Dr. Kristin Alves is a fellowship-trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Wake Orthopaedics. Her clinical interests include the operative and non-operative treatment of pediatric traumatic injury, conditions of the pediatric lower extremity and pediatric foot and ankle conditions. She has had additional training with a traveling fellowship at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore, Maryland, working on developing skills in limb deformity and lengthening.

Education and Training

• Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• Residency: Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Program, Boston, MA
• Fellowship: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery)
• Masters: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
• Undergraduate: Duke University, Durham, NC (Neuroscience)

Board Certifications

• Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Honors and Awards

• Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Best Clinical Research Paper, 2019
• American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow-Ruben Certificate of Academic Achievement, 2012
• Eugene S. Mayer Community Service Honor Society, 2010
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2008