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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2015

Mariela Rivera, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

200 1st St SW

Rochester, MN 55905

United States

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Critical Care

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • abdominal wall reconstruction
  • amputation
  • amputee rehabilitation
  • bladder injury
  • blunt trauma
  • bronchoscopy
  • burns
  • cardiac injury
  • chest injuries
  • craniomaxillofacial surgery
  • cricothyroidotomy
  • extremity injury
  • female reproductive tract injury
  • finger injuries
  • foot and ankle reconstruction
  • foot/leg injury
  • hand/arm injury
  • intestine injuries
  • jaw reconstruction
  • kidney injury
  • liver injury
  • liver resection
  • lung resections
  • neck injuries
  • reconstructive limb surgery
  • reconstructive microvascular surgery
  • reconstructive spine surgery
  • reconstructive surgery
  • replantation surgery
  • skin grafting
  • spine trauma
  • stomach injuries
  • thyroidectomy
  • tracheotomy
  • vascular injuries
  • wound debridement

Hospital Appointments

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Attending

07/2011—Present

Academic Appointments

Mayo Medical School

Rochester, MN

Instructor

07/2011—06/2013