John Meara, MD, DMD, MBA

May 2014

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Curriculum Vitae

John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA, FACS, FRACS

Date Prepared: / May 29, 2014
Name: / John Gerard Meara
Office Address: / Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue, Enders 114
Boston, MA 02115
Home Address: / 11 Dennis Road
Wellesley, MA 02481
Work Phone: / (617) 355-2313
Work Email: /
Work FAX: / (617) 738-1657
Place of Birth: / Pittsburgh, PA

Education

May 1986 / BS
With Highest Honors
Phi Beta Kappa / Pre-Professional Studies / University of Notre Dame
May 1990 / MD / Medicine / University of Michigan Medical School
May 1993 / DMD / Dental Medicine / University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
December 2004 / MBA / Melbourne Business School University of Melbourne

Postdoctoral Training

Year(s) / Title / Specialty/Discipline
(Lab PI for postdoctoral research) / Institution
6/90-6/91 / Intern / General Surgery / University of Michigan Hospitals
6/93-6/97 / Resident / Otolaryngology / Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
7/97-6/99 / Resident / Plastic Surgery / Brigham and Women’s and Children’s Hospital Boston
7/99-6/00 / Fellow / Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery / Royal Children’s Hospital

Faculty Academic Appointments

Year(s) / Academic Title / Department / Academic Institution
2000-2003 / Assistant Professor / Surgery / USC Keck School of Medicine
2001-2003 / Assistant Professor / Dentistry / USC School of Dentistry
2003- / Associate Professor / University of Melbourne
2006- / Associate Professor / Surgery / Harvard Medical School
2010- / Associate Professor / Global Health and Social Medicine / Harvard Medical School

Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions

Year(s) / Position Title / Department (Division, if applicable) / Institution
7/00-1/03 / Attending Surgeon / Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
1/03-6/06 / Consultant Surgeon / Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery / Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
5/06- / Attending Surgeon / Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery / Boston Children’s Hospital
5/06- / Affiliate Staff / Division of Plastic Surgery / Brigham and Women’s Hospital
5/09- / Associate / Department of Otolaryngology / Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
6/12- / Consulting Staff / Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / Shriners Hospitals for Children Springfield MA

Other Professional Positions

Year(s) / Position Title / Institution
2003-2006 / Research Fellow / Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne

Major Administrative Leadership Positions

Year(s) / Position Title / Institution (note if specific department)
2003-2006 / Director, Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery / Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2005-2006 / Chief of Surgery / Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2005- / Director / Children’s Craniofacial Foundation of Australasia Limited
2005 / Co-Convener
Bi-ennial Pediatric Plastic Surgery Course / Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
2006- / Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief / Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
2008- / Co-Director
Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship / Boston Children’s Hospital /
Partners In Health
2009 / Chair
Updates in Pediatric Plastic & Oral Surgery / Harvard Medical School,
University of Puerto Rico Medical School
2010- / Director
Program in Global Surgery & Social Change / Department of Global Health & Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
2013- / Member, O&M Faculty Advisory Board / O&M Medical School,
O&M University, Santa Domingo
Year(s) / Position Title / Institution (note if specific department)

