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Commencement
Program
Class of 2022
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Contents
Introduction Awards
5 Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine 57 Mayo Clinic Graduate School of
7 Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Awards
Biomedical Sciences About the Awards
Dean's Recognition Awards
Florida Class of 2022
Teacher of the Year Awards
11 Commencement Program Outstanding Mentor Award
12 Platform Participants 63 Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Awards
13 C
ommencement Speaker About the Awards
14 Doctor of Medicine Graduates Distinguished Teacher Awards
16 Farewell & Thank You Dean's Recognition Awards
Distinguished Service Award
Arizona Class of 2022
Dean's Diversity and Inclusion Awards
19 Commencement Program Teacher of the Year Awards
20 Platform Participants Golden Stethoscope Awards
21 Commencement Speaker & Mayo Brothers Awards
Honorary Degree Recipient
BRANkind Awards
22 Doctor of Medicine Graduates
29 Farewell & Thank You Scholarships
Minnesota Class of 2022 82 Benefactor-Funded Scholarships
33 Commencement Program Pledge
34 Platform Participants
85 M
ayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
35 Commencement Speaker & Physician’s Pledge
Honorary Degree Recipient
36 Doctor of Philosophy Graduates Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
42 Master in Biomedical Sciences Graduates
86 Congratulations and Welcome
47 Farewell & Thank You
48 Doctor of Medicine Graduates
55 Farewell & Thank You
MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is comprised of five schools.
• Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
• Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
• Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development
• Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
• Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences
Academic degrees are granted by the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the deans and
the faculty of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. The faculty is drawn from the clinical and scientific
staff of Mayo Clinic and is augmented by area physicians. Faculty members participating in this graduation
ceremony represent a total faculty of approximately 3,700.
Commencement 2022 | 3
Mayo Clinic
Alix School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MCASOM) LEADERSHIP
matriculated its first class in 1972. For 50 years, world- Dean
class faculty has educated aspiring physicians in Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Mayo Clinic’s unsurpassed model of team-based,
patient-centered care. Our faculty work with students Vice Deans
to develop the skills to be highly successful care providers Michele Y. Halyard, M.D. | AZ
as well as the compassionate hearts and inquisitive Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D. | FL
minds that change lives and innovate health care for Administrator
generations to come. Marcia L. Andresen Reid, M.S.
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine holds the distinction Operations Managers
of being one national medical school with three unique Nicole L. Billingsley, M.B.A. | AZ
campuses – the original campus in Rochester, Minnesota; Christopher C. Bleau, Ed.D. | FL
a four-year campus at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona; Deborah (Debbie) A. Dixon | MN
and a third- and fourth-year program on Mayo Clinic’s
Emily P. McLaughlin, M.S. | MN
Jacksonville, Florida campus. Our novel school
configuration provides our students with a depth
and breadth of learning experiences unlike any other
institution.
We are proud that Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
is a top-ranked medical school with a stellar national
and international reputation. Our integrated approach
to clinical and research training means our students
are instilled with an unrelenting quest to find and apply
medical answers where none have been found before.
We are constantly innovating curriculum so our students
will be well-prepared to handle the challenges of the
nation’s evolving health care environment.
The Class of 2022 will be part of the prestigious alumni of
Mayo Clinic. Selected from 7,392 applicants, Mayo Clinic
Alix School of Medicine Class of 2022 consists of
49 women and 45 men.
Commencement 2022 | 5
JAY ALIX
In providing unprecedented philanthropic support,
Jay Alix pledged to help Mayo Clinic “recruit the best
of future generations of talented students and create
an innovative curriculum that enables them to achieve
dramatic advances in medical science, technology and
patient care.” To recognize his vision and generosity,
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine is named in
his honor.
As a business professional, member of the Mayo Clinic
Board of Trustees and grateful patient, Mr. Alix remains
inspired by Mayo’s commitment to solving the world’s
most serious and complex medical challenges —
one patient at a time.
A devoted advocate for Mayo Clinic, Mr. Alix works
alongside Mayo leaders, driving transformational change
rooted in Mayo Clinic’s vision and core values.
Mr. Alix is a noted philanthropist and founder of the
turnaround consulting firm AlixPartners, the global
advisory firm and industry standard for providing
comprehensive solutions for companies facing complex
operating, financial, legal and restructuring challenges.
He has led and advised on some of the largest and most Chairman’s Award in recognition of his “pioneering
complex restructurings and turnarounds of the past leadership role” in helping to create and build the
four decades, including leading the creation, design and turnaround industry. The Japanese Association for
development of the highly successful restructuring and Turnaround Professionals honored him as its Inaugural
turnaround plan to bring General Motors in and out Foreign Member in April 2003.
of bankruptcy in just 40 days. Having sold control of
the firm in 2006, today Alix serves as one of 15 board Alix has also focused on pro bono advisory and
members and a mentor to AlixPartners’ leaders. creative activities including producing award-winning
documentary films, six-time Tony-winning Broadway
In addition to his past consulting work and private musicals and plays, Grammy-nominated music
equity investment experience, Alix has lectured widely, and Emmy-nominated television series. He helped
written many articles on turnaround management and restructure the 40,000-student Detroit Public School
co-authored two books on the financial issues facing System and assisted the Norman Rockwell Museum in
companies in reorganization. advancing its mission nationally and internationally.
Former U.S. President Clinton appointed Alix to the Alix completed the YPO/Advanced Management
National Bankruptcy Review Commission, the only Program at the Harvard Business School. He holds
businessperson and non-lawyer to serve on the nine- an MBA in accounting from Rutgers University and a
member commission. He served as a strategic advisor bachelor’s degree in finance from the Wharton School
to Dennis Archer as mayor of Detroit. The Turnaround at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career
Management Association presented Alix with the 2002 as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.
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Mayo Clinic
Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences
The mission of the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of showcased in the challenges presented by the recent
Biomedical Sciences (MCGSBS) is to develop the COVID pandemic, demonstrating both the global reach
next generation of leaders in biomedical science and and substantive local impact at each campus.
education. First established in 1915, Mayo’s graduate
degrees were initially awarded in partnership with the This commencement articulates the critical nature
University of Minnesota. Mayo Clinic Graduate School of fundamental research in addressing major societal
of Biomedical Sciences became an independent needs. Each of these graduates from the class of 2022
degree-granting institution in 1983. For the past quarter represents new cutting-edge technology, innovations in
century, our world-renowned faculty have worked health care delivery, public policy, regulatory science and
within Mayo Clinic’s unique three-shield environment new methods to make innovations more broadly available
of the clinic, research and education to recruit, across the world through entrepreneurship, partnerships
empower and nurture future scientists (M.S. and and novel ventures.
