Alumni

Page Content

Each year, residents meet with program directors to discuss strategies and opportunities for achieving career goals after residency. Potential options include staff positions and fellowships within Mayo Clinic and among competitive programs nationwide.

Two residents are selected to serve a fourth year as chief medical residents.

The Internal Medicine Residency first obtained accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 1994. We have full, continued ACGME accreditation with commendation as of January 2018.

Our graduates go on to take the American Board of Internal Medicine examination with a 100% pass rate since 2019.

Graduates

Learn about our graduates' experiences, backgrounds, and where they have moved on to after graduation.

Brandon Nokes, M.D.

“Mayo Clinic Arizona set the foundation for my career trajectory and shaped the clinician that I am today. I loved my residency experience, my co-residents, and my mentors. I am forever grateful for the training and opportunities provided to me at Mayo Clinic AZ”

Class of 2018

Destination: After residency, Dr. Nokes completed a fellowship in pulmonary/critical care and a post-doc in upper airway physiology, both at UC San Diego. He is currently the Director of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation at VA San Diego.

Jaya Mehta, M.D.

“Mayo Clinic AZ IM residency was an amazing experience that shaped who I am today. The medical/social complexity of my patients taught me so much. The mentorship at Mayo is fantastic. As a resident, I felt comfortable reaching out to faculty for help whether it was clinical practice, research, or my career. I am still in touch with my mentor from Mayo, and I continue to seek out career advice. Through mentorship at Mayo, I honed my interest in women’s health and have since completed research in this field.

Class of 2018

Destination: After residency, Dr. Mehta practiced outpatient and hospital medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Today, she serves as core faculty for the Internal Medicine residency program at Allegheny Health Network and Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine. Additionally, she is co-director of the Gender Based Medicine Track within the internal medical residency program.

Preston Seaberg, M.D.

“Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona is where I learned how to be a great doctor. I met master clinicians, educators, investigators, and leaders who empowered all to be their best. The physicians and staff provided stellar examples to follow, mentorship, and partnership in producing work of exceptional quality for patients, learners, and our profession. The program and its faculty helped me find my vision of, and a path to become, my best professional self”

Class of 2018

Destination: After residency, a chief resident year, and two years on the Hospital Internal Medicine faculty at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Dr. Seaberg joined the West Virginia University Physicians of Charleston. There, he practices general internal medicine and serves as a faculty and Associate Program Director of the University and for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Charleston Area Medical Center.

Fellowships

More than 60% of Mayo graduates pursue fellowship training, most at their top-choice programs. Each year, program graduates are accepted to competitive fellowships in cardiology, hematology/oncology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, and other fields at Mayo Clinic and many other prestigious institutions.

Residents with interest in fellowships have pursued opportunities at Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona and other locations, armed with superlative foundational internal medicine training and impressive credentials afforded by abundant research opportunities and work with renowned experts in various fields.

Learn about the list of fellowship programs residents from Mayo Clinic's campus in Arizona have matched into since 1998.

Class of 2025

Name	Medical school	Destination
Jeremiah Bearss, M.D., Ph.D.	University of Arizona	Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical Development and Biolexis Therapeutics
Ashlyn Brown, M.D.	West Virginia University	Nephrology Fellowship- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Cody Cunningham, M.D., Ph.D.	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona	Infectious Disease Fellowship- Washington University
Amany Elshear M.D.	Alfaisal University	Gastroenterology Fellowship- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Amogh Havanur, M.D., M.P.H.	University of Miami	Hospitalist- Mayo Clinic Arizona.
Michael O’Shea M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.	Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine	Cardiology Fellowship- Mayo Clinic Rochester
Srekar Ravi, M.D.	Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University	Cardiology Fellowship- University of Maryland
Avanika Mahajan, M.D., Ph.D.	University of New Mexico	Rheumatology Fellowship- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Sandra Elmasry, M.D.	Creighton Medical University	Chief Medical Resident- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Matt Biondi, M.D.	University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine	Chief Medical Resident- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Juliana Savic, M.D.	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Cardiology Fellowship- HonorHealth
Bobak Seddighzadeh, M.D.	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Informatics Fellowship- Stanford

Chief medical residents 2024-2025

Name	Medical school	Destination
Ryan Dunn, M.D.	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona	Sleep Medicine- Mayo Clinic Arizona
Holly Thomson, M.D.	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona	Nephrology- Oregon Health & Science University

Fellowship match results from prior years

Specialty	Fellowship
Advanced internal medicine	Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Allergy	Henry Ford Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona National Jewish University of Wisconsin
Cardiology	Aurora Healthcare-Milwaukee Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix (Good Samaritan Medical Center) Loyola University, Chicago Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona Medical College of Virginia Scripps Clinic, San Diego The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Arizona University of Kansas University of Minnesota University of Texas
Chief residents	Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona
Critical care	Stanford University
Endocrinology	Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix (Good Samaritan Medical Center) Houston Methodist Inf. Oregon Health Sciences University of California, San Diego University of Chicago
Gastroenterology	Banner Good Samaritan Phoenix Kaiser Los Angeles Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona Scripps Clinic, San Diego University of Kentucky University of New Mexico University of Oklahoma
Geriatrics	Vanderbilt University
Hematology-oncology	Dartmouth College Loma Linda University Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona Oregon Health & Sciences Tulane University University of California Irvine University of Virginia
Hepatology	Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona
Infectious diseases	Baylor University Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona University of Maryland University of Rochester, New York University of Utah
Informatics	University of California, Los Angeles
Nephrology	Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona Mt. Sinai, New York St. Louis University University of California, Los Angeles Washington University
Palliative medicine	Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona Stanford University
Pulmonary/critical care	Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix (Good Samaritan Medical Center) Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona St. Louis University University of Arizona University of California, San Diego University of Nebraska University of New Mexico
Rheumatology	Loma Linda University Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota University of California Irvine
Sleep	Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota University of Michigan Yale University
Transfusion medicine	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vascular medicine	Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Women’s health	Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

Graduation of Mayo Clinic residents and fellows

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association

The Mayo Clinic Alumni Association will help you stay in touch with your Mayo Clinic colleagues, maintain a valuable professional connection to Mayo Clinic throughout your medical and/or research career, participate in continuing medical education, and more.

Learn more