Dr. Yewande Alimi obtained her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis where she was a John B. Ervin Scholar. She went on to complete her medical degree in Atlanta, GA at Emory University School of Medicine, where she was awarded the 2013 Evangeline T. Papageorge Outstanding Student Award. Dr. Alimi completed her internship and residency in General Surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC in June 2020. She has been recognized for excellence in clinical care, teaching, and research by Georgetown University School of Medicine and in 2019 was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a resident inductee and was awarded the 2018 Marie J. Simonian Award for Clinical Research. She also served as the resident representative to the physician leadership council. Dr. Alimi returned to Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Medstar Washington Hospital Center after completing her minimally invasive and bariatric surgery fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine where she held the appointment of clinical scholar and a Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Scholar. During her time as a LEAD scholar she worked towards and created a workshop focused on managing and healing microaggressions through faculty led and peer led support groups providing a framework to approach microaggressions and bias in medical training through the framework of allyship.
She specializes in the surgical treatment of obesity via minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Alimi also sees patients for reflux disease, gallbladder disease, hernias, and other gastrointestinal conditions. Dr. Alimi has presented at numerous conferences and has authored more than 14 peer-reviewed abstracts and publications, including the Annals of Surgery and Obesity Surgery.
Her research interests include disparities in access and outcomes in bariatric surgery and clinical outcomes research in the realms of hernia and bariatrics. She serves on many national committees, including the American College of Surgeons, where she currently is serving as the Chair of the Resident and Associate Society, and is involved in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and currently serves as the Candidate member to the board.
Selected publications from PubMed
A qualitative study of micro and macroaggression experienced by Black surgical trainees through an anonymous reporting.
Nataliansyah MM, Alimi YR, Barry L, Campbell AR, Ubesie KV, Stewart J 4th, Pugh C, Watkins A, Hayes-Dixon A, Clarke CN
Am J Surg. 2025 Sep;247:116371 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116371.
Balloon dissection for robotic totally extra-peritoneal (rTEP) inguinal herniorrhaphy: description of a modified technique and report on 97 consecutive patients.
Trad KS, Thiru SS, Stirrat TP, Marino PJ, Prevou ER, Greer ME, Alimi YR
Hernia. 2025 Mar 12;29(1):115 doi: 10.1007/s10029-025-03312-z.
Fundamentals of leadership development: a randomized pilot study to evaluate implementation of a leadership curriculum for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Shao JM, Alimi Y, Bingener J, Puri R, Shim JK, Collins C, Sylla P, Qureshi AP
Surg Endosc. 2025 Jan;39(1):614-623 doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11365-x.
The effect of clinically significant weight loss prior to open ventral hernia repair.
Huffman SS, Berger LE, Bloomfield GC, Shan HD, Marable JK, Garrett RW, Spoer DL, Deldar R, Evans KK, Bhanot P, Alimi YR
Hernia. 2024 Nov 16;29(1):11 doi: 10.1007/s10029-024-03208-4.
Scoping review for the SAGES EAES joint collaborative on sustainability in surgical practice.
Huo B, Eussen MMM, Marconi S, Johnson SM, Francis N, Oslock WM, Marfo N, Potapov O, Bello RJ, Lim RB, Vandeberg J, Hall RP, EdM AAMD, Sanchez-Casalongue M, Alimi YR, Pietrabissa A, Arezzo A, Frountzas M, Bellato V, Barach P, Rems M, Nijihawan S, Sathe TS, Miller B, Samreen S, Chung J, Bouvy ND, Sylla P
Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct;38(10):5483-5504 doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-11141-x.
The surgical workplace requires rapid processing of a wide range of data from multiple sources. Surgical teams depend on information exchange, pattern recognition, cohesion, and the mutual respect and trust of fellow team members to make complex surgical decisions. When the health system seeks to provide surgical care within a social ecosystem that embodies a caste infrastructure, the result is a significant weakness in the delivery of high-quality care. Caste systems are grounded in historically ingrained inequalities rooted in the belief that certain groups of people are inferior based on gender, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Leaders of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) will present new and revealing research and personal stories that underscore how microaggressions in the surgical workforce serve to hinder health systems and patient outcomes. The panel session will elaborate on past challenges, and of equal importance, suggest potential solutions to forge a path forward including allyship.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Apr 2022
Residents and clinical fellows are a vulnerable group of surgeons given the specific role they play in the surgical team. The current generation of surgical residents and fellows are completing their medical education and training at a time of massive social change. During this time, the importance of mentorship, allyship, and sponsorship can often make or break experiences for trainees. In this AIS channel session, we explore the challenges and solutions surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion for surgical trainees as they navigate surgical training.
Published
Feb 2022
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