Ph.D.) and physician scientists (M.S./M.D. and M.D./
LEADERSHIP
Ph.D.) to explore the world and innovate in order to
rapidly develop cures and solutions that solve unmet Dean
health care needs. Integral to the goals of Mayo Clinic Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is the creation Administrator
of a diverse workforce that is prepared to improve Karen S. Nation, MBA/HCM
health equity through discovery and innovation.
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
has also been a vital part of the expansion of Mayo
Clinic into a three-site institution — from the original site
in Rochester, Minnesota to major graduate training in
Jacksonville, Florida and both Scottsdale and Phoenix,
Arizona. This novel configuration and nearly three-decade
experience in distance graduate education has been
Commencement 2022 | 7
Florida
Class of 2022
May 15, 2022
Kinne Auditorium
Jacksonville, FloridaFlorida
Commencement Program
MAY 15, 2022
Processional Bagpiper
Paul M. Travers, M.D.
Platform Participants
Graduates
Faculty Representatives
Welcome from the Executive Dean Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Dean’s Remarks Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D.
Remarks by the CEO, Kent R. Thielen, M.D.
Mayo Clinic in Florida & Introduction
of Commencement Speaker
Commencement Address Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D.
Introduction of Student Speaker Margaret M. Johnson, M.D.
Student Address Johanny Lopez Dominguez
Conferring of Medical Degrees Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D.
Elliot L. Dimberg, M.D.
Mary S. Hedges, M.D.
Fred Kusumoto, M.D.
Concluding Remarks Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Reading of the Physician’s Pledge Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
All M.D. attendees
Recessional
Please join us after the recessional for a reception in the Atrium.
Commencement 2022 | 11Florida
Platform Participants
FREDRIC B. MEYER, M.D. ELLIOT L. DIMBERG, M.D.
Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean of Education, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Florida Campus
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Alfred Uihlein Family Professor of Neurologic Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
GERARDO COLON-OTERO, M.D. MARY S. HEDGES, M.D.
Vice Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Florida Campus
Florida Campus Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
KENT R. THIELEN, M.D.
CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida FRED KUSUMOTO, M.D.
Professor of Radiology, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Florida Campus
Professor of Medicine,
ALFREDO QUIÑONES-HINOJOSA, M.D. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Commencement Speaker
Professor of Neurosurgery,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
MARGARET M. JOHNSON, M.D.
Dean of Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
and Science – Florida Campus
Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
12 | Commencement 2022Florida
Commencement Speaker
ALFREDO QUIÑONES-HINOJOSA, M.D.
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, also known as “Dr. Q”,
serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurological
Surgery and leads the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory
at Mayo Clinic Florida, where he has been recognized
with the distinction of the William J. and Charles H. Mayo
Endowed Professorship.
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa earned his B.A. in psychology
from the University of California–Berkeley and his M.D.
from Harvard Medical School, where he graduated cum
laude. He completed his neurosurgery residency and a
postdoctoral fellowship in developmental and stem cell
biology at the University of California, San Francisco.
His career as a neurosurgeon started at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, where he was named Professor
of Neurosurgery and Oncology and served as the director
of the Brain Tumor Program.
Over the last 15 years, Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa has
mentored more than 300 post-graduate students and
neurosurgery residents, who are currently working in
prestigious institutions of the United States such as
Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MD Anderson and UCSF as
well as other institutions around the world in Mexico,
Spain, Panama, England and many others. International Vice-chair of the AANS/CNS Tumor
Section. Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa has received multiple
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa has received many honors and honoris causa degrees from several institutions
awards in recognition of his work. He has been named around the globe, including Southern Vermont College,
one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in 2008, was Lackawanna College, Dominican University, University of
the recipient of the Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Notre Dame, Loyola University and other countries like
Award and Neurosurgeon of the Year in 2014 and was Mexico, Ecuador and Peru. Apart from his clinical and
named one of Mexico’s most brilliant minds in research activities he is the co-founder and president
the world by Forbes Magazine in 2015. In 2021, of the non-profit organization Mission:BRAIN and a
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa received the prestigious Charles member of the executive committee of Voices Against
B. Wilson Award granted by the Congress of Neurological Brain Cancer. He has also founded three companies to
Surgeons (CNS) due to his meritorious career extend the reach of his discoveries to more patients and
in neurosurgery, and he also serves as the current has filed more than 25 patents with the same purpose.
“Within its walls all classes of people, the poor as
well as the rich, without regard to color or creed,
shall be cared for without discrimination.”
WILLIAM J. MAYO, M.D.
Commencement 2022 | 13Florida
Doctor of Medicine
HANNAH F. CASE SHANNON TYISHA JOHANNY LOPEZ DOMINGUEZ
B.S., Biological Chemistry NATASHA COOMBS B.S., Science Technology and
Tulane University B.A., History International Affairs-Global Health
New Orleans, LA Howard University Georgetown University
Residency: Washington, DC Washington, DC
Otolaryngology Residency: Residencies:
Texas Tech University Internal Medicine Medicine-Preliminary
Lubbock, TX Washington University - Orlando Health
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Orlando, FL
St. Louis, MO Dermatology
Stanford University Health Care
Stanford, CA
JORDAN SUZANNE DUTCHER SHEENA FLETCHER NICKOLAS GORANOV
B.S., Biology B.A., Legal Communications B.S., Applied Physiology
University of Alabama Howard University and Kinesiology
Tuscaloosa, AL Washington, DC University of Florida
Residency: Residency: Gainesville, FL
Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Residencies:
Mayo Clinic School of University of California, Transitional
Graduate Medical Education San Francisco Naples Community Hospital
Jacksonville, FL San Francisco, CA Naples, FL
Radiology-Diagnostic
University of Miami –
Jackson Health System
Miami, FL
14 | Commencement 2022Florida
Doctor of Medicine
TIMOTHY PAUL LEE IJONI LISHA PARTH PRADIP PATEL
B.S., Molecular Biology B.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology B.S., Biomedical Engineering
Eckerd College University of Michigan Drexel University
St. Petersburg, FL Ann Arbor, MI Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Residency: Residency:
Psychiatry Psychiatry Internal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia University of South Florida – Morsani University of Pennsylvania
Augusta, GA College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Tampa, FL
DONALD EARL PFEIFER III KYLE ROBINSON
B.S., Microbiology B.S., Biology
Brigham Young University University of Alabama
Provo, UT Tuscaloosa, AL
Residencies: B.A., Spanish
Transitional University of Alabama
University of Central Florida Tuscaloosa, AL
Orlando, FL Residency:
Interventional Radiology (Integrated) Obstetrics-Gynecology
University of Florida Baylor College of Medicine
College of Medicine Houston, TX
Jacksonville, FL
Commencement 2022 | 15Florida
Doctor of Medicine
FAREWELL & THANK YOU FROM MAYO CLINIC
ALIX SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN FLORIDA
The Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Jacksonville,
Florida Class of 2022 would like to express our heartfelt
gratitude to the incredible individuals that made
our medical school experience humbling, rewarding
and unforgettable.
