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Sunanda V. Kane, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    Associate Chair for Patient Experience
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Chair, Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Fellows Subcommittee
    Chief Patient Experience Officer, Mayo Clinic Enterprise
    Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, MN

Sunanda V. Kane, MD, is a professor of medicine within the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She joined the faculty midcareer in 2007. She is also past president of the American College of Gastroenterology.


Dr Kane's specialty is inflammatory bowel disease. Her interest in quality came from her research in patient outcomes, which led to her becoming the associate practice chair and then the quality chair, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She joined the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy, where she reviewed projects for Silver credit and established the quality improvement curriculum for fellows. In February 2020, she was selected as the chair of the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy Fellows Subcommittee. One of her duties in that role is to help select and then present Quality Academy Diamond awardees. She will be transitioning out of that role in 2024, as she is also currently the chief patient experience officer for Mayo Clinic Enterprise. Dr Kane looks forward to fulfilling her vision of optimizing patient experience using technology to augment—not replace—the direct human-to-human care for which Mayo Clinic is known.