Dr. Priti Mishall’s expertise is in areas of anatomy, embryology and medical education. Dr. Mishall focuses on teaching in the areas of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME). For the UME, Dr. Mishall Co-Directs the Anatomy course for first-year MD program. Dr. Mishall is the Director of the Anatomical Donation Program and is a course faculty member for the second-year Nervous system and Human Behavior course. She is a small group facilitator for the Problem-Based Learning sessions in Preclerkship and Transition to Clerkship. Dr. Mishall mentors fourth year elective students and students interested to pursue projects on creating and evaluating anatomy education learning resources. In the area of GME, Dr. Mishall conducts workshops for residents and fellows revisiting cadaver anatomy labs. Her clinical collaborators include Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Rheumatology. Dr. Mishall is a passionate about faculty development in area of medical education and is a course faculty at Harvard Macy Institutes’ course “Transforming your teaching using Technology”. Dr. Mishall is an active member of American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) and International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). She is past chair of the Education Affairs Committee of AACA. She is currently the member of the Career Development Committee of AACA.

Dr. Mishall earned her medical degree at Grant Medical College, Mumbai, and completed her residency in Human Anatomy at Seth G. S Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai. She received her postgraduate certification in Medical Education (PGcertME) at University of Dundee, UK. Dr. Mishall develops e-learning video modules using the principle of universal design for learning that applies the science of learning and pedagogical theories to design effective and engaging videos. She implements blended learning/ flipped classroom instructional methods to teach human embryology. Her research interests are in the areas of medical education and anatomical variations.  In the area of medical education, she studies medical students’ perceptions of the learning experiences using flipped instructional method. She developed training modules to enhance procedural skills for medical students and residents. In the area of anatomical variations, her research interests focus on the extra hepatic biliary apparatus and its clinical significance. She also mentors first year students who publish research articles on cadaveric variations.

Dr. Mishall was selected by the Einstein students as a recipient of the Samuel M. Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching (Pre-Clerkship). This award is in acknowledgement of her significant contributions and excellence in teaching in the basic science education of Einstein students. Dr. Mishall was elected by her peers at Einstein for the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Teaching (Pre-Clerkship). This award is in acknowledgement of her years of teaching excellence and her educational contribution as a dedicated course-director and innovative educator.  Dr. Mishall was inducted in the Leo M. Davidoff Society that recognizes distinguished, caring and committed teaching of Medical Students of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  She was invited to teach University of Oxford’s summer course, “The Principles of Clinical Anatomy”. In addition to her teaching, research and administrative pursuits, Dr. Mishall enjoys creative writing and routinely contributes to the Einstein literary magazine Ad Libitum.

Journal articles

Mishall, P., Rajgopal, L. 2010. Variant right hepatic artery forming Moynihan’s Hump – Clinical relevance. Int J of Anat Variations 3:144-145. 1.    https://www.pulsus.com/scholarly-articles/variant-right-hepatic-artery-forming-moynihans-hump--clinical-relevancethen.pdf 

Martinez-Lopez, N., Athonvarangkul, D., Mishall P., Sahu, S., Singh, R. 2013. Autophagy proteins regulate ERK phosphorylation. Nat Commun 4:2799 1.    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24240988/

Konda, B., Pathak, S., Edwin, I., Mishall, P., Downie, S., Olson, T., Reed, L., Friedman, E. 2014. Safe and successful bone marrow biopsy: an anatomical and CT-based cadaver study. Am J Hematol. Oct; 89(10):943-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24942104/

Mishall P., Feder, O., Lewis, A., Rosenberg, A., UI, W., Howe, R.A., Olson, T., Downie, S. 2015. A case of abrupt termination of the facial artery with unusual multiple arterial anastomoses: Clinical implications in the Head and Neck. Int J Anat Res 2015, Vol 3 (3): 1404-08. http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.247

Mishall, P. L., Matakas, J., English, K., Allyn, K., Algava, D., & Downie, S. A. Axillobifemoral Bypass (2016) : A brief Surgical and Historical Review. Einstein Journal of Biomedical Research, 31, 6-10. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28133441/

Matakas, J., English, K., Allyn, K., Algava, D., Mishall, P. L., & Downie,S. A. Axillobifemoral Bypass Graft: A Student Dissection Experience (2016). Einstein Journal of Biomedical Research, 31, 31-33. 1.     https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28127271/

Manning EP, Mishall PL, Weidmann MD, Flax H, Lan S, Erlich M, Burton WB, Olson TR, Downie SA. (2018). Early and prolonged opportunities to practice suturing increases medical student comfort with suturing during clerkships: Suturing during cadaver dissection. Anat Sci Educ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ase.1785

Patel SR, Mishall P, Barmettler A. A human cadaveric model for effective instruction of lateral canthotomy and cantholysis. Orbit. 2019:1-6. doi:10.1080/01676830.2019.1600151. PubMed PMID: 31106640. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31106640

Mishall, P. L., Marsh, A. N., Perez, D., Quezada, X. H., Stahl, M. C., Weinstock, R. E., & Downie, S. A. (2019). Novel, bilateral, two-bellied muscles span the extensor forearm, thenar eminence to insert on the proximal phalanx of the thumb: clinical and embryological significance. Folia Morphol (Warsz). doi:10.5603/FM.a2019.0067 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31169299