First, to the patients of Mayo Clinic, UF Jacksonville,
Naples Community Hospital, Wolfson and Nemours who
have graciously invited us to learn from their experience:
As physicians, we have the unique opportunity to be
welcomed into people’s lives during some of their
most difficult times. With every patient, we learned to
appreciate not only the symptom or the etiology of the
disease but — most importantly — the story and essence
of each unique individual. May we never forget our
first patients.
Second, to the Mayo Clinic staff, who have given so
much time and attention to the behind-the-scenes
details that ensure smooth learning: We are so thankful
for our remarkable faculty who have fiercely advocated
for us every step of the way. Their investment in us not
only as future physicians but also as people made our
small class a family, and we learned what “the needs haven’t fully understood what we were going through, you
of the patient come first” truly means. Thank you for were always there for us as a source of encouragement.
allowing us to learn from our mistakes and supporting We are very grateful for your unwavering belief in us, even
us as we grow. We have felt so cared for and blessed at on days when we questioned ourselves. We would not be
Mayo Clinic Florida, where our needs as students were here without you.
always heard and respected.
You have shown us that we are never alone, and it is
Next, to our fellow students across all campuses, who because of your support, patience and encouragement
have accompanied us along the way with their support, that we graduate together. Congratulations not only to
understanding and laughter: We could not have gotten the class of 2022 but to all those who helped us along
through this experience without each other. Our medical the way. Today we become compassionate doctors
school experience has been enriched by the relationships because of you.
we’ve made along the way. To those who graduated
before us — thank you for the perspective and guidance Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
when planning for the future. To those who graduate in Florida Class of 2022
the future — we look forward to having the opportunity
to serve as mentors.
Last but certainly not least, we are most thankful for our
families and friends. Thank you for being so patient with
us. Medical school is a wild journey with many ups and
downs as we struggle to find our way. Even when you
16 | Commencement 2022Arizona
Class of 2022
May 20, 2022
JW Marriott Desert Ridge
Phoenix, Arizona
Commencement 2022 | 17Arizona
Commencement Program
MAY 20, 2022
Processional Bagpipers
Leonard Wood
Thomas Cox
Platform Participants
Graduates
Faculty Representatives
Welcome from the Executive Dean Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Introduction of Commencement Speaker Gianrico Farrugia, M.D.
Hooding & Conferral of Honorary Degree Gianrico Farrugia, M.D.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Ursula Burns
Commencement Address Ursula Burns
Dean’s Remarks Michele Y. Halyard, M.D.
Remarks by the CEO, Mayo Clinic in Arizona Richard J. Gray, M.D.
Student Address Daniel A. Khan
Conferring of Medical Degrees Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Michele Y. Halyard, M.D.
Pamela A. Mergens, M.D.
Amit A. Shah, M.D.
Robert P. Bright, M.D.
Keith J. Cannon, M.D.
Mira T. Keddis, M.D.
Concluding Remarks Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Reading of the Physician’s Pledge Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
All M.D. attendees
Recessional
Please join us after the recessional for a reception on the Sunset Lawn.
Commencement 2022 | 19Arizona
Platform Participants
FREDRIC B. MEYER, M.D. ROBERT P. BRIGHT, M.D.
Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean of Education, Assistant Dean of Career Advising,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Arizona Campus
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
Alfred Uihlein Family Professor of Neurologic Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
GIANRICO FARRUGIA, M.D. KEITH J. CANNON, M.D.
President & CEO, Mayo Clinic Associate Dean for Academic Affairs – Arizona Campus
Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
URSULA BURNS MIRA T. KEDDIS, M.D.
Commencement Speaker and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs – Arizona Campus
Honorary Degree Recipient Associate Professor of Medicine,
Retired Chairman and CEO, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Xerox Corporation and VEON, Ltd.
PAMELA A. MERGENS, M.D.
Founding Partner, Integrum Holdings
Chairman, Teneo Holdings LLC Associate Dean for Admissions,
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Arizona Campus
MICHELE Y. HALYARD, M.D. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Suzanne Hanson Poole Vice Dean, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – AMIT A. SHAH, M.D.
Arizona Campus George M. and Kristen L. Lund Associate Dean of
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Student Affairs, Mayo Clinic Alix School of
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Medicine – Arizona Campus
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
RICHARD J. GRAY, M.D. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
CEO, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Professor of Surgery,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
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Commencement Speaker & Honorary Degree Recipient
URSULA BURNS
Ursula Burns has extensive international experience
leading large companies facing technology sea changes
within their industries.
Burns rose from an intern at Xerox Corporation to Chief
Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016 and Chairman of
the Board from 2010 to 2017. During her tenure as CEO,
Burns helped the company transform from a global leader
in document technology to the world’s most diversified
business services company serving enterprises and
governments of all sizes. After her retirement from Xerox,
Burns was appointed CEO and Chairman of VEON, Ltd.
from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure at VEON, Ltd.,
Burns successfully steered the company through various
compliance and restructuring changes.
Burns is a member of the Exxon Mobil, Uber Technologies,
Inc., Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. and IHS Holdings
Boards of Directors. She is also a founding partner of
Integrum Holdings, Non-Executive Chairman of Teneo
Holdings LLC and the Executive Chairman of Plum
Acquisition Corp I. In addition, she is on several private
company boards, including Mayo Clinic, Waystar and
Hear.com, while also providing leadership counsel to
non-profits including the Ford Foundation, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of
U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Burns to New York University. She is a member of the National
lead the White House national program on Science, Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts
Technology, Engineering and Math from 2009 to 2016, and Sciences, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the
and Burns served as Chair of the President’s Export G7 Gender Equity Advisory Council.
