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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

Improving Glycemic Control and Insulin Ordering Efficiency for Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes Through Carbohydrate Counting.
Authors: Authors: Pearson KK, Reiland SA, Meara JG, Brown JK, Fedraw LA, Mapes DL.
J Healthc Qual
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Economic valuation of the impact of a large surgical charity using the value of lost welfare approach.
Authors: Authors: Corlew DS, Alkire BC, Poenaru D, Meara JG, Shrime MG.
BMJ Glob Health
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Surgical Site Infection After Skin Excisions in Children: Is Field Sterility Sufficient?
Authors: Authors: Nuzzi LC, Greene AK, Meara JG, Taghinia A, Labow BI.
Pediatr Dermatol
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Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors.
Authors: Authors: Ng-Kamstra JS, Greenberg SLM, Abdullah F, Amado V, Anderson GA, Cossa M, Costas-Chavarri A, Davies J, Debas HT, Dyer GSM, Erdene S, Farmer PE, Gaumnitz A, Hagander L, Haider A, Leather AJM, Lin Y, Marten R, Marvin JT, McClain CD, Meara JG, Meheš M, Mock C, Mukhopadhyay S, Orgoi S, Prestero T, Price RR, Raykar NP, Riesel JN, Riviello R, Rudy SM, Saluja S, Sullivan R, Tarpley JL, Taylor RH, Telemaque LF, Toma G, Varghese A, Walker M, Yamey G, Shrime MG.
BMJ Glob Health
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Assessing the Cost of Prophylactic Antibiotic Use After Cleft Lip and Lip Adhesion Procedures.
Authors: Authors: Daniels KM, Lappi MD, Sporn SF, Caillouette CN, Heald R, Meara JG.
J Healthc Manag
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Financial contributions to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organizations.
Authors: Authors: Gutnik L, Yamey G, Riviello R, Meara JG, Dare AJ, Shrime MG.
Springerplus
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Need for a standardised procedure classification system in global surgery.
Authors: Authors: Costas-Chavarri A, Meara JG.
BMJ Glob Health
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Funding allocation to surgery in low and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of contributions from the USA.
Authors: Authors: Gutnik L, Dieleman J, Dare AJ, Ramos MS, Riviello R, Meara JG, Yamey G, Shrime MG.
BMJ Open
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Midline Cleft Lip and Bifid Nose Deformity: Description, Classification, and Treatment.
Authors: Authors: Kolker AR, Sailon AM, Meara JG, Holmes AD.
J Craniofac Surg
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Global Surgery Fellowship: A model for surgical care and education in resource-poor countries.
Authors: Authors: Aarabi S, Smithers C, Fils MM, Godson JL, Pierre JH, Mukherjee J, Meara J, Farmer P.
J Pediatr Surg
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