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Maureen Beederman, MD, is a highly skilled, board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with fellowship training in reconstructive microsurgery. She performs complex reconstructive surgery for a wide range of conditions from head to toe, with a special interest in breast reconstruction and lower extremity reconstruction.
Dr. Beederman takes a collaborative and compassionate approach to patient care, working together with patients and their families to achieve their reconstructive goals. She believes that surgical solutions and treatment options should be tailored to meet each patient’s specific needs, and strives to optimize both form and function following reconstruction.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Beederman has written articles on a range of topics, including surgical treatments for lymphedema, burn and wound care, craniofacial surgery and neuropathic breast pain. Her work has been published in multiple peer-reviewed medical journals, including Annals of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Annals of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Beederman also has an interest in medical ethics and completed a fellowship with the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.
She is heavily involved in medical education, holding a leadership role in the plastic and reconstructive surgery residency program, as well as serving as an advisor for medical students at the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Dr. Beederman takes a collaborative and compassionate approach to patient care, working together with patients and their families to achieve their reconstructive goals. She believes that surgical solutions and treatment options should be tailored to meet each patient’s specific needs, and strives to optimize both form and function following reconstruction.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Beederman has written articles on a range of topics, including surgical treatments for lymphedema, burn and wound care, craniofacial surgery and neuropathic breast pain. Her work has been published in multiple peer-reviewed medical journals, including Annals of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Annals of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Beederman also has an interest in medical ethics and completed a fellowship with the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.
She is heavily involved in medical education, holding a leadership role in the plastic and reconstructive surgery residency program, as well as serving as an advisor for medical students at the Pritzker School of Medicine.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Lymphedema Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Body Contouring after Weight Loss Surgery
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Lower Extremity Reconstruction
- Post-Oncologic Reconstruction
Board Certifications
- Plastic Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine; University of Chicago Medical Center
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery; NYU Langone Health
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.