Council from 2015 to 2016. In February 2022, Burns joined
the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on
Supply Chain Competitiveness.
“The best interest of the patient is the only interest
to be considered, and in order that the sick may
have the benefit of advancing knowledge,
union of forces is necessary.”
WILLIAM J. MAYO, M.D.
Commencement 2022 | 21Arizona
Doctor of Medicine
SOPHIA VALENZUELA AGUIRRE JAKE RYAN ARBON PATRICIA BAI
B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology B.S., Biology B.A., Anthropology
University of Arizona Brigham Young University-Idaho Dartmouth College
Tucson, AZ Rexburg, ID Hanover, NH
Residency: M.S., Science of Health Care Delivery Residency:
Emergency Medicine Arizona State University Ophthalmology
University of California Tempe, AZ Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
San Diego Medical Center Residency: University of Illinois-Chicago
San Diego, CA Psychiatry/Rural Idaho Track Chicago, IL
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
NICHOLAS BERRY JAKE BESCH-STOKES JENNIFER SHENG-YUN CHIANG
B.S., Biomedical Science B.S., Biological Sciences B.A., Neurobiology
Ohio State University Arizona State University Harvard University
Columbus, OH Tempe, AZ Cambridge, MA
Residencies: Residency: M.S., Science of Health Care Delivery
Medicine – Preliminary Dermatology Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Mayo Clinic School of Phoenix, AZ
Santa Barbara, CA Graduate Medical Education Residencies:
Dermatology Scottsdale, AZ Transitional
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Riverside Community Hospital
Medical Center Riverside, CA
North Bergen, NJ Radiation Oncology
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
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Doctor of Medicine
CODY A. CUNNINGHAM JOSHUA ISAAC DAUM SASHA EBRAHIMI
B.S., Microbiology B.S., Microbiology B.Sc., Human Biology
Arizona State University Colorado State University University of Toronto
Tempe, AZ Fort Collins, CO Toronto, Ontario
Ph.D., Immunology M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery Canada
University of Missouri Arizona State University Ph.D., Molecular Biology
Columbia, MO Tempe, AZ University of Toronto
Residency: Residency: Toronto, Ontario
Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Canada
Mayo Clinic School of Mayo Clinic School of Residencies:
Graduate Medical Education Graduate Medical Education Transitional
Scottsdale, AZ Rochester, MN Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Radiation Oncology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
SOPHIA ARUSUAINE EDERAINE LENA KITCHLEY EGBERT LUCA FARRUGIA
B.A., Psychology B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology B.S., Biology
University of San Diego University of California, Berkeley Boston College
San Diego, CA Berkeley, CA Chestnut Hill, MA
Residencies: Residency: M.S., Medical Sciences
Transitional Surgery-General Boston University
Riverside Community Hospital Mayo Clinic School of Boston, MA
Riverside, CA Graduate Medical Education Residency:
Dermatology Phoenix, AZ Child Neurology
University of California Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Irvine Medical Center Phoenix, AZ
Orange, CA
Commencement 2022 | 23Arizona Doctor of Medicine JOSE OMAR GARCIA KATHARINE HENRY STEVEN ERIC HERBER B.S., Exercise Science B.S., Biology B.S., Biochemistry and Cell Biology University of Texas at Austin Emory University University of California, San Diego Austin, TX Atlanta, GA La Jolla, CA M.S., Biomedical Sciences Residency: Residency: Texas Tech University Neurology Anesthesiology Health Science Center University of Virginia Mayo Clinic School of Lubbock, TX Charlottesville, VA Graduate Medical Education Residencies: Scottsdale, AZ Medicine-Preliminary Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY Ophthalmology New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY MICHELLE KATE HIGGINS THOMAS CLINT HYDRICK TYLER JARVIS B.S., Biochemistry B.S., Biology B.S., Health Sciences and Physiology Kansas State University University of Alabama University of Arizona Manhattan, KS Tuscaloosa, AL Tucson, AZ B.S., Nutritional Sciences M.S., Science of Residency: Kansas State University Healthcare Delivery Plastic Surgery (Integrated) Manhattan, KS Arizona State University Penn State Hershey Medical Center Ph.D., Immunology Phoenix, AZ Hershey, PA University of Colorado Residency: Anschutz Medical Campus Orthopaedic Surgery Aurora, CO Texas Tech University Residency: Lubbock, TX Otolaryngology/Research University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA 24 | Commencement 2022
Arizona
Doctor of Medicine
DANIEL KHAN ANTHONY ELIJAH KILGORE REGINA WAIYUN LAM
B.S., Biomedical Engineering B.S., Biological Sciences B.A., Health and Societies
Washington University California State University of Pennsylvania
St. Louis, MO Polytechnic University Philadelphia, PA
Residency: San Luis Obispo, CA M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery
Internal Medicine Residency: Arizona State University
Mayo Clinic School of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Tempe, AZ
Graduate Medical Education Mayo Clinic School of Residency:
Rochester, MN Graduate Medical Education Pediatrics
Rochester, MN University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
SHEILA MALEKIAN DAVID JON MAULER SARAH MERRILL
B.S., Biological Sciences B.S., Mathematics B.A., Neuroscience
Arizona State University Brigham Young University Dartmouth College
Tempe, AZ Provo, UT Hanover, NH
M.N.M., Nonprofit Management B.A., Economics M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery
Regis University Brigham Young University Arizona State University
Denver, CO Provo, UT Tempe, AZ
Residency: M.A., Economics Residency:
Family Medicine Stanford University Neurological Surgery
University of California Stanford, CA Indiana University School of Medicine
Irvine Medical Center Residency: Indianapolis, IN
Orange, CA Urology
Mayo Clinic School of
Graduate Medical Education
Phoenix, AZ
Commencement 2022 | 25Arizona Doctor of Medicine TERENCE JOHN MEYERHOEFER TALA MUJAHED THOMAS MASSIMILIANO POLVERONI B.S., Bioscience B.S., Biochemistry B.A., Biochemistry Farmingdale State College Arizona State University University of San Diego Farmingdale, NY Tempe, AZ San Diego, CA B.S., Psychology M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery Residencies: Manhattan College Arizona State University Transitional Riverdale, NY Tempe, AZ Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego Residency: Residency: San Diego, CA Psychiatry Pediatrics Radiology-Diagnostic Mayo Clinic School of University of Utah Health Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Salt Lake City, UT Los Angeles, CA Rochester, MN CHARLOTTE ALTAMONT POUGNIER EMILY REYNOLDS HANNAH CALDARELLA ROBERTS B.A., Politics B.S., Biochemistry B.S., Oceanography Princeton University Colorado State University United States Naval Academy Princeton, NJ Fort Collins, CO Annapolis, MD M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery Residency: Residency: Arizona State University Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Tempe, AZ Mayo Clinic School of Ohio State University Residency: Graduate Medical Education Medical Center Urology Scottsdale, AZ Columbus, OH Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Rochester, MN 26 | Commencement 2022
