Brian M. Dougan, M.D.

Brian M. Dougan, M.D., is a physician in General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He chairs Executive Medicine and co-leads longevity care for Mayo Clinic’s partnership with Three Forks Ranch in Wyoming. He has been on the Mayo Clinic staff since 200, and is an assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Dougan earned a bachelor’s degree from Luther College, graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After residency, he served as an active-duty internal medicine physician at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he received the Meritorious Service Commendation Medal.

He began his Mayo Clinic career at Mayo Clinic Health System in Decorah, Iowa, where he served as medical director of the Special Care Unit and Hospitalist Program and chaired the Clinical Practice Committee. In 2014, he moved to General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where he continues to care for patients in the Executive Health Program. He also has taught perioperative care to internal medicine residents in both hospital and clinic settings and served as the General Internal Medicine well-being chair from 2016 to 2022.

Dr. Dougan is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of several professional organizations, including the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement. He has been recognized multiple times as a top educator in the Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program and has received high patient satisfaction ratings. His awards include the James J. Lipsky Distinguished Service Award in 2018, the General Internal Medicine Innovator of the Year Award in 2022 and the General Internal Medicine Catalyst Award in 2024.