17308-Alexander, Andreia

Andreia B. Alexander, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Address
MH DG414
EMER
IN
Indianapolis, IN

Bio

Dr. Alexander is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, the Medical Director of Health Equity for IU Health-Indy Metro Region, the Director of the Health Equity Pathway for GME, and a former Associate Program Director for the EM Residency. She has been a faculty member at IUEM since 2018. While she is from New Jersey, Dr. Alexander graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science Education. She obtained her Master of Public Health from Indiana University School of Public Health. She graduated from the IUSM MSTP (MD/PhD) Program in 2014 and from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Emergency Medicine Residency in 2018. She works clinically at IU Health Methodist and Eskenazi Hospitals. Her clinical interests include physicians as advocates, improving Emergency Department care for sexual and reproductive health issues, and raising awareness of systemic racism and implicit biases in ED clinical practice. Her research focuses on decreasing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities and finding alternative settings for SRH care access. She is also an expert in qualitative research methods. Outside of work Dr. Alexander enjoys serving as an advocate for reproductive health and equity issues, coaching and playing basketball, watching football and rugby, spending time with her son, Nicolas, and her two dogs Junior and Jasper, and imagining that she is at the beach.

Key Publications

Alexander, A.B., Palmer, M., Palmer, D., & Pettit, K. (2024). “Showing up to the conversation:” Qualitative reflections from a diversity, equity, and inclusion book club with Emergency Medicine leadership. Academic Emergency Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.15034

Alexander, A.B., Funches, L., Katta-Charles, S., Williamson, F., Wright, C., Kara, A., Slaven, J.E., & Nabhan, Z. (2024). Facilitators and Barriers to the Adoption of Holistic Practices for Inclusive Recruitment in Graduate Medical Education. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 11, 23821205241260243.

Goodwin, G., Marra, E., Ramdin, C., Alexander, A. B., Peggy, P. Y., Nelson, L. S., & Mazer-Amirshahi, M. (2023). A national analysis of ED presentations for early pregnancy and complications: Implications for post-roe America. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 70, 90-95.

Novotny, N. & Alexander, A.B. (2023). Addressing Microaggressions in the Clinical Learning Environment. In C.B. O’Malley (Ed.), Cases in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Healthcare Professions Educator. IGI Global.

Hays, G., Herbert, A., Welch, J., & Alexander, A. (2022). A mentoring program focused on developing LGBTQ+ Emergency Medicine Physicians. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 6(S15).

Alexander, A.B., Chernoby, K., VanderVinne, N., Doos, Y., Kaur, N., Bernard, C., & Kline, J.A., (2021). Acceptability of contraceptive services in the Emergency Department: A cross-sectional survey. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(3): 769–774. DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.2.49675

Alexander, A.B., Masters, M.M., & Warren, K.  (2020). Caring for Infectious Disease in the Prehospital Setting: A Qualitative Analysis of EMS Providers Experiences and Suggestions for Improvement. Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1601313

Looking for patient care?

To schedule an appointment with a faculty member physician of IU School of Medicine, contact Indiana University Health at 888-484-3258 or use the physician finder by clicking the button below.
Find a doctor