Arizona
Doctor of Medicine
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ CHRISTIAN ROSENOW DEREK WALTON SCOTT
B.S., Chemistry B.S., Genetics, Cell Biology B.A., Interdepartmental Studies,
Saint Joseph’s College and Development Linguistics and Political Science
Patchogue, NY University of Minnesota Duke University
Residency: Minneapolis, MN Durham, NC
Surgery-General Residency: Residency:
Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals Orthopaedic Surgery Emergency Medicine
Stony Brook, NY Mayo Clinic School of Ohio State University
Graduate Medical Education Medical Center
Rochester, MN Columbus, OH
JOSHUA JAMES SPEGMAN YUMIKO VALERIE TAGUCHI JENNIFER TALBOTT
B.A., Biochemistry and B.A., General Biology B.A., Comparative Human Development
Molecular Biology University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago
Lewis and Clark College Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL
Portland, OR Ph.D., Cell Biology M.P.H., Population and Family Health
M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery Yale University Columbia University
Arizona State University New Haven, CT New York, NY
Tempe, AZ M.A., Cell Biology Residency:
Residency: Yale University Obstetrics and Gynecology
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics New Haven, CT Duke University Medical Center
Ohio State University Residency: Durham, NC
Medical Center Internal Medicine
Columbus, OH Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Commencement 2022 | 27Arizona
Doctor of Medicine
BRITTNEY ANGEL THIELE CAMERON MATTHEW THIELE JESSICA LYNN TODSEN
B.S., Cell, Genetics and B.S., Biomedical Sciences B.S.E., Chemical Engineering
Developmental Biology Colorado State University University of Michigan
Arizona State University Fort Collins, CO Ann Arbor, MI
Tempe, AZ Residency: Residency:
Residency: Anesthesiology Internal Medicine
Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical Mayo Clinic School of Oregon Health &
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Science University
Graduate Medical Education Rochester, MN Portland, OR
Rochester, MN
JENS TAYLOR VERHEY CIARA VOY SAMANTHA WILDER
B.S., Science-Business B.S., Environmental Sciences B.A., Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame Duke University Yeshiva University
Notre Dame, IN Durham, NC New York, NY
Residency: M.S., Science of Healthcare Delivery M.A., Bioethics
Orthopaedic Surgery Arizona State University New York University
Mayo Clinic School of Tempe, AZ New York, NY
Graduate Medical Education Residency: Research Fellowship:
Phoenix, AZ Family Medicine Vattikuti Institute of Urology at
University of Arizona Henry Ford Health System
College of Medicine – Phoenix Detroit, MI
Phoenix, AZ
28 | Commencement 2022Arizona
Doctor of Medicine
FAREWELL & THANK YOU FROM MAYO CLINIC
ALIX SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ARIZONA
The Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Class of 2022
would like to express our most sincere gratitude to the
countless individuals who have supported us on our
journeys to becoming physicians.
To the patients of Mayo Clinic – thank you for being
so gracious in allowing us to learn from you and with
you during your most vulnerable moments. With each
and every patient, we learned to appreciate not only the
symptoms and etiology of disease but, more importantly,
to appreciate individual stories and gain a glimpse into
the very essence of what makes us all human.
To the Mayo Clinic faculty and staff – thank you for
selflessly sacrificing your time for the sole benefit
of our learning and for being examples who model
compassionate, patient-centered care. Thank you
for being the mentors who have shaped our early
clinical knowledge and have guided us throughout
medical school.
“Knowledge of the past gave
the foundation upon which
has been built the present,
To those who will graduate after us – thank you for the
and upon which we predict opportunity to be your mentors and friends.
the future.” Last but certainly not least, we would like to extend
WILLIAM J. MAYO, M.D. our deepest thanks to our families and friends. Thank
you for being so patient with us. You all have made many
sacrifices to be with us, to be available for us and to
To the benefactors of Mayo Clinic – thank you for encourage us through all the ups and downs. We could
your generosity which has allowed us to receive an not have done this without you. Through your support,
unparalleled education with the finest medical resources. patience and encouragement, today we graduate
Your donations have given us the opportunities to fill our together. Today we become compassionate physicians
learning with meaningful service. because of you, and we look forward to embarking on
this next chapter of residency with the support of all who
To our fellow students – thank you for accompanying us
have invested in us.
on this journey and filling it with unconditional support,
understanding and laughter. Thank you.
To those who graduated before us – thank you for your Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
perspective and guidance in planning for the future. Arizona Class of 2022
Commencement 2022 | 29Minnesota
Class of 2022
May 22, 2022
Mayo Civic Center
Rochester, MinnesotaMinnesota
Commencement Program
MAY 22, 2022
Processional Bagpipers
Johnson L. Thistle, M.D.
Jeff Ihrke
Platform Participants
Graduates
Faculty Representatives
Welcome Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Introduction of Commencement Speaker Gianrico Farrugia, M.D.
Hooding & Conferral of Honorary Degree Gianrico Farrugia, M.D.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.
Commencement Address Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.
Dean’s Remarks Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D.
MCGSBS Student Address Luz Milbeth Cumba-Garcia, Ph.D.
Conferring of Ph.D. Degrees Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D.
J. Luis Lujan, Ph.D.
Bruce F. Horazdovsky, Ph.D.
Virginia M. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Lisa A. Schimmenti, M.D.
Student Advisors
Conferring of Masters’ Degrees Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D.
Richard E. Hayden, M.D.
Bruce F. Horazdovsky, Ph.D.
Virginia M. Shapiro, Ph.D.
J. Luis Lujan, Ph.D.
Student Advisors
MCASOM Student Address Ericka M. Wheeler
Conferring of Medical Degrees Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Alexandra P. Wolanskyj-Spinner, M.D.
Rochelle R. Torgerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Darcy A. Reed, M.D.
J. Michael Bostwick, M.D.
Concluding Remarks Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
Reading of the Physician’s Pledge Fredric B. Meyer, M.D.
