2021 The American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture
Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, FACG Hidden in Plain Sight: Bringing Women Into the Scope of Gastroenterology Amy Oxentenko, MD, FACG, is a Professor of Medicine, and serves as Chair of Medicine for Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She completed Residency, Chief Residency, and GI Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, being a recipient of the IM Residency's Outstanding Achievement Award, the GI Division's Bargen Award, and the Institutional Mayo Brothers' Distinguished Fellowship Award. She served as APD for both the GI Fellowship and IM Residency before taking over as PD of the GI Fellowship/Advanced Fellowship Programs, later serving as IM Residency PD for one of the largest GME programs in the country, a role she served for 7 years. Dr. Oxentenko has served as Associate Chair for Education for GI and an Associate Chair for the Department of IM. She is a prior Co-Director and Co-Editor of Mayo's GI Board Review Course and Book, respectively, and has been an author and editor for GI MKSAP. Dr. Oxentenko has served as the GI content writer for the IM In-Training Examination. She is past Chair of ACG's Women in GI and Self-Assessment Test Committees, a past member of ACG's Training, Educational Affairs and Professionalism Committees, and helped create and Co-Chaired the ACG Train-the-Trainer program, and serves on the WGO's TTT Program Advisory Committee. She is a prior ACG representative for the Multi-Society GI Program Director Caucus.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology lecture was established in 2003 to provide a forum for the Editors of the College’s flagship scientific publication to select a key scientific topic for debate or discussion based on their evaluation of key controversies in clinical gastroenterology.
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Dr. Oxentenko received the ACG/Salix Leadership Training Award and attended the High Potential Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. She serves on the Executive team of the ACGME Review Committee, and has served as Senior Associate Editor for The American Journal of Gastroenterology. She was a recipient of the Department of IM Distinguished Contributions to Medical Education Award, Mayo's Program Director of the Year Award, and Mayo's prestigious Distinguished Educator Award. She joined the ACG Board of Trustees in 2017 and currently serves as Secretary for 2020-21.
