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John G Meara, D.M.D., M.D.

Boston Children's Hospital Professor of Surgery in the Field of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
617-355-2313

John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA is the Director of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Meara serves as the Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief of the Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery at Boston Children's Hospital.   He was Co-Chair for the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and was a commissioner on the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era, and the Lancet Oncology Commission.   He currently serves as a commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Diagnostics.  In 2008 he created the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship program. He is also interested in value-based health care and implementation science research, including time driven activity-based cost research and outcomes research.  Dr. Meara has led several ICHOM projects focusing on outcomes reporting and international benchmarking. 

Affiliations
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital

Contact Information
Harvard Medical School
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
641 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Boston Children's Hospital
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery

Assistant
Marshalee Bowens

Dr. Meara's interests and innovation activities lie in the areas of craniofacial anomalies, cleft lip and cleft palate, but he has a particular interest in augmenting the delivery of quality surgical and anesthesia care in low-resource settings through long term capacity building. He is involved in multiple global surgery projects looking at the burden of surgical disease, the surgical capacity and health systems building in low-resource environments, surgical education and the economic impact of untreated surgical disease. He is also interested in value based health care and implementation science research, including time driven activity based cost research and outcomes research. Dr. Meara has led several ICHOM projects focusing on outcomes reporting and international benchmarking. Since 2008, he has directed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship program in collaboration with Partners In Health. Its purpose is to strengthen global surgical systems through a combination of research, advocacy, and implementation science as well as train leaders who will further promote surgical care, education, and research pertinent to global surgery.

Research Interests

Healthcare Leaders Develop Strategies for Expanding National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia Plans in WHO AFRO and EMRO Regions.
Authors: Authors: Albutt K, Sonderman K, Citron I, Nthele M, Bekele A, Makasa E, Maongezi S, Rwamasirabo E, Ameh E, Andriamanjato HH, ElSayed AS, Smalle I, Tumusiime P, Monono ME, Meara JG, Johnson W.
World J Surg
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Surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia: a Cambrian explosion for global health.
Authors: Authors: Vaughan KA, McKirdy MJ, Meara JG.
Scott Med J
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How much does it cost to scale up surgical systems in low-income and middle-income countries?
Authors: Authors: Jumbam DT, Reddy CL, Roa L, Meara JG.
BMJ Glob Health
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The Situation of Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia in Tanzania: A Systematic Review.
Authors: Authors: Nyberger K, Jumbam DT, Dahm J, Maongezi S, Makuwani A, Kapologwe NA, Nguhuni B, Mukhopadhay S, Iverson KR, Maina E, Kisakye S, Mwai P, Hellar A, Barash D, Reynolds C, Meara JG, Citron I.
World J Surg
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Craniometric Analysis of Endoscopic Suturectomy for Bilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis.
Authors: Authors: Rottgers SA, Syed HR, Jodeh DS, Jeelani Y, Yang E, Meara JG, Proctor MR.
Plast Reconstr Surg
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Towards equitable surgical systems: development and outcomes of a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan in Tanzania.
Authors: Authors: Citron I, Jumbam D, Dahm J, Mukhopadhyay S, Nyberger K, Iverson K, Akoko L, Lugazia E, D'Mello B, Maongezi S, Nguhuni B, Kapologwe N, Hellar A, Maina E, Kisakye S, Mwai P, Reynolds C, Varghese A, Barash D, Steer M, Meara J, Ulisubisya M.
BMJ Glob Health
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Global surgery and the sustainable development goals.
Authors: Authors: Roa L, Jumbam DT, Makasa E, Meara JG.
Br J Surg
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Evaluating the collection, comparability and findings of six global surgery indicators.
Authors: Authors: Holmer H, Bekele A, Hagander L, Harrison EM, Kamali P, Ng-Kamstra JS, Khan MA, Knowlton L, Leather AJM, Marks IH, Meara JG, Shrime MG, Smith M, Søreide K, Weiser TG, Davies J.
Br J Surg
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Towards resilient health systems: opportunities to align surgical and disaster planning.
Authors: Authors: Pyda J, Patterson RH, Caddell L, Wurdeman T, Koch R, Polatty D, Card B, Meara JG, Corlew DS.
BMJ Glob Health
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Implementation of an international standardized set of outcome indicators in pregnancy and childbirth in Kenya: Utilizing mobile technology to collect patient-reported outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Al-Shammari I, Roa L, Yorlets RR, Akerman C, Dekker A, Kelley T, Koech R, Mutuku J, Nyarango R, Nzorubara D, Spieker N, Vaidya M, Meara JG, Ljungman D.
PLoS One
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