All M.D. attendees
Recessional
Please join us after the recessional for a reception in the North Lobby.
Commencement 2022 | 33Minnesota
Platform Participants
FREDRIC B. MEYER, M.D. VIRGINIA M. SHAPIRO, PH.D.
Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean of Education, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Professor of Immunology,
Alfred Uihlein Family Professor of Neurologic Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
GIANRICO FARRUGIA, M.D. RICHARD E. HAYDEN, M.D.
President & CEO, Mayo Clinic Regenerative Sciences Program Director for Masters’ Degrees,
Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Professor of Otolaryngology,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
SAMUEL A. DI PIAZZA, JR.
Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient J. MICHAEL BOSTWICK, M.D., M.F. A.
Chairman of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Senior Associate Dean for Admissions,
Retired Global CEO of PwC Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Former Vice Chairman of Global Corporate Professor of Psychiatry,
and Investment Bank of Citigroup, Inc. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
STEPHEN C. EKKER, PH.D. DARCY REED, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Professor of Medicine,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
BRUCE F. HORAZDOVSKY, PH.D. Associate Professor of Medical Education,
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ROCHELLE R. TORGERSON, M.D., PH.D.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Assistant Dean of Career Advising,
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Minnesota
J. LUIS LUJAN, PH.D. Associate Professor of Dermatology,
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Biomedical ALEXANDRA WOLANSKYJ-SPINNER, M.D.
Engineering and Neurosurgery, Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine,
LISA A. SCHIMMENTI, M.D. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Co-Director, Medical Scientist Training Program,
Mayo Clinic Slix School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
34 | Commencement 2022Minnesota
Commencement Speaker & Honorary Degree Recipient
SAMUEL A. DI PIAZZA, JR.
Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr. is the retired global CEO of PwC.
He held multiple leadership positions during his 36-year
career at the company, including chairman, senior partner
and member of the Global Leadership Team. He also
served as vice chairman of the Global Corporate and
Investment Bank for Citigroup, Inc. He is currently the
Chairman of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Mr. Di Piazza is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of
Honor and the INROADS Leadership Award. He is an
internationally recognized author and commentator
in fields such as corporate reporting, transparency,
anti-corruption and sustainable development.
He served as chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
from 2014 to February 2021. He currently serves as
a member of the board of directors of Warner Bros.
Discovery, Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., ProAssurance, Inc.
and Regions Financial Corporation. Mr. Di Piazza is a
member of the board of trustees of St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
the Inner-City Scholarship Fund of New York, Mother
Cabrini Health Foundation and Seton Education Partners.
He serves as a global counselor to The Conference Board.
“Our father recognized certain definite social
obligations. He believed ... that the important thing
in life is not to accomplish for one’s self alone, but for
each to carry his share of collective responsibility.”
WILLIAM J. MAYO, M.D.
Commencement 2022 | 35Doctor of Philosophy
RAWAN AL-KHARBOOSH PAIGE CARMEN ARNESON-WISSINK EUGENE SUIVEN BAH*
B.S., Public Health B.S., Biology B.S., Chemistry
George Washington University University of Wisconsin-Superior Worcester State University
Washington, DC Superior, WI Worcester, MA
M.S., Tumor Biology B.S., Chemistry M.D.
Georgetown University University of Wisconsin-Superior Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Washington, DC Superior, WI Rochester, MN
Ph.D., Neuroscience Ph.D., Biochemistry and Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology and
Advisor: Alfredo Quiñones- Molecular Biology Experimental Therapeutics
Hinojosa, M.D. Advisor: Jason D. Doles, Ph.D. Advisor: Stephen J. Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis: Investigating the Therapeutic Thesis: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Changes Thesis: Retargeted and Stealth
Efficacy of Adipose-Derived Contribute to Impaired Muscle Stem Cell Modified Oncolytic Measles Viruses
Constituents from the Stromal Function and Muscle Regeneration in for Systemic Cancer Therapy in
Vascular Fraction for Cell-Based Cancer Cachexia Measles Immune Patients
Glioblastoma Therapy Position Residency:
Position Postdoctoral Scholar Neurological Surgery
CEO Oregon Health and Science University Mayo Clinic School of
AtPoint Therapeutics Brenden-Colson Center for Pancreatic Care Graduate Medical Education
Portland, OR Rochester, MN
IRBAZ BIN RIAZ KAMILA M. BOND ALYSSA DENISE BROWN
M.B.B.S., Nishtar Medical University B.A., Neuroscience B.S., Biology
Multan, Pakistan Wellesley College Centre College
M.Med., Clinical Epidemiology Wellesley, MA Danville, KY
University of Sydney M.D. M.D.
Sydney, Australia Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine University of Louisville
Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Science Rochester, MN Louisville, KY
Advisor: Mohammad Murad, Ph.D. Ph.D., Neuroscience Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Thesis: Living Interactive Evidence Advisor: Kristin R. Swanson, Ph.D. and Physiology
Synthesis(LIvE) Framework: A Modern Thesis: Integrating Bioinformatics and Advisor: Gary Sieck, Ph.D.
Approach to Living Systematic Imaging to Improve the Evaluation Thesis: Mitochondrial Structure
Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Glioblastoma and Function Varies Across
Position Residency: Diaphragm Motor Units
Medical Oncologist Neurological Surgery Position
Mayo Clinic Hospital of the University General Surgery Resident
of Pennsylvania Department of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
*denotes M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree program
36 | Commencement 2022Doctor of Philosophy
MATTHEW BROWN KAROL BUDZIK LUZ MILBETH CUMBA GARCÍA
B.S., Biomedical Engineering B.S., Biotechnology B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology
Wayne State University University of Warsaw Universidad Metropolitana
Detroit, MI Warsaw, Poland San Juan, PR
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering M.S., Molecular Biotechnology M.S., Investigation and Advances in
and Physiology University of Warsaw Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Advisor: Aleksey Matveyenko, Ph.D. Warsaw, Poland Universidad de Granada
Thesis: Elucidating Novel Molecular Ph.D., Virology and Gene Therapy Granada, Spain
Mechanisms of β Cell Failure in Advisor: Stephen J. Russell, M.D., Ph.D. Ph.D., Immunology
Response to Environmental Stressors Thesis: Generation and Characterization Advisor: Ian F. Parney, M.D.
