Internal Medicine Residency Program Faculty
Internal Medicine Residency Program Faculty
As an Internal Medicine resident, you will interact with University of Minnesota faculty who love to teach. Whether precepting in continuity clinic, attending on the general medicine wards, or staffing consults, the faculty here are dedicated to teaching and learning, and truly enjoy the academic environment of a University training program.
Our faculty members strive to achieve a balance of autonomy and supervision; they are here to act as a “consultant,” helping you explore diagnostic and therapeutic options, rather than simply dictating a plan for patient care. Most have developed lectures, workshops and “10 Minute Talks” for teaching on the fly. All of our faculty are extremely approachable and welcome your questions or concerns. Many of them have received special recognition in the form of teaching awards, leadership positions and the like. Below is just a small sampling of educators from all three sites.
Melissa Plesac, MD, Program Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
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Scott Biggerstaff, DO, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
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Kathryn Pendleton, MD, Core Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
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Peter Thorne, MD, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Full bio
James Nixon, MD, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
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Michael Aylward, MD, FACP, FAAP
Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Division of General Internal Medicine
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Clifford Steer, MD, Director of the Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Full bio
Erik J. Peterson, MD, Associate Director of the Physician Scientist Training Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases
Full bio
Paula Skarda, MD, Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine
Brett Hendel-Paterson, Core Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Michael Schnaus, MD, Core Faculty
Internal Medicine
Colin Turner, MD, Core Faculty
Internal Medicine
Reut Danieli, MD, Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine
Kelsey Angell, MD, Core Faculty
Internal Medicine
Robertson Bayer, MD, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Kay Ingraham, MD, Core Faculty
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Kinnear Theobald, MD, Core Faculty
Internal Medicine