Lotte Dyrbye MD, MHPE, FACP  is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medical Education, and Consultant in the Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.  She is also Associate Chair for Faculty Development, Staff Satisfaction, and Diversity for the Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Director of Faculty Development for Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, and Associate Director of the Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-being.  She is the Primary Investigator on Mayo Medical School’s grant “Accelerating Change in Medical Education,” awarded by the AMA.

Dr. Dyrbye is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School where she was selected AOA and she subsequently completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington.  She also holds a Masters in Health Profession Education from University of Illinois completed in 2009.  She holds numerous national education leadership positions including National Board of Medical Examiners USMLE Ambulatory Medicine Test Material Development Committee, Association of American Medical Colleges Research in Medical Education (RIME) Conference Planning Committee Past Chair, and Association for Medical Educators of Europe (AMEE) Research Committee.  She is a past councilor for Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine.  She has published 74 peer-reviewed publications many in elite journals.  In 2008 she received the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Charles H Griffith Educational research award – awarded to the single Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine member who has made the greatest impact on medical education over the preceding year.  In 2012, she received the only ABIM Professionalism Article Prize in the field of medical education and training for her article “A Multi-Institutional Study Exploring the Impact of Positive Mental Health on Medical Students’ Professionalism in an Era of High Burnout,” published in Academic Medicine.  In 2014, she was award the Deans recognition award for her contributions to Mayo Medical School. Her research interests are focused on medical student competency, professionalism, and well-being and she has received 11 competitive research grants to support this work.  Lotte is currently recognized as the world expert on medical student, resident, and physician well-being.