Biography
Lyree Mikhail, MD, serves as the course director for two separate systems courses, as well as serving as the series director for Professional Identity Formation in the Preclinical Years, and as a faculty member in the Introduction to Clinical Medicine courses. She serves in several other key roles within MU-WCOM, including the Chair of the Curriculum Committee, the admissions process, and as a Graduate Medical Education Advisor. She is also responsible for Women’s Health content at MU-WCOM throughout the curriculum. Dr. Mikhail’s academic interests are varied but include the application of evidence-based medicine to clinical practice, humanism, and professionalism in the practice of medicine, medical student recruitment and retention, and finance in higher education. In addition, she maintains a significant focus on student and resident mentorship and the residency match process.
Career Highlights
Dr. Mikhail has had a long academic career, holding key educational positions at Indiana University SOM and Yale University School of Medicine/Bridgeport Hospital before joining MU-WCOM in 2011. She has developed a national reputation as a respected clinician educator and has served as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has had an extensive career in medical education, including serving as Clerkship and Residency Program Director, and has contributed to undergraduate and graduate medical education at a local, regional, and national level. She has extensive experience advising across the medical education continuum.
Teaching
- Scientific Foundation of Medicine – Course Director, 2024-present
- Curriculum development and implementation, summative and formative assessment evaluation and implementation, didactic and small group teaching for the Professional Identity Formation Series OMS-1 and OMS-2, 2022-present
- Curriculum development and implementation around five pillars: Dignity, Justice, and Unity (DJU), Academic success, Leadership in Osteopathic Medicine, Wellness, and Career Development and Planning Introduction to Clinical Medicine Preclinical Years, 2016-present
- Didactic and small group teaching, simulation, and OSCE implementation and grading.
- Reproduction, Aging, and Psychiatry Course – Course Director, 2016-present
- Curriculum development and implementation, summative and formative assessment evaluation and implementation, didactic and small group teaching Introduction to Clinical Medicine 4 – Course Director, 2016-19
- Curriculum development and implementation, OSCE and simulation design, implementation, Grading rubric design and implementation, small group and large group teaching of Concepts in Biomedical Sciences – Course Director, 2016-18
- Development and dissemination of information related to COMLEX Level 1 preparation, and individual student advising Careers in Biological Sciences (Undergraduate) – Co-course coordinator, 2016, 2019-21
- Participation and advising of undergraduates seeking admission to various health professions advising and exploration of science-based careers
Areas of Teaching Experience
Clinical Skills, Women’s Health and related fields, Professional Identity Formation, Work-Life Balance, Graduate Medical Education
Teaching Philosophy
Inspiration. Empowerment. Flexibility. Knowledge. Industry. Innovation. These are the concepts by which I learn and teach. I hope to continue this wonderful process for as long as I am on this earth. It is in this way that I can meet my ultimate goal: to be the teacher who made a difference.
Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Faculty in DJU Award, 2024, 2025
MU-WCOM
- The 2022 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, 2022
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, 2021
MU-WCOM
- Meaningful Mentor Program Enduring Service Award, 2020
MU-WCOM
- Exceptional Mentor Award, 2017
American Medical Women’s Association
- Peter Marcus & Lyree Mikhail Distinguished Volunteer Community Faculty Award, 2011
Indiana University School of Medicine, Dept Ob/Gyn
(Beginning in 2011, an annual named award was created to honor outstanding service & education)
Professional Service & Affiliations
- Student Progress and Promotion Committee, Member and Vice Chair, 2016-21, 2025
- Committee on Committees, Member and Chair. 2017-21
- Curriculum Committee, Member and Chair, 2017, 2022-present
- Admissions Committee, Member, Vice Chair, and Chair, 2017-23
- Academic Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2018-24
- Graduate Medical Education Task Force, 2018-present
- MU-WCOM Faculty Association President, 2021-22
- Marian University Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Subcommittee, 2021-23
- Marian University Board of Trustees Finance Subcommittee, 2023-25
- Marian University Policies and Procedures Committee, 2022-23
- Marian University Faculty Senate, 2022-present
- Indiana Women’s College in Prison Program Admissions Committee, 2023-present
Professional Organizations
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1998-present
Fellow
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 1996-present
Member
- Indiana Osteopathic Association, 2019-present
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