To Doctor Carole A. Warnes

Successively
Consultant in Division of Structural Heart Disease,
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
and
Consultant in Division of Pediatric Cardiology,
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
and
Director of Adult Congenital Heart Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Department of Internal Medicine
and
Consultant in Division of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Department of Internal Medicine
On the Staff of Mayo Clinic
and
Professor of Medicine
In the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
In recognition of her attaining emeritus status
after 35 years of service among them

Her colleagues present this token of their esteem and of their gratitude for her national and international recognition as a leading expert in Adult Congenital Heart Disease; for her care of patients’ cardiac problems during pregnancy; for her visionary creation of a new institutional subspecialty clinic (Adult Congenital Heart Disease); and for developing that subspecialty within cardiology nationally and internationally; for receiving Mayo Distinguished Physician and Alumni Awards; for her commitment to exceptional concierge patient care recognized by numerous institutional top provider and society awards; for her dedication to educating colleagues and students; for her exemplary teaching skills at the bedside and lecture hall, and teaching/mentoring many future Leaders recognized by multiple institutional, national and international Education awards; for being a pioneer and the “first” in many things, including the first woman in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases; for her enthusiasm and inquisitive spirit; for her love of family, friends, literature, travel, cooking, fine dining and everything British; and for her steadfast loyalty to that living body of high principles that were initiated by the Founders, William James Mayo, M.D., and Charles Horace Mayo, M.D., and that now clearly are recognized as the ideals of Mayo Clinic.