Northeast Florida Medicine
Vol. 66, No. 3 2015
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Residents’ Corner: Mayo Clinic
Cardiovascular Diseases fellow Christopher Austin, MD
completed a large retrospective study that demonstrated the
utility of echocardiography to predict survival in patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension. The study was previously
presented as an abstract at the American College of Cardiol-
ogy scientific session and recently published as a manuscript
in CHEST.
Gastroenterology/Transplant Hepatology fellow William
Palmer, MD recently completed a large study on endoscopic
treatment of Barrett’s esophagus with high grade dysplasia in
patients with esophageal varices. This study was presented as
an oral plenary at the American College of Gastroenterology
annual meeting and published as a manuscript in Digestive
and Liver Diseases.
Internal Medicine Resident Jordan Ray published a review
articles: “Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: state of
the art” in Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology; a case
report: “A Case of 5-Fluorouracil Induced Cardiac Arrest”
in the Journal of Emergency Medicine; “A comparison of
bleeding complications between warfarin, dabigatran, and
rivaroxaban in patients undergoing cryoballoon ablation”
in the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology;
Original Research: “Mayo Registry for Telemetry Efficacy in
Arrest (MR TEA) study: An analysis of code status change
following cardiopulmonary arrest” in Resuscitation; Original
Research: “Incidence of Ventricular Tachycardia andTorsades
de Pointes in Hospitalized Patients With Prolonged QTWho
Later Received Levofloxacin: A Retrospective Study” in Mayo
Clinic Proceedings.
Community Outreach
Through the Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo Clinic resi-
dents and fellows remain very active in the local community,
providing their time and clinical expertise to those in need.
Here are several examples of their activities:
• Yearly holiday clothing drives for Mission House
of Jacksonville.
• Annual canned food drive for the Second Harvest
Food Bank.
• Annual blood and bone marrow drive for
The Blood Alliance
Peer Leadership
Residents and fellows are encouraged to participate in or-
ganized medicine and advocacy. Internal Medicine Resident
Jordan Ray participated at the Inaugural FMA Resident and
Fellow Section (RFS) Legislative Visit Day in Tallahassee in
March 2015. Drs. OlufunsoOdunukan, Jordan Ray,Tasneem
Khalil and Kayeen Jeffers have just been elected to serve on
the RFS Governing Council.
Education: Today and Tomorrow
Mayo Clinic education revolves around the three shields:
patient care, medical education and research.Training atMayo
provides all these, in addition to opportunities for leadership,
management and quality improvement. In the words of Dr.
William J. Mayo (the older of the Mayo brothers) - “The glory
of medicine is that it is constantly moving forward, that there
is always more to learn. The ills of today do not cloud the
horizon of tomorrow, but act as a spur to greater effort.”
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Physicians work in the state
of the art Simulation Center
Origami box made as part of
the FERAWI project
Olufunso Odunukan, MBBS, MPH is a PGY-6 Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and serves as the President of the Mayo
Fellows Association in Florida.
