Lynnea Mills, MD
Professor
Lynnea has been a clinician-educator in the Division of Hospital Medicine since 2014. She works clinically on the General Medicine inpatient services and focuses academically on medical education and communication. She founded and directs the UCSF GME Competency Coaching Program, a referral-based program to support professional skill development for residents and fellows from across departments. She also directs the Clinical Skills Guidance Program, which coaches students working to enhance their clinical skills outside the standard curriculum. Lynnea directs the Acting Internship in Internal Medicine and serves as a career advisor for students applying into Preliminary Medicine positions. In 2025, Lynnea completed her PhD in medical education, focusing on the impacts of emotion on learning, particularly in the context of remediation. She is pursuing a research agenda related to affective neurosciences and their integration into health professions education to improve the learning process for our students and trainees. Lynnea is a member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators and is excited to be involved with work surrounding feedback, coaching, and learner/supervisor relationships. She holds the Academy's Chair for Innovation in Teaching, related to her work supporting GME learners in receiving coaching to support professional skill development. She is a faculty member in the international Academy on Communication in Healthcare, and coaches faculty and trainees on communication, in addition to developing curricula on difficult conversations. She frequently serves as an invited speaker for internal and external organizations on topics related to feedback and support for struggling learners, as well as emotions in learning.