August 28, 2023

Presented by: Colin P. West, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, Consultant, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (IM), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Associate Program Director for Resident Scholarship, IM Residency Program, Mayo Clinic, Co-Director, Department of Medicine Program on Physician Wellbeing, Mayo Clinic, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education Scholarship, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic

Originally from Seattle, Dr. West received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Iowa in 1999. He completed residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Mayo Clinic, and joined the faculty in General Internal Medicine in 2004. He is currently Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, and Biostatistics at Mayo. He directs the evidence-based medicine curriculum for the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and is Assistant Dean for GME Scholarship at Mayo. He is Director of the Mayo Clinic Program on Physician Well-Being and was named the first Medical Director of Employee Well-Being for Mayo Clinic in 2022. Dr. West's research has focused on medical education and physician well-being, and has been widely published in prominent journals including Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and JAMA Internal Medicine.