Career Impact Award
The Career Impact Award recognizes a Health and Human Sciences alumni or friend of the college who has made outstanding contributions to his or her profession. To be considered for this award, the recipient must have distinguished him/herself nationally or internationally by making positive contributions to society.
2025 Recipient:
Sarah Bonnes, M.D. ’03, ‘05
Sara Bonnes, M.D., professor of medicine, is the medical director of the Healthy Longevity Clinic at Mayo Clinic Rochester. She is board-certified in internal medicine and lifestyle medicine. Bonnes is also certified as a physician nutrition specialist. Bonnes has been on staff at the Mayo Clinic since 2014, and continues to practice in general internal medicine, integrative medicine and nutrition clinics. She also practices in the Mayo Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Program, providing care to patients with intestinal failure who need long-term advanced nutrition support.
Before starting her medical training, she pursued undergraduate and graduate training in human nutrition at Kansas State University. She completed her medical training at the University of Nebraska Medical Center before moving to Rochester, Minnesota for residency and chief residency.
Throughout her medical career, she continues to incorporate her nutrition and lifestyle medicine expertise into care of patients with a wide variety of health concerns and interest in preventing chronic diseases. Given increased patient interest in how to improve their health span, she is working with a multidisciplinary team- including dietitians, exercise specialists, pharmacists, resiliency experts, and researchers- to provide clinical care that utilizes an individualized, patient-centered, evidence-based approach to healthy longevity and unique patient needs.
Bonnes is active in the Healthy Longevity Medical Society and has been involved with the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She has also completed the Nestle Nutrition Institute. Along with being patient-focused, Bonnes continues to be active in research and publishes work in both areas.