Patti Paris, M.D., recently joined the emergency medicine department at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin, according to a press release.

Paris earned her emergency medicine degree from University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont, and completed her residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. She is a board-certified physician and has special interests in disaster medicine and quality improvement.

She joins Mayo Clinic Health System after 18 years of practicing with the Indian Health Service in Alaska.

Mayo Clinic Health System consists of clinics, hospitals and other facilities that serve the health care needs of people in more than 60 communities in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The community-based providers, paired with the resources and expertise of Mayo Clinic, enable patients in the region to receive the highest-quality health care close to home.