Committee Service

Local

Year(s) of
Membership / Name of Committee / Institution/Organization
Dates of Role(s) / Title of Role(s)
1995-1997 / Resident Interview Committee / Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
2000-2001 / Operating Room Cost Containment Committee / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2001-2002 / Information Services Steering Committee / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2001-2002 / Cancer Committee / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2001-2002 / Clinical Research Taskforce / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
2003-2005 / Patient Safety Committee / Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
2003-2006 / Operating Suite Management Committee / Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
2003-2006 / Outpatient Advisory Committee / Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
2005 / Victorian Surgical Consultative Council / Department of Human Services
Victoria, Australia
2006- / Plastic Surgery Executive Committee / Harvard Medical School
2006-2011 / Physician’s Leadership Council / Children’s Hospital Boston
2006- / Surgical Executive Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2006-2009 / Leadership Executive Committee / Children’s Hospital Boston
2006- / Medical Staff Executive Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2006- / Physician’s Organization / Boston Children’s Hospital
2006- / Member Board of Directors
2008- / Member, Investment Committee
2008- / Member, Executive Committee
2011- / Member, Physicians Organization Congress
2013- / Member, Finance Committee
2013- / Chair, PO Cost Task Force
2013- / Co-Chair, Executive Steering Committee Costing Project
2014- / PO Leadership Committee
2007-2008 / Clinical Peer Review Committee / Children’s Hospital Boston
2008- / International Clinical Steering Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2008- / Chair, Plastic Surgery Executive Committee / Harvard Plastic Surgery Training Program, Combined Residency Program
2009- / Surgical Committee / Partners In Health
2011- / Physicians Organization Congress / Boston Children’s Hospital
2011 / Member, Strategy Management and Development Committee / Partners In Health
2011 / Search Committee, Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology / Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
2011 / Search Committee, Chief of Otolaryngology / Boston Children’s Hospital
2012- / Member, Partnership Team / Partners In Health
2012- / Member, Arin Greene Mentoring Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2012 / Member, Patricia Purcell Research Mentoring Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2012-2013 / Member, Rishi Popat Master’s Thesis Advisory Committee / Harvard School of Dental Medicine
2012- / Member, Enterprise Strategic Planning Work Group Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2012- / Member, Telehealth Clinical Advisory Committee / Boston Children’s Hospital
2013- / Member, International Workstream / Boston Children’s Hospital
2013- / Leader, Bermuda, Israel & Western Europe Region
2014 - / Chair, Working Group on Cleft Outcomes / The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM)

International

2013- / Co-Chair, Lancet Commission on Global Surgery / The Lancet
Year(s) of
Membership / Name of Committee / Institution/Organization
Dates of Role(s) / Title of Role(s)
Year(s) of
Membership / Name of Committee / Institution/Organization
Dates of Role(s) / Title of Role(s)

Professional Societies

Year(s) of
Membership / Society Name
Dates of Role(s) / Title of Role(s)
1998-2011 / Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2001- / Member, Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
2002- / Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2007-2008 / Member, Federal Affairs Committee
2002- / Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
2003- / Member, American Cleft Lip and Palate – Craniofacial Association
2003- / Member, Australian Cleft Lip and Palate Association
2003-2006 / Vice President, Australian Cleft Lip and Palate Association
2003- / Fellow, American College of Surgeons
2004-2006 / Councilor, Australia and New Zealand Chapter
2007-2009 / Member, Health Policy Steering Committee
2010- / Member, Health Policy Advisory Group
2010- / Multispecialty Representative, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
2011-2013 / Chair, Legislative Committee
2011- / Plastic Surgery Representative, NSQIP Pediatric Steering Committee
2012 – / Member, Board of Governors Committee on
Socioeconomic Issues
2012 / Convener, Medical Liability Reform Summit
2013 / Subcommittee Member, Medical Liability Reform
2013- / Co-Chair, Legislative Committee
2003-2006 / Member, Australian Medical Association
2005- / Member, International Society of Craniofacial Surgery
2005-2007 / Member, American College of Healthcare Executives
2007- / Member, Boston Surgical Society
2008- / Associate member, Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
2008- / Member, American Association of Plastic Surgeons
2008-2013 / Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
2008- / Member, Society of Craniofacial Genetics
2011-2012 / Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011- / Member, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
2011-2012 / Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
2011- / Overseas Fellow, The College of Surgeons in East, Central and Southern Africa
2012- / Member, American Telemedicine Association
2013- / Member, American Public Health Association
2013- / Member, International Society of Surgery
2013- / Member, Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence
2014- / Member, The Ambroise Paré International Military Surgery Forum
Year(s) of
Membership / Name of Committee / Institution/Organization
Dates of Role(s) / Title of Role(s)

