The UAB Department of Surgery is honored to announce Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, as the Vice Chair of Education.
As Vice Chair, Lindeman will provide the overarching structure to align the Department’s education training programs through competency-based education and workforce preparation. She will also work to build infrastructure and initiatives that support education-related research for both investigators and trainees.
Lindeman also serves as Program Director for the UAB Endocrine Surgery Fellowship and Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Associate Designated Institutional Official for the Clinical Learning Environment at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.
Lindeman has distinguished herself as a surgical educator. She served as an Administrative Chief Resident at Johns Hopkins University and won both the Medical Student Teaching and the Resident Teaching awards.
She also earned a Master's of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University, served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for four years and is also an author of the AAMC’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency.
Before her current role, she has previously served as an Associate Program Director in the General Surgery Residency and says her desire is to improve the education and experiences of medical students and residents at UAB and across the United States.
"It is an honor to serve in this role in order to foster enhanced alignment between all of our surgical education programs and to develop a cohort of educational scholars that help our educational efforts rise to national prominence," says Lindeman. "I've always been drawn to the process improvement of making our educational initiatives as effective as possible, and I'm honored to continue these key objectives in my new role.
Building on her expertise as a surgical educator, Lindeman conducts research into the development and assessment of competency in surgical trainees, the learning environment, physician wellness and burnout, and resident supervision and autonomy.