The Medical School honors Bret Benally Thompson, MD ('04), named 2024 Physician of the Year by the Association of American Indian Physicians for his leadership and dedication to improving Indigenous health.
In January 2024, sports medicine fellowship alum Kristin Abbott, MD, passed away while surrounded by her loving family. She fought a courageous battle with cancer.Known for her academic excellence and passion for the health of athletes, Dr. Abbott received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine in 2009. She completed her residency in family medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and then came to the University of Minnesota, where she completed a fellowship in sports medicine in 2013.After graduating from the fellowship, Dr. Abbott began working...
Leon J. Nesvacil, MD, age 93, of Hugo, Minnesota, and formerly of Waunakee, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully in Stillwater, Minnesota, on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Dr. Nesvacil served as faculty and the first program director of the St. John’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program from 1971-1991.Dr. Nesvacil graduated in 1961 from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He served as a St. Paul family physician and a member of the Ramsey County Medical Society, MMA, and AMA. He also served on a number of MMA committees, including the Committee on Residents...
Richard Levine, MD, a graduate of University of Minnesota Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program, answers five questions about his career and his outlook on the future of mental healthcare and primary care.
We connected with a few of our resident graduates to discover where they are headed next. True to the uniquely broad nature of family medicine itself, each has a different path – yet all are connected by a shared dedication to the same values.
