Biographical summary
Dr. Truty is a cancer surgeon with extensive training and experience in the management of Pancreatic, Liver, Biliary, Gastric, Small Bowel/Carcinoid, and Sarcoma Tumors.
He is specifically sought out given his novel approaches to preoperative treatment of these tumors in order to improve outcomes after surgery as well as his willingness and technical skillset to offer curative intent operations for patients with more advanced tumors that other surgeons have deemed "inoperable"/
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Interests
- Multidisciplinary surgical management of complex and/or advanced pancreatic, liver, bile duct, gallbladder, carcinoid, gastric and intestinal tumors and sarcomas
- Benign and malignant disease of liver, biliary tree, gallbladder and pancreas
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Portal hypertension
- Polycystic liver disease
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2022
Certificate - Tableau Data VisualizationsCenter for Advanced Computing, Cornell University
- 2021
Certificate - The Business of Healthcare Specialization CertificateWharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- 2012
Chief FellowUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 2012
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Patient-Based Biological Research ProgramUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 2012
Fellow - Advanced Surgical OncologyUniversity of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 2009
Chief Resident - General SurgerySurgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2009
Internship and Junior ResidencySurgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2009
ResidentSurgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2009
Senior ResidentSurgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2006
Clinical InvestigatorClinician Investigator, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2006
Postdoctoral Research FellowshipGastroenterology Research Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2006
ResidentClinician Investigator, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2004
ResidentSurgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2002
Master of Science - PathologyChicago Medical School
- 2002
Doctorate of Medicine - MedicineChicago Medical School
- 1998
Master of Science - PhysiologyChicago Medical School
- 1996
Bachelor - Biological SciencesUniversity of Chicago
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2010
General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
Awards and honors
- 2022
Best Poster of IHPBAIHPBA
- 2021
Best of AJR Award American Journal of Radiology
- 2019
J. Bradley Aust AwardWestern Surgical Association
- 2018
Most Outstanding Faculty Teacher of the YearGeneral Surgery, Department of Surgery
- 2014
Teacher of the Year - Surgical SubspecialtiesMayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2013
Most Outstanding Faculty Teacher of the YearGeneral Surgery, Department of Surgery
- 2013
Most Outstanding Faculty Teacher of the YearMayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2013
Best in Category (Liver)International Anesthesia Research Society
- 2012
Poster of DistinctionPancreas Club
- 2012
Poster of DistinctionPancreas Club
- 2011
Best Oral Presentation of Clinical or Basic Science in Pancreatic CancerPancreas Cancer Action Network, Pancreas Club
- 2010
Mayo Foundation ScholarMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2010
Paul Calabresi Clinician Investigator ScholarMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2009
Most Outstanding Chief Resident Teacher of the YearGeneral Surgery, Department of Surgery
- 2009
Donald C. Balfour Most Outstanding Research AwardMayo Clinic Alumni Association, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2008
Leadership Award ScholarshipResident and Associate Society, American College of Surgeons
- 2008
Most Outstanding Clinical and Technical Surgical ResidentHoward K. Gray Travel Award
- 2007
Travel Scholarship AwardNational Pancreas Foundation
- 2007
Best Oral Presentation by a New Member of the AAS.Academic Surgical Congress
- 2007
American College of Surgeons - Surgical Jeopardy FinalistAcademic Surgical Congress
- 2006
Hungry Dog Award - Department of SurgeryGeneral Surgery Residency Program, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
- 2006
Best Resident Research Presentation Inlow AwardPriestley Society, Mayo Clinic Rochester Societies
- 2006
Most Outstanding Basic Science Research AwardMinnesota Surgical Society
- 2006
Most Outstanding Surgical Research AwardBalfour Research Symposium
- 2006
Travel Scholarship AwardAmerican Pancreatic Association/International Association of Pancreatology
- 2005
Outstanding Young Investigator Research AwardHartz Foundation
- 2004
Outstanding Medical Student EducatorMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2003
Most Outstanding Junior Resident - Silver Retractor AwardMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 2003
Most Outstanding Clinical Research AwardMinnesota Surgical Society
- 2003
Resident Travel ScholarshipAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2002
Alpha Omega AlphaChicago Medical School
- 2002
Board of Trustees Academic Scholarship AwardChicago Medical School
- 2002
Mayo Clinic Frankel Academic ScholarshipMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
- 1999
Top 10% Academic PerformanceChicago Medical School
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
Division of Health Education and Content Services
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Clinical Practice Committee, OmniView Clinical Selection Committee
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- 2022 - present
National Cancer Center Network
- 2021 - present
HPB Tumor Board
- 2021 - present
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Panel
- 2021 - present
Pancreas eTumor Board
- 2021 - present
Clinical Practice Committee
- 2019 - present
Pancreas/Neuroendocrine 3-site Disease/Discipline Oriented Groups (DOGs)
- 2018 - present
Americas Hepatobiliary Association (AHPBA)
- 2018 - present
Americas Hepatobiliary Association (AHPBA)
- 2017 - present
Connective Tissue Oncology Society
- 2017 - present
Esophageal/Gastric 3-site Disease/Discipline Oriented Groups (DOGs)
- 2017 - 2019
Pancreas/Neuroendocrine 3-Site Disease/Discipline Oriented Groups (DOGs)
- 2017 - 2019
Sarcoma Disease/Discipline Oriented Groups (DOGs)
- 2016 - present
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- 2015 - 2017
Pancreas Club
- 2015 - 2017
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Team
- 2015 - present
Priestley Society
- 2014 - 2016
Pancreas Club
- 2014 - present
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- 2014 - present
American College of Surgeons
- 2013 - 2020
Clinical Practice Committee, Saint Marys Hospital
- 2013 - present
Equipment Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Rochester
- 2013 - present
Home Enteral Nutrition Steering Committee
- 2012 - present
Mayo Clinic SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- 2010
American Radium Society
- 2010 - present
University of Chicago Alumni Association, University of Chicago
- 2009 - present
Society of Surgical Oncology
- 2009 - present
American Society of Clinical Oncology
- 2006 - 2007
Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- 2006 - present
American Association for Cancer Research
- 2006 - present
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- 2006 - present
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- 2005 - 2010
American Pancreatic Association
- 2005 - 2009
Association for Academic Surgery
- 2005 - present
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- 2005 - present
Pancreas Club
- 2004 - 2006
Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- 2004 - 2006
Minnesota Medical Association
- 2004 - 2006
American Medical Association
- 2004 - 2005
Zumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association
- 2002 - present
American Medical Association
- 2002 - present
Zumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association
- 2002 - present
Minnesota Medical Association
Publications
Research activities