Position of a Foamy Virus-Based Replicating Aaron J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate Retroviral Vector System for Thesis: Plasma-Derived
Broad Institute Cancer Therapy Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) as a
Kidney Disease Initiative Position Platform for Studying Glioma
Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Fellow Immunoregulation & Monitoring
Boehringer Ingelheim Position
Nonclinical Drug Safety Policy Advisor
Ridgefield, CT Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
Washington, DC
CHRISTOPHER B. DRISCOLL LUIS F. FLORES DAVID FRIEDMAN
B.S., Genetics, Cell Biology B.S., Biology B.A., Biology
and Development University of Texas at San Antonio Whitman College
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities San Antonio, TX Walla Walla, WA
Minneapolis, MN M.S., Biology Ph.D., Immunology
Ph.D., Virology and Gene Therapy University of Texas at San Antonio Advisor: Virginia Shapiro, Ph.D.
Advisor: Richard G. Vile, Ph.D. San Antonio, TX Thesis: The Interplay Between
Thesis: Combination Therapy Ph.D., Biochemistry and ST8Sia6 and Siglec-E in the
Using Adenovirus Delivered Molecular Biology Immune Response to Cancer
Immune Adjuvants to Improve Advisor: Martin E. Fernandez- Position
CAR T Cells in Solid Tumors Zapico, M.D. Postdoctoral Fellow
Position Thesis: Emerin Acts as an Effector Mayo Clinic
Scientist of KRAS-Driven Nuclear Organization Immunology
ElevateBio in Pancreatic Cancer Scottsdale, AZ
Waltham, MA Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
Columbia University
Physiology and Cell Biophysics
New York, NY
Commencement 2022 | 37Doctor of Philosophy
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MARTINA GLUSCEVIC EMMA GODDERY
COLE GENDRON B.S., Biology B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering
B.S., Biology University of Novi Sad Arizona State University
Loyola Marymount University Novi Sad, Serbia Tempe, AZ
Los Angeles, CA M.S., Molecular Biology Ph.D., Immunology
Ph.D., Virology and Gene Therapy University of Novi Sad Advisor: Aaron J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Advisor: Michael A. Barry, Ph.D. Novi Sad, Serbia Thesis: Regulation of CD8 T
Thesis: Tracking Gene Editing in Ph.D., Biochemistry and Cell Brain Infiltration by Local
Vivo and Enhancing Editing Molecular Biology Antigen Presentation
Efficiency for Gene Therapy Advisor: Bruce F. Horazdovsky, Ph.D. Position
Position Thesis: The Role of Senescent Cells Scientist
Postdoctoral Scientist in Cardiac Aging and Disease Moderna
Mayo Clinic Position Cambridge, MA
Rochester, MN Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Cardiovascular Research
Rochester, MN
NATHAN R. HUBER MARIA V. IRAZABAL THOMAS ROBERT LARSON
B.A., Physics M.D. B.S., Biochemistry
Gustavus Adolphus College University of the Republic Hamline University
Saint Peter, MN Montevideo, Uruguay St. Paul, MN
B.A., Chemistry Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Science Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology
Gustavus Adolphus College Advisor: Vicente E. Torres, M.D., Ph.D. and Experimental Therapeutics
Saint Peter, MN Thesis: Changes in Kidney Advisor: Joel Reid, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering Metabolite Levels and Nrf2 Thesis: Applications of
and Physiology Response Parallel Kidney and Cyst Pharmacometrics in Oncology
Advisor: Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D. Growth in Autosomal Dominant Position
Thesis: Development and Clinical Polycystic Kidney Disease Clinical Pharmacologist
Validation of Generalizable Deep Position Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Learning Noise Reduction Techniques Associate Consultant Quantitative Clinical
in Computed Tomography Mayo Clinic Pharmacology- Oncology
Position Rochester, MN Cambridge, MA
CT Systems Scientist
GE Healthcare
Waukesha, WI
*denotes M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree program
38 | Commencement 2022Doctor of Philosophy
MICHAEL J. LEHRKE MARK LI*
CHRISTOPHER LIVIA*
B.S., Cell & Molecular Biology B.A.Sc., Engineering Science -
B.S., Biological Sciences
Winona State University Biomedical Engineering
Florida International University
Winona, MN M.A.Sc., Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto Miami, FL
M.S., Stem Cell Biology
Toronto, Ontario M.D.
University of Minnesota
Canada Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Minneapolis, MN
M.D. Rochester, MN
Ph.D., Immunology
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology
Advisor: Virginia M. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Rochester, MN and Experimental Therapeutics
Thesis: The Role of ABCB7 in
Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology Advisor: Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D.
Lymphocyte Development
and Experimental Therapeutics Thesis: Cell-Free Regenerative
and Homeostasis
Advisor: Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D. Interventions in Cardiac Ischemia
Position Thesis: Gene Engineering Approach Residency:
Research Fellow for Cardiopoiesis Neurological Surgery
Mayo Clinic Residency: Anesthesiology NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Department of Immunology University of Washington New York, NY
Rochester, MN Affiliated Hospitals
Seattle, WA
JUSTIN WALTER MAROUN* CORDELIA DAVISON MCGEHEE* DUSHYANT MEHRA
B.S., Biochemistry and Genetics B.S., Mathematics B.B.m.E., Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University M.S., Mathematics University of Minnesota
College Station, TX University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
M.D. Minneapolis, MN Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine M.D. and Physiology
Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Advisor: Tamas Ordog, M.D.
Ph.D., Virology and Gene Therapy Rochester, MN Thesis: Characterizing Chromatin
Advisor: Stephen J. Russell, M.D., Ph.D. Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology Structure and Dynamics Using
Thesis: Reversal of the Intratumoral and Experimental Therapeutics Correlative Imaging Techniques
Antiviral State to Enhance the Oncolytic Advisor: Scott H. Position
Efficacy of Small RNA Viruses Kaufmann, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate
Residency: Thesis: Acquired PARP Inhibitor Rice University
General Surgery Resistance in Preclinical Models of Department of Chemistry
High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Houston, TX
Mayo Clinic School of
Graduate Medical Education Residency:
Rochester, MN Internal Medicine/CI Research
Mayo Clinic School of
Graduate Medical Education
Rochester, MN *denotes M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree program
Commencement 2022 | 39Doctor of Philosophy
JOSHUA WESLEY OHDE BROOKE PARADISE LEE RYAN PEYTON
B.S., Agricultural and B.A., Chemistry B.S., Microbiology
Medical Biotechnology St. Olaf College University of Arizona
University of Kentucky Northfield, MN Tucson, AZ
Lexington, KY B.A., Biology Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology
Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Science St. Olaf College and Experimental Therapeutics
Advisor: David O. Warner, M.D. Northfield, MN Advisor: Doo-Sup Choi, Ph.D.
