Dr. Waljee is a research fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Public Health degrees at the University of Michigan in Biology and Epidemiology, and completed medical school at Emory University. She is currently a General Surgery House Officer at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include patient-centered outcomes and the delivery of health care, and the influence of the patient and physician interaction on patient decision making.

Selected publications:
Waljee JF, Greenfield L, Dimick J, Birkmeyer JD.  2006. Surgeon Age and Operative Mortality in the United States. Annals of Surgery. 244(3):353-62

Waljee JF, Rogers AMM, Alderman AK.  The Use of Decision Aids among Women with Early Breast Cancer: Do They Influence Surgical Choice? 2007. Journal of Clinical Oncology. In press.

Waljee JF, Windisch S, Finks J, Wong S, Birkmeyer J. 2006.  Classifying Cause of Death Following Cancer Surgery. Surgical Innovation. 13 (4): 274-279.