Amalia J. Lyons, MD

I completed medical school and residency at MCW. After graduating from residency, I did a chief residency year and am now working as a primary care physician on campus with my clinical interest around cancer survivorship, obesity management, preventive health and chronic disease management. I am very passionate about resident education as Program Director for the Combined Medicine Psychiatry Program and Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Program. My academic interests involve curriculum development, especially in the ambulatory setting, coaching across the medical spectrum, professional identity formation, and quality improvement.

Currently I am working on a collaborative curriculum with the Combined Medicine-Psychiatry Program and the categorical programs, bringing a shared didactic experience with topics focused on SUD, insomnia, depression, and buprenorphine treatment. I am also working on projects around curiosity in our residency programs, character strengths and professional identify formation, and ambulatory boot camp. Finally, I oversee quality improvement curriculum and am always improving this curriculum.

I have a passion for coaching, which is an emerging area in medical education. I currently oversee a coaching program for the residents in the Internal Medicine and Med-Psych programs with future goals to expand to GME globally.