Todd E. Rasmussen, M.D., is a vascular surgeon, professor, and vice-chair for Education in the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Rasmussen joined the Mayo practice after a twenty-year career as an Air Force surgeon. During his military career, Dr. Rasmussen completed deployed tours to Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world and initiated and led sizable translational research programs for the Department of Defense. His research and innovation have resulted in more than three hundred publications, an h-index of more than 55, and more than ten thousand citations. He co-invented the REBOA catheter, a life-saving device.

Dr. Rasmussen’s most recent military assignment was as Associate Dean for Research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and as an attending surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Among other military awards, Dr. Rasmussen was presented with the Defense Superior Service Medal upon his retirement at the rank of Colonel in 2021.

Dr. Rasmussen earned his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. He completed his surgical residency at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and his fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.