medical school at University of Minnesota Medical School. I am interested in complex-medical dermatology and thus I wanted to get the best internal medicine training I could before starting my dermatology residency. I knew that doing my preliminary year at Mayo would expose me to an incredible breadth of medical pathology (from medical mysteries and rare diseases to bread-and-butter cases) while simultaneously allowing me to learn from some of the most renowned physicians in their fields in the world. I have absolutely loved my experience so far. Everyone I have worked with is extraordinarily approachable, willing to teach, and fantastic role models. On top of that, the educational and research resources for residents here are truly unmatched. I am so grateful to be here!