Humanitarian Award - Mayo Clinic
Humanitarian Award - Mayo Clinic
Humanitarian Award - Mayo Clinic
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Priestley Society W. Deprez Inlow <strong>Award</strong><br />
Presented by The Priestley Society to a general surgery resident for excellence in research<br />
On Resident Education Day in February, six general surgery residents from Arizona, Florida and Rochester compete<br />
in an academic competition. Each resident presents a research project via teleconference to staff physicians, who<br />
ask questions and rate the presentations. The resident with the highest score wins the W. Deprez Inlow <strong>Award</strong> —<br />
an all-expenses paid trip to the Priestley Society meeting and the honor of presenting the first paper at the event.<br />
Travis Mckenzie, M.D.<br />
Resident, Division of General Surgery,<br />
Department of Surgery, <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong>,<br />
Rochester<br />
Dr. McKenzie is a National Institutes<br />
of Health-sponsored research fellow<br />
at <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> in Rochester. He<br />
studies the molecular pathophysiology<br />
of acute liver failure with Scott<br />
Nyberg, M.D., Ph.D., a consultant in<br />
the <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> Transplant Center.<br />
Dr. McKenzie received his medical<br />
degree from Tufts University School<br />
of Medicine in Boston, and an<br />
undergraduate degree from gustavus<br />
Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.<br />
rory Smoot, M.D.<br />
Resident, Division of General Surgery,<br />
Department of Surgery, <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong>,<br />
Rochester<br />
Dr. Smoot is in the clinician-<br />
investigator program at the <strong>Mayo</strong><br />
School of graduate Medical Education.<br />
He studies cell death signaling in<br />
cholangiocarcinoma with gregory<br />
gores, M.D., a consultant in the<br />
Division of gastroenterology and<br />
Hepatology. Dr. Smoot received his<br />
medical degree from <strong>Mayo</strong> Medical<br />
School, and a continuing education<br />
fellowship from the Howard Hughes<br />
Medical Institute-National Institutes<br />
of Health Research Scholars Program.<br />
He has an undergraduate degree<br />
from the University of Kansas.<br />
The Priestley Society is a <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> Alumni Association society for<br />
surgeons who trained at <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> or who are current or former<br />
members of the <strong>Mayo</strong> Department of Surgery staff. The society was<br />
named for James T. Priestley, M.D., a prominent <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> surgeon<br />
who had significant enthusiasm for teaching residents the care of patients<br />
and the craft of surgery.<br />
The W. Deprez Inlow <strong>Award</strong> was established in 2004 by a gift from<br />
the extended family of Robert and Robbie Inlow in honor of Dr. Robert<br />
Inlow’s father, W. Deprez Inlow, who trained in surgery at <strong>Mayo</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong><br />
from 1919 to 1921.<br />
Winter 2010 13
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