Ma, A., Kim, J., Miller, C. E., Mustapich, T. L., Abraham, J. P., Downie, S. A., & Mishall, P. L. (2021). Pointing in a different direction: a case of bilateral absence of extensor indicis. Folia Morphol (Warsz). doi:10.5603/FM.a2021.0030

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33778941

Gurvich, A., Shridhar, N., Felman, A., Shi, M., Pinkas, A., Downie, S. A., & Mishall, P. L. (2021). A novel accessory muscle in the flexor compartment of anterior forearm inserting into the tenosynovium of the flexor pollicis longus. Folia Morphol (Warsz). doi:10.5603/FM.a2021.0036 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31169299/

Khalil, M. K., Giannaris, E. L., Lee, V., Baatar, D., Richter, S., Johansen, K. S., & Mishall, P. L. (2021). Integration of clinical anatomical sciences in medical education: Design, development and implementation strategies. Clin Anat. doi:10.1002/ca.23736 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33905130/

Schwartz, Y., Rao, V. J., Alvarez, L. S., Wajsberg, B., Mishall, P., L., Downie, S. A., & Pinkas, A. (2021). Maxillary artery runs medial to the mandibular nerve unilaterally: Case report and literature review. International Journal of Anatomy and Research, 9(2.3), 8008-8011. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2021.127

Mishall, P. L., Meguid, E. M. A., Khalil, M. K., & Lee, L. M. J. (2022). Transition to Effective Online Anatomical Sciences Teaching and Assessments in the Pandemic Era of COVID-19 Should be Evidence-Based. Med Sci Educ, 1-8.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35036043/

Lee, A., Dean, C., Labagnara, K., Jun Yun, D., Pinkas, A. and Mishall, P. L. (2022). A rare unreported bilateral thoracic muscle on the inferior and posteromedial aspect of the rib cage: case report and literature review. Folia morphologica. doi:10.5603/FM.a2022.0028

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35347697/

Dean, C. J., Labagnara, K., Lee, A. K., Yun, D. J., Dong, Z., Mishall, P. L., & Pinkas, A. (2022). Bilateral vertebral arteries entering the C4 foramen transversarium with the left vertebral artery originating from the aortic arch. Folia Morphol (Warsz). doi:10.5603/FM.a2022.0059  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35692111/

Yoon, C., Hadavi, C., Engler, A., Erlich, M., Mishall, P., & Pinkas, A. (2023, Jan 1). Anomalous Extensor Indicis Proprius Muscle Extending Beyond the Extensor Retinaculum: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect, 13(1). https://doi.org/e22.0068110.2106/jbjs.Cc.22.00681

 Manning, E. P., Mishall, P., Ramachandra, A. B., Hassab, A. H. M., Lamy, J., Peters, D. C., Murphy, T. E., Heerdt, P., Singh, I., Downie, S., Choudhary, G., Tellides, G., & Humphrey, J. D. (2024). Stiffening of the human proximal pulmonary artery with increasing age. Physiological Reports, 12(12), e16090. http://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.16090

Yoon, C. Y., Engler, A. M., Konisky, H., Hogeg, a., Detton, A. J., Erlich, M. A., Mishall, P. L. & Pinkas, A. 2024. Unilateral double facial artery: an anatomic variant and clinical implications. Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 11, 2376136. https://doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2024.2376136

Book Chapters

Mishall, P. 2016. Renal arteies. In: Tubbs RS, Shoja MM, Loukas M, (Eds)., Bergman's Comprehensive Encylopedia of Human Anatomic Variation. New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell. p 682-693.

Abdel Meguid, E. M., Holland, J. C., Keenan, I. D., & Mishall, P., L. (2022). Exploring Visualisation for Embryology Education: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective. In P. Rhea (Ed.), Biomedical Visualization (Vol. 11, pp. 173-193). Glasgow, UK: Springer.

Mishall, P. L., Burton, W. B., & Risley, M. (2023). Flashcards: The Preferred Online Game-Based Study Tool Self-Selected by Students to Review Medical Histology Image Content. In E. M. Abdel Meguid, P. L. Mishall, H. L. Nation, & P. M. Rea (Eds.), Biomedical Visualisation (Vol. 15, pp. 209-224). Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26462-7

Co-Editor for Book

Abdel Meguid, E. M., Mishall, P. L., Nation, H. L., & Rea, P. M. (Eds.). (2023). Biomedical Visualisation (Vol. 15). Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26462-7.

Medical Education Blogs

Mishall, P. 2019. Reflections on creating an Anatomy case-based e-learning module. https://www.harvardmacy.org/index.php/hmi/reflections-anatomy-case-based

Mishall, P. 2022. Applying Educational Theories to Anatomy Teaching: Making Learning Active and Engaging in a Virtual Setting: https://harvardmacy.org/index.php/hmi/applying-educational-theories-to-anatomy-teaching

Creative Writing

Mishall, P., 2015. Vanitas Still Life: Memento Mori. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (13):4-5

Mishall, P., 2016. Mother and Child. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (14): 60

Mishall, P., 2017. Girl Before A Mirror. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (15): 50. 

Mishall, P., 2018. Kindness Catches on. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (16): 20.

Mishall, P., 2020. Self-identity - a quest within self. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (18): 101.

Mishall, P.,2021. The Glow of Hope. AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (19): 39.

Mishall,P., 2022. Uncertainty Offers Humility to Learn, AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (20): 84.

Mishall, P. 2023. Patience – Power to bridge the gap between the current reality and the higher potential, AD Libitum. Art and Literary Magazine, Vol (21): 13.