Editorial Activities

Ad hoc Reviewer

Journals for which you serve as a reviewer
John Hopkins University Press
PLoS ONE
Surgery

Other Editorial Roles

Year(s) / Role / Journal Name
2012- / Editorial Board Member / PloS One

Honors and Prizes

Year / Name of Honor/Prize / Awarding Organization / Achievement for which awarded
(if unclear from award title)
1990 / Bronze Beeper / University of Michigan / Teaching

Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects

Past Funding Information

2002-2005 / Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California Teledentistry Project
Harold McAlistor Foundation
PI / $450,000
The major goal of the study is to allow a single dentist to make digital x-rays and intra-oral photographs of patients in underserved, remote locations and send that information via the Internet to servers at the School of Dentistry. Once downloaded, the digital information will be examined by dental students who will work under the supervision of faculty to develop appropriate treatment plans.
2002-2004 / Childrens Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California Teledentistry Project
California Wellness Foundation
PI / $150,000
The major goal of the study is to allow a single dentist to make digital x-rays and intra-oral photographs of patients in underserved, remote locations and send that information via the Internet to servers at the School of Dentistry. Once downloaded, the digital information will be examined by dental students who will work under the supervision of faculty to develop appropriate treatment plans.
2004 / Royal Children’s Hospital 3D Imaging Project
Batten Foundation Grant
PI / AU$150,000
2005 / Royal Children’s Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate Program
Batten Foundation Grant
PI / AU$100,000
2005 / Early Intervention Care Model for the assessment and diagnosis of craniosynostosis
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Project Grant
Co-PI / AU$53,000

