CURRICULUM VITAE
Will Lyon MD
Will Lyon MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Geriatric and Palliative
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Geriatric and Palliative
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
2012 - 2015 Philosophy, Biology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI |
2015 - 2019 Doctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI |
2023 - 2026 Master of Arts in Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
2019 - 2022 Residency, Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI |
2022 - 2023 Fellowship, Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/03/2023 - Present Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
12/01/2023 - 06/30/2025 Medical Director, Congregational Home, 13900 W Burleigh Rd, Brookfield, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Board Certified in Internal Medicine | 10/2022 | 10/2032 |
Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine | 12/2023 | 12/2033 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
05/2014 Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
04/2015 Larry Temkin Prize for Essays in Value Theory, University of Wisconsin Department of Philosophy |
04/2015 Member, Phi Beta Kappa |
05/2016 - 08/2016 NIH T32 Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery and National Institutes of Health |
07/2021 - 06/2022 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2022 - 06/2023 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2023 - 06/2024 Transformational Ideas Initiative, Award Recipient, Kern Institute |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2015 - Present Wisconsin Medical Society (Member) |
2017 - Present American College of Physicians (Member) |
2017 - Present American Geriatrics Society (Member) |
2022 - Present Society for Bedside Medicine (Member) |
01/01/2024 - 01/01/2026 Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
2021 Clinical Ethics |
2022 Annals of Palliative Medicine |
2025 - Present Annals of Internal Medicine |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2015 - 2019 Member, Student Section, UW SMPH chapter, Catholic Medical Association |
03/2016 - 01/2017 Resolution Writer, University of Wisconsin Medical Student Ethics Committee, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
05/2016 - 05/2017 Co-President, Student Section, UW SMPH chapter, Catholic Medical Association |
08/2016 - 05/2017 Director, UW SMPH Bicycle Interest Group, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
2016 - 2019 Member, University of Wisconsin Medical Student Ethics Committee, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
2026 - 2029 MCW Faculty Council Professionalism Enrichment Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2019 - 2023 Member, Ethics Advisory Panel, American Medical Association |
10/01/2024 - Present Committee Member, Education Committee, Society for Bedside Medicine |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Lyon W, Geriatrics Fellows’ Most Difficult Case Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 11/2022 |
Regional |
Lyon W, Chance and Purpose in Aristotle’s "Physics", Minnesota Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, 04/05/2013 |
Drazewski R, Friedrich A, Gilbert W, Lyon W, Olex M, Restivo-Pritzl C, Complexities of Surrogate Decision Making, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/04/2023 |
Local |
Will Lyon, Acute Care for Elders, Froedtert Rehabilitation Services Educational Fair, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 04/2024 - Present |
Will Lyon, "I Can Identify ICANS", Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Geriatrics Educational Seminar, Clement Zablocki VA Hospital, 07/2024 - Present |
Will Lyon, Assessment of Medical Decision-Making Capacity, Medical College of Wisconsin Division of General Internal Medicine Seminar Series, Milwaukee, WI, 06/09/2025 |
Lyon, Will, Assessment of Medical Decision-Making Capacity, Milwaukee VA Primary Care Section Seminar Series, Milwaukee, WI, 08/06/2025 |
Evan Henricks, Will Lyon, Difficult Conversations: Perioperative Geriatrics Case Conference, Perioperative Medicine Monthly Case Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 02/23/2026 |
Lyon, Will, Difficult Conversations, MCW Perioperative Case Conference Series, Milwaukee, 02/23/2026 |
Lyon, Will, Age Friendly Health Systems, VA Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 02/27/2026 |
Katherine Recka, Alexandria Bear, Will Lyon, Bride Over Troubled Waters: Navigating Crucial Conversations with Surrogate Decision-Makers, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 05/15/2026 - Present |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Grimes M, Lyon W, Wang S, Gettle L, Bushman W, Contributions of prostate volume and fibrosis to bladder outlet obstruction, American Urological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 05/12/2017 |
Gene Qian, Will Lyon, Confusion after CAR-T Cell Therapy: What Geriatricians Need to Know, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 05/05/2025 |
Will Lyon MD, Ellen Schmitt MD, Katherine Ralston MD, 4Ms at the Bedside: Skills for Geriatric Assessment, Society of Bedside Medicine Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 11/15/2025 |
Regional |
Lyon W, Grimes M, Wang S, Bushman W, Contributions of prostate volume and fibrosis to bladder outlet obstruction, Wisconsin Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Kohler, WI, 11/04/2016 |
Lyon, Will, Assessment of Medical Decision-Making Capacity, Annual Update in Primary Care, Lake Geneva, WI, 10/09/2025 |
Local |
