Department and Faculty

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Mayo Clinic's clinical and research faculty members are committed to teaching and to the growth of medical knowledge. Members of the Mayo Clinic Florida faculty publish and lecture extensively, and are well regarded in their field.

One of the greatest advantages to training at Mayo is the approachability, accessibility and collegiality of the faculty.

There are 110 faculty members in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Between 2007-2010, this faculty produced 718 peer-reviewed articles, 307 abstracts/letters, 301 national and regional presentations, 68 editorials in peer-reviewed journals, 46 book chapters and nine books.

There are 38 internal medicine fellows representing 12 fellowships. Mayo Medical School students rotate to Mayo Clinic in Florida for third and fourth year clinical clerkships.

Growth of Fellowship Training Opportunities.

Basic science, translational, and clinical research take place on the Jacksonville campus, with scientists and physician investigators in the Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education, and the three-campus Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Our residency offers a unique PGY-1 academic mentoring program that creates opportunities and connections for future career success. Projects can include both traditional academic scholarship and quality/safety innovations - tailored to individual resident goals.

Program Leadership

Kenneth DeVault, M.D.
- Chair, Department of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine
- Consultant, Gastroenterology
- Medical School: Wake Forest
- Residency: Vanderbilt
- Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson
- Career interest: GERD, esophageal motility
- Dr. DeVault's PubMed citations
Michele Lewis, M.D.
- Associate Program Director
- Residency Mentoring and Academic Career Counseling
- Consultant, Gastroenterology
- Medical School: Harvard
- Residency: University of Florida
- Chief Residency: University of Florida
- Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Career interest: Pancreatic and biliary diseases, genetic disorders of the pancreas, adult cystic fibrosis
- Dr. Lewis's PubMed citations
Nancy Dawson, M.D.
- Core Faculty and Resident Advisor
- Chair, Hospital Internal Medicine
- Medical School: University of Cincinnati
- Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Member: Mayo Florida Executive Operations Team
- Career interest: Patient safety and quality, anticoagulation safety and management, patient handovers
- Dr. Dawson's PubMed citations
Keels Jorn, M.D.
- Associate Program Director
- Associate Program Director and Primary Care Clinic Director
- Consultant, Community Internal Medicine
- Medical School: University of South Carolina
- Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Chief Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Career interest: Ambulatory internal medicine, women's health, obesity management, medical complications of pregnancy, work-family balance
- jorn.keels@mayo.edu
Mike Maniaci, M.D.
- Senior Associate Program Director
- Vice-chair: Mayo Florida Multidisciplinary Simulation Center
- Consultant, Hospital Internal Medicine
- Medical School: Saint Louis University
- Residency and Chief Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Chief Residency: Mayo Clinic
- Career interest: Hospital medicine, simulation in medicine
- maniaci.michael@mayo.edu
Olga Petrucelli, M.D.
- Associate Program Director
- Chair, Resident Clinical Competency and Milestones Committee
- Consultant, Community Internal Medicine Medical
- School: University of South Florida
- Residency: University of Chicago
- Master Education Fellowship: University of Florida, Gainesville
- Career interest: Resident developmental milestones, evaluation and feedback
- petrucelli.olga@mayo.edu
West Paul, M.D., Ph.D.
- Core Faculty and Resident Advisor
- Chair, Mayo Florida Clinical Practice Quality Oversight Committee
- Chair, General Internal Medicine
- Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine
- Graduate School: Pharmacology, East Carolina
- Medical School: East Carolina
- Residency: Mayo Clinic
- paul.west@mayo.edu

Selected Resident Mentors

Michael Wallace, M.D.
- Mentor for 2011 graduate Victoria Gomez M.D.
- Duke Medical School, GI Fellowship Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Professor of Medicine
- Chair, Division of Gastroenterology
- Member, chair or associate editor on numerous ACG, AGA, ASGE and NIH committees
- Associate Editor, Gastroenterology Career interests: Advanced endoscopic imaging technologies
- Dr. Wallace's PubMed citations
Edith Perez, M.D.
- Mentor for PGY-2 resident Jennifer Crozier M.D.
- Loma Linda Medical School, Heme-Onc Fellowship University of California Davis
- Professor of Medicine
- Director Mayo Florida Breast Cancer Program, Director North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Deputy Director Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Co-Chair AACR
- Editorial Advisory Board, Annals of Oncology, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Associate Editor, Journal of Hematology and Oncology
- Member on NIH, NCI, National Academy of Sciences, and other national committees and workgroups
- Dr. Perez's PubMed citations
Brian Shapiro, M.D.
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Residency and Cardiology Fellowship Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Clinical and research interests: advanced cardiovascular imaging and pulmonary hypertension
- Voted best teacher in cardiovascular diseases
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Dr. Shapiro's PubMed citations