Anna M. Acosta
Biography
Anna M. Acosta, M.D., is Health Science Clinical Professor IV at the University of California Irvine and an attending physician at MemorialCare & Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach, where she serves as a Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Specialist. She received her Doctor of Medicine from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, and completed dual fellowships in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital and Orthopedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. Acosta served as Chief Resident in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, and became board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in 2020.
Acosta's clinical and research work focuses on pediatric hand and upper extremity conditions, with particular emphasis on congenital hand differences, pediatric trauma, and orthopedic manifestations of genetic syndromes. Her research has examined topics ranging from the utility of postoperative protocols for supracondylar humerus fractures to the assessment of preaxial polydactyly of the foot and the biplanar effects of medial cuneiform osteotomy. She has also investigated the use of intraoperative laser indocyanine green fluorescence angiography in extremity soft tissue sarcoma resection.
Acosta has contributed chapters to textbooks on pediatric hand surgery and upper extremity injuries in young athletes, including works on metacarpal synostosis, jammed fingers, and orthopedic manifestations in Turner Syndrome. She is a member of the Pediatric Hand Surgery Study Group and serves on the Orthopedic Claims Review Committee for the Cooperative of American Physicians. Acosta has participated in medical immersion trips to Haiti, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Colombia, providing orthopedic care in underserved communities.
Return to topEducation
- B.S., Santa Clara University, 2004
- M.D., Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2011
Distinctions
- Chief Resident, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2015-2016
- Honors in Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2011
Areas of Expertise
- Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
- Congenital Hand Anomalies
- Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
- Microvascular Surgical Techniques
- Turner Syndrome Manifestations
- Postoperative Radiograph Utility
- Medial Cuneiform Osteotomy Effects
Recent Publications
- Acosta, A.M., Light, T.R., “Metacarpal Synostosis” (opens in new tab), Pediatric Hand Surgery, Springer, Cham, 2023.
- Anna M. Acosta, Yi-Ju Li, Viviana Bompadre, Alex Mortimer, Michael Trask, Suzanne Steinmann, “The Utility of the Early Postoperative Follow-up and Radiographs After Operative Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children” (opens in new tab), Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 218-222, 2020.
- J Alexandra Mortimer, Maryse Bouchard, Anna Acosta, Vincent Mosca, “The Biplanar Effect of the Medial Cuneiform Osteotomy” (opens in new tab), Foot and Ankle Specialist, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 250-257, 2020.
- A.M. Acosta, S.E. Steinman, K.K. White, “Orthopedic Manifestations in Turner Syndrome” (opens in new tab), Turner Syndrome, Springer, 2020.
- Anna M. Acosta, Suzanne E. Steinman, Klane K. White, “Orthopedic Manifestations in Turner Syndrome” (opens in new tab), Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2019.
- A.M. Acosta, S.E. Steinman, “The Jammed Finger” (opens in new tab), Upper Extremity Injuries in Young Athletes. Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine, Springer, 2019.
- Paul Toogood, Jeremy Shaw, Fernando Nussenbaum, Anna Acosta, Jack Dawson, Christopher Perkins, Reza Firoozabadi, Nicolas Lee, “Anatomic Knowledge and Perceptions of the Adequacy of Anatomic Education amongst Applicants to Orthopaedic Residency” (opens in new tab), Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research & Reviews, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. e016, 2017.
- “Effect of Head and Neck Positioning on Cerebral Perfusion during Shoulder Arthroscopy in the Beach Chair Position”, Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 83-89, 2014.
- Dane Salazar, Benjamin Sears, Anna Acosta, Bayan Aghdasi, Audrice Francois, Pietro Tonino, Guido Marra, “Effect of Head and Neck Positioning on Cerebral Perfusion during Shoulder Arthroscopy in the Beach Chair Position”, Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 83-89, 2014.
- “Dissociation of Growth Arrest and CYP24 Induction by VDR Ligands in Mammary Tumor Cells”, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, vol. 9999, pp. 1-15, 2007.
- M.E. Valerence, A.H. Brunet, A.M. Acosta, J. Welsh, “Dissociation of Growth Arrest and CYP24 Induction by VDR Ligands in Mammary Tumor Cells”, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, vol. 9999, pp. 1-15, 2007.
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Last updated on 2/17/2026.