Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Medical Education, serves as Vice Chair of Education and Section Chief and Fellowship Director for Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery and the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

 

A native of eastern Kentucky, she completed her undergraduate training summa cum laude at the University of Louisville and was the Founder’s Medalist at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.  She completed general surgery training at Johns Hopkins, and endocrine surgery fellowship at Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She earned a Master of Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University and has been part of drafting EPAs for the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Board of Surgery, and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and is a Member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.  She is a Councilor of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) and Director of the General Surgery Board, as well as Chair of the ABS Assessment Committee, and she is the current President of the Association for Academic Surgery.

 

Her research interests are in development and assessment of competency as well as autonomy in surgical training, including Entrustable Professional Activities.