Thesis: Implementation of Tobacco Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology Thesis: Neuropharmacology of
Treatment for Cancer Patients and Experimental Therapeutics Alcohol Use Disorder and
Position Advisor: Martin E. Fernandez-Zapico, M.D. Psychiatric Disorders
Translational Informatics Analyst Thesis: Non-Canonical Activation of Position
Mayo Clinic Hedgehog Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Digital Health Position Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN Senior Research Scientist Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Rion, LLC & Experimental Therapeutics
Research & Development Rochester, MN
Rochester, MN
AO (KEVIN) SHI BRANDON WILLIAM SIMONE KATHERINE M.C. TOTTEN
B.A., Biochemistry B.S., Biochemistry B.A., Biology
Wheaton College University at Buffalo Bethany Lutheran College
Norton, MA Buffalo, NY Mankato, MN
Ph.D., Biochemistry and B.A., Biological Sciences Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Biology University at Buffalo and Experimental Therapeutics
Advisor: Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D. Buffalo, NY Advisor: Robin Patel, M.D.
Thesis: Purified Exosome Product Ph.D., Biochemistry and Thesis: Bacteriophage Therapy
Enhances Neovascularization in Molecular Biology for the Treatment of Periprosthetic
Peripheral Arterial Disease Advisor: Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D. Joint Infection
Position Thesis: Expanding Targeting and Position
Medical Student Manipulation of the Human Study Director
St. George University of London Genome towards Regenerative Labcorp Drug Development
London, England Medicine Applications Toxicology
United Kingdom Position Greenfield, IN
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
Philadelphia, PA
*denotes M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree program
40 | Commencement 2022Doctor of Philosophy
ERIN MARY TRIPLET* DAVID HIN WAH TSE CHUN-CHE TSENG
B.S., Biology B.S., Biology B.A., Biology
Creighton University Houghton College Carleton College
Omaha, NE Houghton, NY Northfield, MN
M.D. B.S., Chemistry Ph.D., Biochemistry and
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Houghton College Molecular Biology
Rochester, MN Houghton, NY Advisors: L. James Maher III, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Neuroscience Ph.D., Biochemistry and David J. Katzmann, Ph.D.
Advisor: Isobel Scarisbrick, Ph.D. Molecular Biology Thesis: Bro1 Regulation of Vps4
Thesis: Targeting PAR1 for Therapeutic Advisor: L. James Maher III, Ph.D. Licenses ESCRT-III-driven ILV
Enhancement of CNS Lipid Thesis: Designed Architectural Formation and Coordinates
Production and Regeneration Proteins that Tune DNA Cargo Sorting
Residency: Looping in Bacteria Position
Child Neurology Position Postdoctoral Scientist
Mayo Clinic School of Scientist Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Graduate Medical Education Illumina Biology
Rochester, MN Consumables and Assay Development Madison, WI
Madison, WI
ANNAPOORNA VENKATACHALAM DREW WILFAHRT
B.Pharm. B.A., Biology
University of Mumbai Saint John’s University
Mumbai, India Collegeville, MN
M.S., Pharmacology Ph.D., Immunology
University of Minnesota Advisor: Virginia Shapiro, Ph.D.
Minneapolis, MN Thesis: Transcriptional Control
Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology and of CD4 T Cell Activation
Experimental Therapeutics Position
Advisor: Scott H. Kaufmann, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate
Thesis: Fine Tuning the Clinical University of Pittsburgh
Management of Epithelial Department of Immunology
Ovarian Cancer Pittsburgh, PA
Position
Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Oncology
Rochester, MN
*denotes M.D.-Ph.D. dual degree program
Commencement 2022 | 41Master in Biomedical Sciences
ROSALYN O. ADIGUN ALESSANDRA (ALI) AINSWORTH MUHAMAD ALHAJ MOUSTAFA
M.D. B.A., Dance M.D.
University of Texas, B.A., Human Biology Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine
Medical Branch University of Kansas Aleppo, Syria
Galveston, TX Lawrence, KS M.S., Clinical and Translational Science
Pharm.D., Pharmacy M.D. Advisor: Han W. Tun, M.D.
University of Houston University of Kansas Thesis: CD20-Targeted Systemic
Houston, TX Lawrence, KS Radio-Immunotherapy with Yttrium-90
M.S., Clinical and Translational Science M.S., Reproductive Ibritumomab Tiuxetan for Low Grade
Advisor: Sorin V. Pislaru, M.D., Ph.D. Endocrinology and Infertility Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Thesis: Predictors of Early Mortality Advisor: Elizabeth A. Stewart, M.D. Position
in AL Amyloidosis Thesis: Infertility and Long-Term Health Senior Associate Consultant
Position Outcomes: A Rochester Epidemiology Mayo Clinic
Medical Officer Project Study Hematology/Oncology
U.S. Food & Drug Administration Position Jacksonville, FL
Division of Cardiology and Senior Associate Consultant
Nephrology; Office of New Drugs Mayo Clinic
Silver Spring, MD Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Rochester, MN
JASON N. BARRETO TAYLOR E. BERENT DOUGLAS WILLIAM CHALLENER
Pharm.D. B.S., Biotechnology B.S., Chemistry
University of the Sciences Saint Cloud State University The College of William and Mary
in Philadelphia Saint Cloud, MN Williamsburg, VA
Philadelphia, PA M.S., Biochemistry and M.D.
M.S., Clinical and Translational Science Molecular Biology Medical College of Wisconsin
Advisor: Pritish K. Tosh, M.D. Advisor: John R. Hawse, Ph.D. Wauwatosa, WI
Thesis: The Incidence of Pneumocystis Thesis: Endocrine Therapy Resistance M.S., Clinical and Translational Science
Pneumonia in B-Cell Lymphoma in ERα+ Breast Cancer: Past, Present Advisor: John C. O’Horo, M.D., M.P.H.
Position and Future Thesis: Body Temperature to
Pharmacist Position Detect Infection in Critically Ill
Mayo Clinic Developer Patients on Continuous Renal
Pharmacy Care Center Mayo Clinic Replacement Therapy
Rochester, MN Clinical Microbiology Position
Rochester, MN Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic
Infections Diseases
Rochester, MN
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