Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan. Originally from the Southeast, she obtained her undergraduate degree in sociology from Birmingham-Southern College and her medical degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine. She came to the University of Michigan to complete an integrated plastic surgery residency. During her residency, she participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and obtained her Masters in Public Health. Her past research interests, which were funded by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, were in rheumatoid hand disease, specifically looking at the reasons for geographical variations in care. Currently, her research focus is on improving access and decreasing disparities in breast reconstruction for breast cancer. In particular, she is looking at barriers women have to receiving treatment and ways to improve the quality of reconstruction.

Selected publications:
Alderman, AK, McMahon, L, Wilkins, EG.  The national utilization of immediate and early delayed breast reconstruction & the impact of sociodemographic factors. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2003, 11:695-703.

Wilkins, EG, Alderman, AK.  Breast Reconstruction Practices in North America: Current Trends and Future Priorities. Seminars in Plastic Surgery 2004, 18:149-155.

Alderman, A., Wei, Y., Birkmeyer, J.D.  Use of Breast Cancer Reconstruction following the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. JAMA 2006, 295:387-388.

Alderman, A.K., Kuzon, W.M., Wilkins, E.G.  A Two-Year Prospective Analysis of Trunk Function in TRAM Breast Reconstructions. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2006, 117(7):2131-2138.

Alderman, AK, Kuhn, L, Lowery, JC, Wilkins, EG.  Does Patient Satisfaction with Breast Reconstruction Change Over Time? Two-Year Results of the Michigan Breast Reconstruction Outcomes Study. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007, 204(1):7-12.