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Thomas J. Beckman, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, General Internal Medicine

Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Award Winner
Dr. Beckman completed his residency training at the University of Iowa.  He subsequently served as a U.S. Navy Diving Officer in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  In 2000, he completed an Advanced Internal Medicine Fellowship in the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education and joined the Mayo Clinic faculty.  His main research interest is the assessment of clinical teaching and has collaborated with colleagues at the University of Illinois, the Carnegie Foundation, and Johns Hopkins.  He has published extensively in medical education journals and presented at numerous scientific meetings.

Juan Bowen, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
Consultant, Primary Care Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Dr. Bowen was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and raised mostly in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Ohio State for undergraduate studies, and then Case Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland. At Mayo since 1992, his professional interests have focused on medical education and patient advocacy.

Denise Dupras, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Award Winner
Dr. Dupras grew up in upper Michigan and pursued her medical education at Mayo Clinic, which was supplemented by post-graduate training in pharmacology. As a generalist in the Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, her passion has focused on the art of the physical exam, the practice of evidence-based medicine, and on measurements of clinical competency.

Randall Edson, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Infectious Diseases

Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Award Winner
Dr. Edson was born in New York, received his undergraduate degree and Master's degree in music from Yale and his M.D. from the University of Iowa. He joined Mayo in 1975 and has been a member of the Infectious Disease Faculty for 25 years where his scholarship has focused on the optimal use of antibiotic therapies. As an Associate Program Director for over 20 years, his focus within the residency program has been on the evaluation process for residents and on career counseling.

Robert Ficalora, M.D.
Senior Associate Program Director
Consultant, General Internal Medicine

Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Award Winner
Dr. Ficalora grew up in New York, in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx, and attended medical school at SUNY Stony Brook. He spent the next twenty years in New England, where he learned to restore antiques, perfected his home improvement skills, began raising his five children, and directed student clerkships, residency programs and a Geriatric fellowship. At Mayo since the year 2000, his professional passions include medical education, the breadth of ambulatory general internal medicine, practice management and office procedures. Nationally, he has been a member of the leadership team for the Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine and currently serves on the advisory group for the Electronic Residency Application Service.

Kyle Klarich, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Cardiology
Dr. Klarich grew up near Grand Rapids, Michigan and obtained her undergraduate as well as M.D. degrees from Michigan State University. At Mayo Clinic since 1991, she holds an appointment in the division of Cardiology where her focus has been on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease and heart disease in women.

Mark Lee, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, General Internal Medicine

Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Hall of Fame
Dr. Lee grew up in Southern California and pursued his medical education in Chicago. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and later served as Chief Medical Resident. A member of the general medicine division that cares for patients from the local region, his scholarly focus has been on medical education with a special interest on training of medical teachers, clinical skills exams, and professionalism. Dr. Lee has completed additional training as a facilitator for the Stanford Faculty Development Program and he is the recipient of multiple 'teacher of the year' awards. In 2005 he was inducted into the Mayo Clinic Teacher of the Year Hall of Fame.


Adamarie Multari, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
Consultant, Executive Health Program
Dr. Multari was born and raised in New York City and obtained her M.D. degree from the University of North Dakota. At Mayo since 1992, she has a busy consultative internal medicine practice. She is a leader in efforts at Mayo to optimize our commitment to professionalism. She is widely recognized by her peers as one of Mayo's most compassionate and popular physicians.


Amy S. Oxentenko, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Gastroenterology

Dr. Oxentenko, a Minnesota native, graduated from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.  She completed Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship all within the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education.  Clinical interests include celiac sprue, colorectal neoplasia and issues related to work-life balance.  She has developed the competency-based curriculum for the GI fellowship program, with special interest in medical knowledge assessment.  She has been an author for the GI section of MKSAP 14, MKSAP Updates, and MKSAP 15. 

Jeff Rabatin, M.D. M.Sc
Assistant Program Director
Consultant, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Rabatin grew up in Minneapolis, attended medical school at Georgetown University and completed his post-graduate training in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Mayo with advanced training in Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. Professionally, his areas of focus are COPD, Critical Care, clinical ethics, end-of-live care, and Physician-Patient-Family communication. He is a member of the Mayo Critical Care Educator Hall of Fame.

Darcy A. Reed, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Residents’ Faculty Award Winner
Dr. Reed was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She is a graduate of Mayo Medical School and the Mayo Internal Medicine Residency Program.  She was awarded a Mayo Foundation Scholarship in 2003 to pursue a two-year fellowship in medical education research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  In addition to her M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Reed is a graduate of the Longitudinal Program in Curriculum Development and Teaching Skills at Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Macy Institute Program in Comprehensive Assessment.  Her research interests include medical education research quality, learner assessment, professionalism, systems based practice, quality improvement and life-long learning.

Kris Thomas, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Residents’ Faculty Award Winner
Dr. Thomas grew up on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State, obtaining her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and her M.D. degree from Mayo Medical School. She is a general internist in the Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine and is the director of the Internal Medicine resident continuity clinics. Her scholarship has focused on medical education with a special focus on evidence-based medicine, practice-based learning and systems-based practice.

Colin West, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Program Director
Consultant, General Internal Medicine

Dr. West grew up in Seattle and attended the University of Washington.  He earned his M.D. and his Ph.D. in Biostatistics at the University of Iowa.  After completing his internal medicine residency training and chief medical residency in the Mayo School of Graduate Medicine Education, he joined the Mayo Clinic faculty in 2004.  His research interests span many facets of medical education, including resident distress and well-being, resident career plans, and evidence-based medicine. 


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