Lyuba Konopasek, MD

Lyuba Konopasek, MD is the Senior Associate Dean for Education at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Prior to this, she was the Director for Physician Engagement and Well-Being Programs and the Designated Institutional Official for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, overseeing graduate medical education at both the Columbia and Weill Cornell campuses. She served a three-year term as Associate Dean for Medical Education at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. Dr. Konopasek’s activities in medical education span the continuum from undergraduate medical education to residency training and faculty development. She has presented numerous faculty development workshops on topics including effective teaching skills, professionalism, communication skills, clinical reasoning, and feedback and assessment strategies both nationally and internationally. Over the past five years she has focused her faculty development activities on physician well-being and has served on the ACGME’s Task Force on Physician Well-Being. Dr. Konopasek is a member of the AAMC’s Medical Educator Senior Leader Steering Committee.