Lyuba Konopasek, M.D. is an Associate Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Konopasek is Co-Director of the Pediatrics clerkship, Course Director of the Medicine, Patients and Society course, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Education) at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is board-certified in pediatrics and has completed the Harvard Macy Physician Educator program.
After earning her B.A. at Brown University in 1985, Dr. Konopasek entered medical school at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She earned her medical degree (M.D.) in 1991 and went on to complete her residency training in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1994. Following residency, Dr. Konopasek stayed on at MGH as an attending in one of its community health centers. After two years there, she left to join the faculty at Weill Cornell.
At Weill Cornell, Dr. Konopasek has taught in Medicine, Patients and Society 1 and 2, the Introductory Clerkship, and the Primary Care Clerkship as well as the Pediatrics clerkship. She has a particular interest in medical interviewing and the physician-patient relationship and is currently developing a four year communication skills curriculum at Weill Cornell. She is also very interested in the integration of the arts and humanities into medical education, and leads a seminar in collaboration with the Frick Museum in which medical students refine their observational skills through the study of portraits at the museum. She has led several faculty development workshops on this theme at national pediatrics conferences.
As Chair of the Medicine, Patients and Society Course Design Group, Dr. Konopasek is particularly interested in studying and developing longitudinal curricular themes in the medical school curriculum.
Dr. Konopasek's research interests are in medical education and in breastfeeding support for urban lower income families.