Lyon W, Pointer K, Kuo J, The hERG1 potassium channel is expressed in glioblastoma, University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Symposium, Madison, WI, 11/10/2014 |
Lyon W, Bear A, Recka K, Bridge Over Troubled Water: Navigating Critical Conversations with Surrogates, MCW Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/15/2026 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Hospital |
09/01/2024 - Present Member, Ethics Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital |
10/01/2025 - Present Clinical Ethics Consultant, Clinical Ethics Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2019 - 2022 Mentored third- and fourth-year medical students on the internal medicine wards in a variety of areas including patient care, medical therapeutic and diagnostic knowledge, and interdisciplinary communication |
08/2021 - 12/2021 Foundations of Clinical Medicine: Instructed first year medical students on history taking and physical examination skills |
04/01/2023 - Present Bioethics and Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration: Lecture on Ethics in Geriatrics |
05/2023 M3 REACH Course Lecture "Seeing Wisely: Attention as a Clinical and Moral Priority" |
07/01/2023 - Present Faculty Mentor for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration |
2023 - 2024 Worked with a group of students to implement optional “Advanced Physical Diagnosis” rounds as part of the third-year medicine clerkship |
07/01/2025 - Present Session instructor for Master Clinician fourth-year medical student elective, leading session on "murmurs and extra heart sounds" focused on bedside physical exam teaching |
08/28/2025 "Ethical Issues in the Care of Older Adults", presentation for Bioethics and Humanities Scholarly Concentration Pathway students
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10/2025 Master Clinician course. Topic: cardiac auscultation and murmurs |
2025 - 2026 Early Clinical Learning instructor for "Climb 1 Clinical Experiences" |
05/06/2026 Critical Thinking session for "Thriving During Clerkship" course, titled: "Learning to Look: Observation and Clinical Reasoning" |
Resident and Fellow Education |
01/21/2026 Academic Half Day Lecture: Geriatric Depression, Sleep Disorders, and Neuropsychology Testing |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Continuing Medical Education |
09/01/2023 - 11/30/2023 Kern National Network, "Mobilizing Character" Professional Development Curriculum. Co-facilitator for session on "The Language of Character" |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
01/2022 - 12/2023 Leonard Brasuel, Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2023 - Present Gabriel King, Clinical Apprenticeship, Medical College of Wisconsin |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Brower JV, Clark PA, Lyon W, Kuo JS. MicroRNAs in cancer: glioblastoma and glioblastoma cancer stem cells. Neurochem Int. 2014 Nov;77:68-77. PMCID: PMC4390175 |
2. Lyon W, Mehta TI, Pointer KB, Walden D, Elmayan A, Swanson KI, Kuo JS. Clinton Woolsey: functional brain mapping pioneer. J Neurosurg. 2014 Oct;121(4):983-8. PMCID: PMC4354805 |
3. Lyon W. Ambiguity, death determination, and the dead donor rule Clinical Ethics. 1 December 2018;13(4):165-171. |
4. Schneider AJ, Grimes M, Lyon W, Kemper A, Wang S, Bushman W. Cluster analysis of men undergoing surgery for BPH/LUTS reveals prominent roles of both bladder outlet obstruction and diminished bladder contractility. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0251721. PMCID: PMC8143400 |
5. Lyon W. Virtue and medical ethics education. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2021 May 27;16(1):2. PMCID: PMC8157421 |
6. Lyon W. Bedside Rounds as Cultural Jig: Keeping Trainee Attention Directed. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Apr;15(2):150-151. PMCID: PMC10150822 |
7. Lyon W. Electronic health records, the device paradigm, and the need for engagement. Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2025 Sep 30;20(1):24. PMCID: PMC12487404 |
8. Will AI scribes fix medicine’s attention problem? Lyon, Will D.
The American Journal of Medicine, In-Press |
Editorials, Letters To Editor, Other |
1. Lyon, W. In Doximity "Op-Med": If We Are Able to Diagnose Something in A Low-Tech Fashion, We Should. Aug 2018. https://www.doximity.com/articles/7fbaf302-0c2c-4ac8-8858-f0367ec0f105 |
Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Lyon, W. Electronic health records, the device paradigm, and the need for engagement. (2025) Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 20 (1) , art. no. 24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-025-00189-9
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Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions |
1. Lyon, W, Denson S. Dementia Detection: Identifying Red flags of Cognitive Decline. In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#95). 2022 Feb. Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com/ |
2. Qian, G; Lyon, W. Dementia Detection: Identifying Red flags of Cognitive Decline. Quantitative Volumetric Brain MRI in the Evaluation of Major Neurocognitive Disorder. In K Denson (Eds.), Geriatric Fast Facts (#129). 2026 April. Retrieved from: http://www.geriatricfastfacts.com |
3. 5 Minute Moment: Delirium. In Society of Bedside Medicine 5MM Resources. 2026 March. Retrieved from: https://bedsidemedicine.org/new-page-1 |
4. Lyon, Will. Qian, Gene. Quantitative volumetric brain MRI in the evaluation of major neurocognitive disorder 2026. Available from: https://geriatricfastfacts.com/fast-fact/6110-2/ |
5. Lyon, W. 5MM resources - Delirium, Society of Bedside Medicine. Available at: https://bedsidemedicine.org/new-page-1 |
