JohnGMearaMDDMD MBA

PubMed

• 13 citations
  Decentralization and Regionalization of Surgical Care: A Review of Evidence for the Optimal Distribution of Surgical Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
  Katherine R. Iverson, Emma Svensson, Kristin A. Sonderman, Ernest J. Barthélemy, Isabelle Citron
  International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2019-09-01
• 20 citations
  Prevalence of Untreated Surgical Conditions in Rural Rwanda: A Population-Based Cross-sectional Study in Burera District.
  Rebecca G. Maine, Allison F. Linden, Robert Riviello, Emmanuel Kamanzi, Gita N. Mody
  JAMA Surgery. 2017-12-20
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  Global economic consequences of selected surgical diseases: a modelling study
  Blake C. Alkire, Mark G. Shrime, Anna J Dare, Jeffrey R. Vincent, John G. Meara
  The Lancet. Global Health. 2015-04-27

Journal Articles

• National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Planning in the Context of Global Surgery  
  John Meara, MD, JAMA
• Focusing Quality Improvement Initiatives in Pediatric Plastic Surgery: A Descriptive Study Using the Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program  
  Flath-Sporn SJ, Yorlets RR, Rangel SJ, Stey AM, Redett RJ, Urata MM, Meara JG, Taghinia AH, J Craniofac Surg, 1/1/2016
• Meaningful use: A program in transition  
  Resnick CM, Meara JG, Peltzman M, Gilley M, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2016
• Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development  
  Meara JG, Leather AJM, Hagander L, Alkire BC, Alonso N, Ameh EA, Bickler SW, Conteh L, Dare AJ, Davies, J, Merisier ED, El-Halabi S, Farmer PE, Gawande A, Gillies R, G..., Surgery, 1/1/2015
• Global cancer surgery: delivering safe, affordable, and timely cancer surgery  
  Sullivan R, Alatise OI, Anderson BO, Audisio R, Autier P, Aggarwal A, Balch C, Brennan MF, Dare A, D'Cruz A, Eggermont AM, Fleming K, Gueye SM, Hagander L, Herrera CA,..., Lancet Oncol, 1/1/2015
• Tongue-tie Repair: Z-Plasty Vs Simple Release  
  Yousefi J, Tabrizian Namini F, Raisolsadat SM, Gillies R, Ashkezari A, Meara JG, Iran J Otorhinolaryngol, 1/1/2015
• Midline cleft lip and bifid nose deformity: Description, classification, and treatment  
  Kolker AR, Sailon AM, Meara JG, Holmes AD, J Craniofac Surg, 1/1/2015
• The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Global surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare and economic development  
  Meara JG, Greenberg SL, Surgery, 1/1/2015
• Global Surgery 2030: an introduction  
  Meara JG, Greenberg SL, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2015
• Cost-effectiveness of surgery and its policy implications for global health: a systematic review and analysis  
  Chao TE, Sharma K, Mandigo M, Hagander L, Resch SC, Weiser TG, Meara JG, Lancet Global Health, 1/1/2014
• Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing to Identify Value Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare  
  Kaplan RS, Witkowski M, Abbott MM, Guzman AB, Higgins LD, Meara JG, Padden E, Shah AS, Waters P, Weidemeier M, Wertheimer S, Feeley TW, JHM, 1/1/2014
• Merging Medicare Parts A and B: potential effects on beneficiaries, surgeons, and other stakeholders  
  Gutnik L, Smith H, Goldszer JF, Bailey HR, Meara JG, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2014
• Medicare reform: a look at the house ways and means proposal  
  Sangji NF, Hedstrom J, Meara JG, Martin MB, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2014
• Medicaid expansion likely to affect the delivery of surgical care  
  Raykar N, Mandigo M, Nagengast E, Coffron M, Hanks JB, Meara JG, Tracci MC, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2014
• Dual eligible beneficiaries: Roles for surgeons under health care reform  
  Murthy SS, Weissman JS, Grabowski DC, Mcdonald K, Kaups KL, Meara JG, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2014
• Improving ophthalmic outcomes in children with unilateral coronal synostosis by treatment with endoscopic strip craniectomy and helmet therapy rather than fronto-orbit...  
  Mackinnon S, Proctor MR, Rogers GF, Meara JG, Whitecross S, Dagi LR, J AAPOS, 1/1/2013
• Early Neurodevelopment in Infants With Deformational Plagiocephaly  
  Knight SJ, Anderson VA, Meara JG, Da Costa AC, J Craniofac Surg, 1/1/2013
• Risk-Adjusted Hospital Outcomes for Children's Surgery  
  Saito JM, Chen LE, Hall BL, Kraemer K, Barnhart DC, Byrd C, Cohen ME, Fei C, Heiss KF, Huffman K, Ko CY, Latus M, Meara JG, Oldham KT, Raval MV, Richards KE, Shah RK, ..., Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Applying surgical apps: Smartphone and tablet apps prove useful in clinical practice  
  O’Neill KM, Holmer H, Greenberg SLM, Meara JG, Bull Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2013
• Cost of treating sagittal synostosis in the first year of life  
  Abbott MM, Rogers GF, Proctor MR, Busa K, Meara JG, J Craniofac Surg, 1/1/2012
• Cost Differences Between the Anterior and Posterior Approaches to the lliac Crest for Alveolar Bone Grafting in Patients With Cleft Lip/Palate  
  Kupfer P, Abbott MM, Abramowicz S, Meara JG, Padwa BL, J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 1/1/2012
• The impact of natural disaster on pediatric surgical delivery: a review of Haiti six months before and after the 2010 earthquake  
  Hughes CD, Nash KA, Alkire BC, McClain CD, Hagander LE, Smithers CJ, Raymonville M, Sullivan SR, Riviello R, Rogers SO, Meara JG, J Health Care Poor Underserved, 1/1/2012
• The clinical and economic impact of a sustained program in global plastic surgery: valuing cleft care in the resource-poor settings  
  Hughes CD, Babigian A, McCormack S, Alkire BC, Wong A, Pap SA, Vincent JR, Meara JG, Castiglione C, Silverman R, Plast Reconstr Surg, 1/1/2012
• Patient protection and affordable care act: implications for pediatric plastic surgery  
  Abbott MM, Meara JG, J Craniofac Surg, 1/1/2012
• A Systematic Review of Barriers to Breast Cancer Care in Developing Countries Resulting in Delayed Patient Presentation  
  Sharma K, Costas A, Shulman LN, Meara JG, J Oncol, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

• Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors: A-Z Guide to Presentation and Multimodality Management 
  Chapter: Dermoid Nasal 
  Page 117.0 - 122.0Kieran S, Meara JG, Proctor M, Rahbar REditors: Rahbar R, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Meara JG, Smith ER, Perez-Atayde AR.Springer2014
• Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors: A-Z Guide to Presentation and Multimodality Management 
  Chapter: Encephaloceles 
  Page 123.0 - 130.0Vercler CJ, Virgin FW, Rahbar R, Smith ER, Meara JGEditors: Rahbar R, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Meara JG, Smith ER, Perez-Atayde AR.Springer2014
• Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors: A-Z Guide to Presentation and Multimodality Management 
  Chapter: Pilomatrixoma 
  Page 283.0 - 286.0Meara JGEditors: Rahbar R, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Meara JG, Smith ER, Perez-Atayde AR.Springer2014
• Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors: A-Z Guide to Presentation and Multimodality Management 
  Editors: Rahbar R, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Meara JG, Smith ER, Perez-Atayde AR.Springer2014
• Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction 
  Chapter: Global Health Priorities for the Early Twenty-First Century Be 
  Farmer P, Basilico M, Kerry V, Ballard M, Becker A, Bukham G, Dahl O, Ellner A, Ivers L, Jones D, Meara J, Mukherjee J, Siervers A, Yamamoto AEditors: Farmer P, Kim JY, Kleinman A, Basilico M.University of California Press2013
• Oral and Maxillofacial Clinics of North America 
  Chapter: Complications related to Cranial Vault Surgery 
  Page 465.0 - 473.0Greensmith AL, Meara JG, Holmes, AD, Lo, PEditors: Ramon Ruiz.Elsevier Saunders2004
• Facial Surgery: Plastic Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive 
  Chapter: Introduction to Craniofacial Anomalies 
  Page 79.0 - 100.0Meara JG, Cunningham MJ, O’Brien JEditors: Mack Cheney.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland1997
• Facial Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive 
  Chapter: Craniofacial Surgery 
  Rogers CR, Meara JGEditors: Cheney M, Hadlock T.Edition 2nd,2014
• Facial Surgery: Plastic and Reconstructive 
  Chapter: Cleft Lip and Palate 
  Kim DC, Holmes AD, Meara JGEditors: Cheney M, Hadlock T.CRC Press2014
• Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities 
  Chapter: Benefit-Cost Analysis for Selected Surgical Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 
  Alkire BC, Vincent JR, Meara JGEditors: Debas HT, Donkor P, Gawande A, Jamison DT, Kruk ME, Mock CN.World Bank PublicationsEdition 3rd,2015
• Global Surgery and Anesthesia Manual: Providing Care in Resource-limited Settings 
  Editors: Meara JG, McClain CD, Mooney DP, Rogers SO.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL2014
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Abstracts/Posters

