About the Department of Medicine

2021 Outstanding Service Award

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Shahnaz Sultan, MD, MHSc, AGAF, program director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program and associate professor of medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition received the Outstanding Service Award from the American Gastroenterological Association. Congratulations Dr. Sultan! 

Drs. David Hilden and Mark Linzer were included in the list of “100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders” in the Minnesota Physician Journal’s November 2020 issue

Dr. Bertram Kasiske was one of 24 University of Minnesota faculty members named on the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list on November 18, 2020, published by insight and analytics firm Clarivate Analytics

Dr. Caitlin Eccles-Radtke, Division of Infectious Diseases & International Medicine was featured on the cover of the Minnesota Monthly, September 2020 issue: "Staying One Step Ahead of the Pandemic”

Department wide recognition: Minnesota Monthly Magazine recognized 54 of our faculty as Top Doctors; Mpls. St. Paul Magazine recognized 16 of our faculty as Top Doctors and 33 as Rising Stars

• Federal Grant and Renewals
• Research Activities and Other Funding

• Faculty Arrivals & Departures {9/1/20 - 2/28/21}
• Faculty Promotions {7/1/20}

Dr. Susan Everson-Rose leads the HELM program which supports and promotes a diverse faculty workforce at the University of Minnesota by enhancing the academic excellence and leadership capacity of junior faculty and postdoctoral trainees from backgrounds underrepresented in academia and/or those doing health disparities or health equity-related research. READ STORY

Ben Trappey, MD, assistant professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, is one of three faculty members in the Medical School to lead the new Center for the Art of Medicine (CFAM) — a network woven together by individual threads of passion for art and medicine that date back several years. (Jan. 2021)  READ STORY

• Leadership Team
• Administration Team