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Diego A. Suarez, M.D.

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Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

EnglishSpanish

Existing patients

Diego Suarez, M.D., is a general internal medicine practitioner with interests in medical education and procedural medicine. Clinical focuses include:

  • Promoting the role of preventive medicine and healthy living
  • Management of chronic illnesses including hypertension, diabetes, and lipid disorders
  • Empowering patients through education to participate in the management of chronic illnesses
  • Bridging the cultural gap between physicians and patients of different cultural backgrounds

Outside of his clinical duties, Dr. Suarez is involved in educational roles with both the Medical School and Internal Medicine Residency Program.

  1. 2020
    ResidentInternal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2.  
    ResidencyMayo Clinic
  3.  
    MDUniversity of Texas Medical Branch
  4.  
    BSc - Molecular BiologyLiberty University

Certifications

  1. 2020
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2022
    Teacher of the Year Award for Outpatient Clinical ExcellentInternal Medicine Residency Program
  2. 2021
    Education Science Career Development Award Mayo Clinic Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science
  3. 2020
    ACE AwardResidency training program, Department of Internal Medicine
  4. 2020
    J. Thomas Magan Award Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine
  5. 2019
    Winner of Research Poster Competition ACP Chapter Meeting, American College of Physicians
  6. 2016
    Induction to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Alpha Omega Alpha
  7. 2014
    Winner of Translational Science Research Poster Competition School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Professional memberships

  1. 2021 - present
    Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program
  2. 2020 - present
    CIM Education Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  3. 2020 - present
    Society of Hospital Medicine
  4. 2017 - present
    American Medical Association
  5. 2017 - present
    American College of Physicians
  6. 2016 - present
    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

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