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Training Miniseries 2: Dr. Mariela Rivera
Our “Training the Rural Surgeon” miniseries continues as Dr. Randy Lehman and Jacob Steffen are joined by Dr. Mariela Rivera, Program Director at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. They discuss how Mayo Clinic’s rural general surgery track equips residents for the broad scope of rural surgical practice.
The conversation explores the structure of the rural track, training across Mayo Clinic Health System sites, flexible rotations, endoscopy, OBGYN, subspecialty exposure, and the balance between tertiary care training and high-volume community surgery experience.
Dr. Rivera also explains what…
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