Alison Baskin, MD
Resident
Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Baskin engaged in research at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases during a two-year research fellowship where she studied the metabolic implications of brown adipose tissue in human adults. During medical school, she investigated the factors influencing the reduction of low value cancer surgeries.

Dr. Baskin was a recipient of the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Scholarship to support her medical education and research. She received the C. Gardner Child III Award, Moses Gunn Student Research Award, and Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement. She has presented her work at major general surgery conferences, including the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Academic Surgical Congress, and Moses Gunn Research Symposium.

• Statewide Episode Spending Variation of Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Hughes TM, Ellsworth B, Berlin NL, Sinco B, Bredbeck B, Baskin A, Wang T, Nathan H, Dossett LA
• Perceived Barriers to the De-implementation of Routine Preoperative History & Physicals Preceding Low-Risk Ambulatory Procedures: A Qualitative Study of Surgeon Perspectives.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Baskin AS, Mansour AI, Kawakibi AR, Das PJ, Rios AE, Miller J, Cuttitta A, Lahti H, Dossett LA
• Defining successful outcomes and preferences for clinical management in differences/disorders of sex development: Protocol overview and a qualitative phenomenological study of stakeholders' perspectives.
  Journal of pediatric urology 2021 Suorsa-Johnson KI, Gardner MD, Baskin A, Gruppen LD, Rose A, Rutter MM, Schafer-Kalkhoff T, Stacey D, van Leeuwen KD, Weidler EM, Sandberg DE
• Incremental Spending Associated with Low-Value Treatments in Older Women with Breast Cancer.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2021 Bredbeck BC, Baskin AS, Wang T, Sinco BR, Berlin NL, Shubeck SP, Mott NM, Greenup RA, Nathan H, Hughes TM, Dossett LA
• A Health Systems Ethical Framework for De-implementation in Health Care.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Baskin AS, Wang T, Miller J, Jagsi R, Kerr EA, Dossett LA
• Cultural Complications Curriculum: Applicability to Surgical Oncology Programs and Practices.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2021 Baskin AS, Dossett LA, Harris CA
• Variations in Persistent Use of Low-Value Breast Cancer Surgery.
  JAMA surgery 2021 Wang T, Bredbeck BC, Sinco B, Shubeck S, Baskin AS, Skolarus T, Dossett LA
• Trends in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Utilization for Small Unilateral Breast Cancer.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Baskin AS, Wang T, Bredbeck BC, Sinco BR, Berlin NL, Dossett LA
• Scope and Characteristics of Choosing Wisely in Cancer Care Recommendations by Professional Societies.
  JAMA oncology 2020 Baskin AS, Wang T, Berlin NL, Skolarus TA, Dossett LA
• Deimplementation of the Choosing Wisely Recommendations for Low-Value Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review.
  JAMA surgery 2020 Wang T, Baskin AS, Dossett LA
• Gaps in Online Breast Cancer Treatment Information for Older Women.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2020 Baskin AS, Wang T, Mott NM, Hawley ST, Jagsi R, Dossett LA
• Trends in Breast Cancer Treatment De-Implementation in Older Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: A Mixed Methods Study.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2020 Wang T, Baskin A, Miller J, Metz A, Matusko N, Hughes T, Sabel M, Jeruss JS, Dossett LA
• Sleep Patterns and Quality Among Inpatients Recovering From Elective Surgery: A Mixed-Method Study.
  The Journal of surgical research 2020 Mouch CA, Baskin AS, Yearling R, Miller J, Dossett LA
• Chronic mirabegron treatment increases human brown fat, HDL cholesterol, and insulin sensitivity.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2020 O'Mara AE, Johnson JW, Linderman JD, Brychta RJ, McGehee S, Fletcher LA, Fink YA, Kapuria D, Cassimatis TM, Kelsey N, Cero C, Sater ZA, Piccinini F, Baskin AS, Leitner BP, Cai H, Millo CM, Dieckmann W…
• Regulation of Human Adipose Tissue Activation, Gallbladder Size, and Bile Acid Metabolism by a β3-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist.
  Diabetes 2018 Baskin AS, Linderman JD, Brychta RJ, McGehee S, Anflick-Chames E, Cero C, Johnson JW, O'Mara AE, Fletcher LA, Leitner BP, Duckworth CJ, Huang S, Cai H, Garraffo HM, Millo CM, Dieckmann W, Tolstikov V,…
• Patient Experiences in Selecting a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan.
  Journal of patient experience 2017 Stults CD, Baskin AS, Bundorf MK, Tai-Seale M
• Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Leitner BP, Huang S, Brychta RJ, Duckworth CJ, Baskin AS, McGehee S, Tal I, Dieckmann W, Gupta G, Kolodny GM, Pacak K, Herscovitch P, Cypess AM, Chen KY