Dr. Claudia Mikhail, MD, MPH received her B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University and her M.D. degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She completed residency training in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at University Hospital, State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine and was awarded her M.P.H. degree concurrently from Columbia University. She completed a subspecialty NIH fellowship in Medical Genetics at UCLA, where she trained in clinical genetics (prenatal, pediatric, and adult) and researched the genetic epidemiology of Type II diabetes. A diplomat of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and member of the American College of Medical Genetics, she is on the faculty of the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, serves on the Genetics Curriculum Development Committee, and provides career counseling to pre-medical/pre-health professions students. She also practices clinically. In her spare time, she plays classical piano, composes music, and serves on the board of a charitable organization.