Mayo Clinic Health System — Albert Lea and Austin recently welcomed Kelli Kyle, certified physician assistant, to the Orthopedics department on the Austin campus.

Kyle will work with Emily Nguyen, M.D., a spine surgeon, in both Austin as well as Mayo Clinic Health System in Owatonna. Kyle received her Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois.

She previously worked as a certified athletic trainer at the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center in Rochester.

Her professional interests include adult spine surgery for the treatment of degenerative conditions of the spine, including but not limited to herniated discs and spinal stenosis.