Maria Linnaus, M.D.

I enjoy getting to know my patients on a personal level, and taking time to listen to their thoughts and concerns.

Outside of the hospital, I enjoy spending time with my husband and children. I also enjoy playing piano, watching baseball and softball, and spending time outdoors, and baking and cooking.

Education

• Creighton University School of Medicine

Residency

• General Surgery, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine

Fellowship

• Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Medical School of Wisconsin

Certifications

• General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
• Certificate of Fellowship Training, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• Satisfactory Training: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Fellows, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, American Heart Association

Memberships

• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

Academic Appointment

• Instructor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Bariatric surgery
• Complex foregut pathology
• Endocrine surgery (adrenal tumors, thyroid and parathyroid disease)
• Hiatal hernia repair
• Minimally invasive surgery for gastroesophageal reflux
• Robotic surgery
• Surgical research

• Postoperative Opioid Utilization and Patient Satisfaction in General Surgery Procedures: A Prospective Observational Study, January 2021
• Does Weight Loss Prior to Surgery Accurately Predict Success Following Bariatric Surgery?, December 2020
• A Management Protocol for Gonad Preservation in Patients with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, December 2019
• The Opioid Crisis and Surgeons: National Survey of Prescribing Patterns and the Influence of Motivators, Experience, and Gender, June 2019
• Negative Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma examination predicts successful nonoperative management in pediatric solid organ injury: A prospective Arizona-Texas-Oklahoma-Memphis-Arkansas + Consortium study, January 2019