Amy Evenson

After earning her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University, Evenson attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine, graduating magna cum laude. During her fourth year of medical school, Evenson did a one-month rotation at BIDMC in vascular surgery.

In 2000, she was matched with her top choice — the BIDMC General Surgery Residency Program. For the next seven years, Evenson progressively mastered the knowledge and complex skills needed to become a top-notch general surgeon. During that time, she also did a two-year research fellowship focused on basic research of sepsis and muscle metabolism.

Inspired, in part, by her mentors, Douglas Hanto, MD, PhD, and Scott Johnson, MD, Evenson decided to follow in their footsteps and become a transplant surgeon. After graduation, she did a two-year fellowship in transplantation surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. As soon as she was able, she returned to Boston and, in 2009, joined the Division of Transplant Surgery at BIDMC.

Today, in addition to a busy clinical schedule that entails treating current and former transplant patients and adults with hepatobiliary disorders, Evenson teaches trainees at all levels and serves as director of BIDMC’s Transplant Fellowship Program. She also conducts clinical outcomes research focused on decision-making in transplantation — for example, determining which organs should be transplanted into which patients to achieve the best possible outcomes.

To acquire the knowledge to do that research more rigorously, Evenson recently started working on a master’s degree at the Harvard School of Public Health, a part-time, two-year program that she somehow finds time to fit into her already packed schedule.

Clinical Interests

• Liver Transplantation
• Kidney Transplantation
• Pancreas Transplantation
• Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
• Dialysis Access
• Hepatobiliary Surgery
• General Surgery in Transplant Candidates and Recipients

Education

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Internship/Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital