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Officer Biographies

S. Mark Laney, president

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  • Practice fields: Administrative medicine and pediatric neurology
  • Position: President and CEO, Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Mo.
  • Medical school: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • Residency: Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.
  • Fellowship: Child neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Eric Grigsby, M.D., president-elect

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  • Practice field: Anesthesiology
  • Position: Medical director, Spectrum Care Pain Treatment Center, Napa, Calif.
  • Medical school: Boston University School of Medicine
  • Residencies: General surgery and anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Juan Sarmiento, M.D., vice president

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  • Practice field: Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery
  • Position: Surgeon, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta
  • Academic rank: Associate professor of surgery
  • Medical school: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
  • Residency: General surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
  • Fellowship: Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Eric S. Edell, M.D., secretary-treasurer

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  • Practice field: Pulmonary and critical care medicine
  • Position: Consultant, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
  • Academic rank: Professor of medicine
  • Medical school: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Residencies: Internal medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.; and pulmonary diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

David Teegarden, M.D., past president

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  • Practice field: Gastroenterology
  • Positions: President and chief medical officer, Trinity Mother Frances Health System, Tyler, Texas; president and gastroenterologist, Trinity Clinic, Tyler, Texas
  • Medical school: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
  • Residencies: Internal medicine and gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Karen Herman, director, Mayo Clinic Alumni Center

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  • Position: Director, Mayo Clinic Alumni Center
  • Graduate school: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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