Victor Bernet, MD, FACE, FACP  is the Director of the Mayo Clinic Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and served as Chair of the Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic Florida from 2012 to 2022. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine.

Dr. Bernet served 21+ years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps retiring at the rank of Colonel.  He was the Endocrinology Consultant to the Army Surgeon General and Director of the National Capitol Consortium Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program. 

Dr. Bernet is a both a Distinguished Graduate and Distinguished Military Graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (1985). He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1989. He completed his internal medicine residency at Triplar Army Medical Center (1989-1992) and endocrinology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1992-1994).

Dr. Bernet’s main academic interests are focused in the field of thyroid disorders with particular interest in thyroid nodules,  thyroid cancer, challenging thyroid function tests as well as hormones found in OTC supplements. He has been the author/co-author of 70+ peer-reviewed articles and 19 book chapters.

Dr Bernet served as President of the American Thyroid Association 2020-2021 and also as the ATA Secretary/ Chief Operating Officer from October 2015 to November 2019.  Dr. Bernet serves as the Mayo Clinic representative on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network thyroid cancer guidelines and is a member of the ATA Thyroid Nodules Guidelines Task Force.  Dr. Bernet also began service on the board of directors for the International Thyroid Oncology Group in October 2023.