Current Unfunded Projects

Year(s) funded / Role on Project/ Title of Project
One sentence description of the purpose of the project
2007- / Co-Collaborator/Genotype and Neurocognitive Function in Apert Syndrome
2009- / PI/The Cost and Care Coordination of Cleft Lip and Palate
I am overseeing a study using focus groups to track the cost, value, and coordination experiences of patients and families with a child who is diagnosed with cleft lip and/or cleft palate
2009- / Co-Collaborator/A Retrospective Review of Surgery for Craniosynostosis including Fronto Orbital Advancement and Total Calvarial Remodeling Surgeries with Respect to Intraoperative and Postoperative Course
2011- / Co-Collaborator/Needs Assessment Study for a Standardized Rural Surgical Kit Evaluation of the need for a rural surgical kit to improve access to essential surgical care delivery in rural health centers in India
2011- / Co-Collaborator/Burden of Surgical Disease around Butaro, Rwanda
Validation of a survey tool and assessment of the unmet burden of surgical disease in a district in northern Rwanda
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Transport of Surgical Patients in Rwanda
Evaluation of the indications, care and outcomes of patients transferred for surgical conditions from three district hospitals in Rwanda
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Adaptation of Clinical Guidelines for Vesicoureteral Reflux
Assessing the benefit of prophylactic pediatric surgery for reflux in developing countries using a Markov model
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Assessment of Musculoskeletal Impairment in Haiti
Analysis of the burden and impact of musculoskeletal impairment in rural Haiti
2012- / PI/Post-Operative Antibiotic and Surgical Site Infection in Haiti
Evaluation of the utility of post-operative antibiotic use following elective hernia repair in Haiti
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Global Surgery Workforce Initiative
Assessment of surgical and anesthetic care provision capacity worldwide
2012- / PI/Minimally Invasive Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Systematic review of laparotomy experience in different countries, including clinical outcomes and technological innovations for the use of basic laparoscopy in low-resource settings
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Quality of Life and Operation Smile
Evaluating the impact of NGO models of surgical care delivery
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Development of Trauma Protocols for Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais
Creation of general trauma and neurosurgical trauma protocols in Haiti
2012- / PI/OPENPediatrics Surgical Needs Assessment
Assessment of educational needs pertaining to pediatric surgery in low-resource settings
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Surgical Continuing Medical Education at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais
Development of a general surgery continuing medical education curriculum for a new hospital in Haiti
2012- / PI/Surgical Care Delivery in Liberia
Analysis of care delivery and operative capacity at the major academic referral hospital in Liberia
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Hypospadias Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Comparison of the results of urologists operating in the United States versus abroad
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Surgery and Anesthesia at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Rural Kenya
Assessment of provision of surgical care in Kijabe
2012- / Co-Collaborator/Global Surgery Concept Note
Creation of a global surgery concept note for teaching global health delivery
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Lancet Commission on Global Surgery
Creation of a Lancet Commission report and advocacy for global surgery
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Evaluation of a Survey Tool to Assess Post-Operative Surgical Site Infection Rates at District Hospitals in Rwanda
Employment of a new questionnaire to assess the rate of post-discharge surgical site infections around three district hospitals in Rwanda as well as access to health care when symptoms arise
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Outcomes of Laparotomies at CHUK
Review of outcome s of laparotomies over a two year period at the main referral hospital in Rwanda
2013- / PI/Applications of Surgical Applications
Review and discussion of smart phone and tablet applications for surgery
2013- / PI/The Role of Surgery in Global Health: A Systematic Review and Analysis of Surgery’s Cost-Effectiveness in Developing Countries
Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of a variety of surgical procedures in low-resource settings
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Surgery as a Human Right
Delineation of surgery within the human right’s agenda
2013- / PI/Global Surgery Program Review
Evaluation of the status of global surgical programs within the United States
2013- / PI/Surgical Diagnosis of Patients with Acute Abdomens in Liberia
Assessment of the etiologies of acute abdominal presentations at JFK Medical Center in Liberia, along with analysis of barriers to care
2013- / Estimating the Global Incidence of Femur Fracture
Modeling the prevalence and economic impact of femur fracture from road traffic injury worldwide
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Building a Database – Mbarara Uganda
Creation of a surgical database for Mbarara Uganda
2013- / PI/Review of Chinese Medical Teams in Africa
Evaluation of the work of Chinese surgeons in Africa
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Inpatient Surgical Outcomes at HAS
Evaluation of key outcomes of surgical patients at a hospital in rural Haiti
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Surgical Accompagnateurs
Assessment of surgical outcomes with the assistance of accompagnateurs in rural Haiti
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Global Surgeon Interview Project
Discussion and review of the careers of academic global surgeons in the United States
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Community Based Trauma Response in India
Evaluation of a trauma response system in India
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Cost of Surgery at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais
Evaluation of the actual cost of multiple surgical procedures at a hospital in rural Haiti
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Analysis of Trauma Disability
Assessment of disability suffered by trauma survivors in low-resource settings
2013- / PI/Core needle Biopsy versus Fine Needle Aspiration for Breast Cancer Patients in Haiti
Evaluation of two tissue diagnosis techniques for patients with breast cancer in Haiti
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Analysis of Health Service Research in the Global Academic Surgery Community
Review of the global surgery literature
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Development of Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons in Rwanda
Building and evaluating non-technical skills for Rwandan surgeons
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Global Met Need for Emergency Obstetric Care
Assessment of the current knowledge of global met need for emergency obstetric care
2013- / PI/Case Exploitation
Analysis of the risks and guidelines for resident rotations in low-resource settings
2013- / PI/Patient Cost of Oncology Care at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais
Tracking of the true cost to patients of free oncologic care in Haiti
2013- / PI/Predatory Authorship
Discussion of the current state of global surgery research authorship
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Open Tibia Fracture in a Low-Income Country
Creation of a database for, and assessment of outcomes of, traumatic open tibia fractures in Haiti
2013- / Co-Collaborator/Evaluating Outcomes from a Community Based Trauma Response Program
Assessment of results with a community trauma program in India

Report of Local Teaching and Training