Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, a nationally recognized specialist in adolescent medicine, is Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Alderman is the Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is currently the Program Director of the Post-doctoral fellowship in Adolescent Medicine and is past Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program. Dr. Alderman is founder of the Montefiore Adolescent Primary Care Initiative.

Dr. Alderman received her BS, with honors, from Cornell University and MD with Distinction in Research from the State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School where she was selected for membership to Alpha Phi Omega medical honors society. Dr. Alderman completed her pediatrics residency and adolescent medicine fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center.

She joined the pediatric faculty at Einstein/Montefiore upon completion of her fellowship in 1992 and has remained throughout her career, achieving promotion to professor in 2003. 

Dr. Alderman is the Co-chairperson of the AAP Council of Adolescent and Young Adult Health. She was Chair of the AAP Committee on Adolescence for 4 years and was previously a member of for the 6 years. She served as Chairperson of the AAP Section of Adolescent Health Executive Committee from 2008-2012. As a member of AAP NY Chapter 3 Executive Council for over 25 years, she has served as chair of the Committee on Adolescence and on its Executive Committee. She is a past-president of the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and former Member at Large of the Board of Directors for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Dr. Alderman has been a leader or panelist on many national initiatives related to adolescent health. 

Dr. Alderman’s clinical interests include care for adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding, contraception for adolescents with chronic illness, menstrual disorders, eating disorders and overall adolescent sexual health. She is co-editor of the AAP Textbook of Adolescent Health Care. Dr. Alderman has authored 65 research papers, review articles and chapters. She has presented over 40 abstracts at national meetings and delivered over 50 lectures and workshops in the past 5 years at regional and national meetings.

Dr. Alderman is known nationally and throughout the region as an outstanding clinician and she is regularly named to the “Best Doctors in New York” and “New York Super Doctors” lists. In 2003, the American Academy of Pediatrics recognized her with a Special Achievement Award from the New York Chapter for promoting adolescent health. 

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SELECTED BOOKS, CHAPTERS AND ABSTRACTS

Book Editor

1. S.B. Friedman, E.M. Alderman, R.H. Pantell, C.S. Saylor, M. Sugar, Monograph:  Psychosocial Issues for  Children and Families in Disasters.  A Guide for the Primary Care Physician, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995.                
2. S.B. Friedman, M. Fisher, S.K. Schonberg, E.M. Alderman ed. Book:  Comprehensive Adolescent Health Care, 2nd  edition, Mosby, Philadelphia, 1997
3. Medical Editor, emedicine, Pediatric Online Textbook
4. E.M. Alderman, R.T. Brown, Book:  Adolescents, Families and Society in the New Millennium Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews 12:3, Hanley and Belfus, Inc. 2001
5. M. Fisher, E.M. Alderman, R. Kreipe, W. Rosenfeld eds. Book:Textbook of Adolescent Health Care,  American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL, 2011. Exel Award Winner, Silver, Technical Book, Assoiciation Media and Publishing.

Chapters in Text Books-Past 10 years

1. Maslyanskya, S, Alderman, EM. Yeast/Candida. In  Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyEd. Paula Hillard, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2013
2. Scott, NL, Alderman, EM. Case of a Girl with a Secret. In Adolescent Gynecology: A Clinical Casebook, ed. Talib, HJ, New York, NY, Springer Science+Business Media, 2017
3. Hollman, D, Alderman, EM, Ciorciari, AJ, Gynecologic Emergencies. In Gershel, JC, Crain, EF.  Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Univ. Press 2018; 312-348
4. Alderman, EM, Forward In: Adolescent Health: A Compendium of AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policies, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village. April, 2020
5. Menezes, M., Alderman, E. Abnormal uterine bleeding in the adolescent. In Bonnie Halpern-Felsher (Ed), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. New York, NY, Elsevier 2021. 
6. Alderman, EM. Reproductive health care. Commentary.  In American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics Collections. Adolescent Health Care, American Academy of Pediatrics, Itasca, IL, 2023
 
7. Stager, M. Alderman, EM. Transition of care. Commentary.  In American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics Collections. Adolescent Health Care, American Academy of Pediatrics, Itasca, IL, 2023

Abstracts Presented at National and International Meetings in Past 10 Years

1.  Alderman, EM, Goodfriend, G, Silverman, M, Freeman, K, Izes, J, Lobach, KSThen and Now: Changes in Adolescent Quality Indicators at 3 Community Health Centers After 5 YearsPreented Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2013, Washington, DC
2. McKee, MD, Alderman, EM, Briggs, RD, Mann, M, Kus, CA, Blank, AE, Meissner, P, York, DV, Patel, NR, Lechuga, C, Hoidal, KES, Racine, AD. Improving screening for sexual activity and STIs among adolescents in urban primary care: results of a learning collaborative approach to quality improvement, Presented at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Meeting, March 2014, Austin, TX
3. Bentsiov, S, Talib, HJ, Silver, EJ, Alderman, EM. The role of adolescent medicine training in provision of confidential care in hospitalized adolescents. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2014, Vancouver, BC
4. Talib, HJ, Bentsiov, S, Silver, EJ, Alderman, EM. Challenges to adolescent confidentiality with  family-centered rounds in a children’s hospital.  Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2014, Vancouver, BC
5. Alderman, EM, Freeman, KI, Burton, WB, Izes, JM, Lobach, KS. Seeking health care on their own: the experience of teen patients in three urban community health centers. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2014, Vancouver, BC
6. Proper, C, Wren, SB, Goldman, DL, Alderman, E, Khine, H  Risk Factors for Sexually Transmitted Infection in Patients Seeking Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Presented at Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, March 2016, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2016, Baltimore, MD
7. Shah, Ami, Sung, D, Waltuch, T, Alderman, E, Dadlez, NM, Weingarten-Arams, J. Achieving high quality chest compressions with deliberate practice in a pediatric residency program. Presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine-48thCritical Care Congress, February, 2019, San Diego, CA and Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May, 2019, Baltimore, MD.
8. Bochner, R, Duh-Leong, C, Durstenfeld, A, Rabin, M, Broder, M, Alderman, E, Acholonu, R, McCabe, M The PRICE is right: The impact of the pediatric residents improving cost effectiveness (PRICE)  workshop. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting ,    May, 2019, Baltimore, MD and at the Architecture of High Value Healthcare National Conference, November 2019, Baltimore, MD
9. Schulte, EE, Alderman, E, Feldman, JM, Hametz, P, Havrenek, T, Kaskel, R, Levy, A, Manwani, D, Stein, R. Using the coach approach: a novel peer mentorship program for physicians. Accepted to AAMC 2020 GFA Professional Development Conference (Due to COVID-19 related conference cancellation, this peer reviewed abstract was accepted but not presented) 
10. Schulte, EE, Alderman, E, Feldman, JM, Hametz, P, Havrenek, T, Kaskel, R, Levy, A, Manwani,  D, Stein, R. Using the coach approach: a novel peer mentorship program for physicians. Presented at the Pediatrics Academic Societies Annual Meeting. May, 2021, Virtual Meeting