Biographical summary
Susan N. Kok, M.D., an internal medicine physician, practices primarily in the Mayo Clinic Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic and the Mayo Clinic Breast Diagnostic Clinic. Clinical interests include the following:
- Promoting the importance of addressing sexual health for women across the lifespan and in the setting of chronic illness
- The intersection of breast cancer treatment and women's health concerns such as menopause and sexual health
- Educating and empowering patients regarding breast health and breast cancer risk, sexual health for women, the menopause management
- Disease prevention through focus on lifestyle, habits, and helping patients adjust modifiable risk factors
- Care for the whole person with attention to the psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects of health in addition to physical
- Treatment of complex medical conditions in both men and women
Dr. Kok is also interested in promoting women's health in medical training and education, particularly in primary care specialties. Her research interests include spontaneous coronary artery dissections, an important cause of heart attacks in women.
Conditions treated
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2018
FellowGeneral Internal Medicine Fellow, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2016
Residency - Internal MedicineUniversity of New Mexico
- 2013
MDRush University Medical Center
- 2007
BS - Chemistry, English with creative writingWheaton College
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2016
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2023
Department of Medicine Educator Award Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program
- 2022
Mayo Model of Care AwardDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2017
Medical Resident, Fellow, and DNPs In-Training Reporter Program Scholarship AwardeeNAMS/Pfizer
- 2016
Co-Resident of the Year, New Mexico ChapterAmerican College of Physicians
Professional memberships
- 2022 - present
MemberInternational Menopause Society
- 2020 - present
MemberMinnesota Medical Association
- 2020 - present
MemberZumbro Valley Medical Society
- 2019 - 2023
MemberGeneral Internal Medicine Quality Improvement Work Group
- 2019 - 2020
Executive Operations Team Clinic PracticeCenter for Women's Health
- 2017 - 2022
MemberAdvanced Medicine QI Fellowship and QA Collaborative Curriculum Development Project
- 2017 - present
MemberNorth American Menopause Society
- 2010 - present
MemberAmerican Medical Association
Publications
Research activities