• 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Medical Field
  Meara J, Principles of Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Cleft Lip and Palate Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach
  Meara J, Frontiers in Pediatric Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA, 1/1/2016
• The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change
  Meara J, Partnership Grand Rounds, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• The HMS Program in Global Surgery and Social Change
  Meara J, Global Health and Service Advisory Council Meeting, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1/1/2015
• Outcomes of patients that underwent laparotomy, from 2011-2013, at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (UTHK), Rwanda
  Baison GN, Maine R, Ntakiyiruta G, Meara JG, Mubilingi J, Riviello R, Doris Duke Conference, 1/1/2014
• Leadership on the line
  Meara J, Management Grand Rounds, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1/1/2014
• Surgery and Global Health: From Career to Vocation and Back
  Meara J, Global Health Advisory Council, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1/1/2014
• Surgical Disease Surveillance: A Validated Community-Based Survey in Burera District, Rwanda
  Linden A; Maine R; Hedt B; Emmanuel K; Mody G; Ntakiyiruta G; Ntaganda E; Meara J; Riviello R, Harvard School of Public Health, Global and Population Health Symposium, 1/1/2013
• Medical Liability Reform 2013: Thinking Outside of the Box to achieve Tort Reform
  Meara J, American College of Surgeons 99th Clinical Congress, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Global Surgery (Co-Moderator)
  Meara J, American College of Surgeons 99th Clinical Congress, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Evaluation of Surgical Transfers in Rwanda
  Maine, R; Mubiligi,J; Byiringiro, JC; Georges, N; Jayaraman, S; Meara, J; Riviello, R, Boston Children’s Hospital Resident Research Day, 1/1/2013
• National density of surgeons and anesthesiologists is significantly correlated with maternal mortality
  Hagander L, Hoyler MM, Finlayson SGR, Meara JG, Bethune Roundtable on International Surgery, 1/1/2013
• Pediatric Velopharyngeal Insufficency: Assessment and Management
  Meara J, Single Presentation, Boston Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA, 1/1/2013
• How Washington is Affecting Your Practice and Your Patients
  Meara J, American College of Surgeons 98th Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2012
• Surgical Care for the Bottom Billion
  Meara J, Grand Rounds, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 1/1/2012
• No Longer the Neglected Stepchild: Building a Program in Global Surgery
  Meara J, Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, M, 1/1/2012
• VPI: Surgical Intervention and Outcomes Center for Aero-Digestive Disorders
  Meara J, Single Presentation, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
• Craniofacial syndromes: midline nasal lesions, facial embryology, and surgical correction
  Meara J, Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
• Cleft Lip and Palate Management
  Meara J, Pediatric Grand Rounds/Updates in Pediatric Surgical Specialties, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, 2001; Waltham, MA, 2010, 1/1/2010
• Anterior Encephaloceles: Principles and Practice
  Meara J, Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1/1/2010
• Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
  Meara J, Updates in Pediatric Surgical Specialties, Waltham, MA, 1/1/2009
• Midline Nasal Lesions
  Meara J, Updates in Pediatric Plastic and Oral Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1/1/2009
• Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
  Meara J, Updates in Pediatric Plastic and Oral Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1/1/2009
• Advances in Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate
  Meara J, Frontiers in Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, 1/1/2008
• Anterior Encephaloceles
  Meara J, Grand Rounds, Syracuse University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

• Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: Assessment, Implementation and Transparency 
  Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1/1/2016
• Lancet Commission on Global Surgery 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2016
• Nasofrontal Encephaloceles 
  Wits University Department of Plastic Surgery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2015; Duke University, P - 1/1/2016
• The Sagittal Synostosis Correction using the Melbourne Technique 
  Duke University, Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Durham, NC - 1/1/2016
• The Significance of Value in Healthcare Outcomes 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2016
• Responding to an Urgent Call, For the Planet and the Poor Conference panel 
  Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN - 1/1/2016
• Global Surgery, Accompaniment, Leadership and Organizational Change 
  Kellogg Institute for International Studies, International Development and Design Thinking, Universi - 1/1/2016
• Highlights of the Lancet Commission Launch 
  University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN - 1/1/2016
• Lancet Implementation Projects with Ministries of Health 
  Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN - 1/1/2016
• The National Surgical Plan: Translating Global Indicators to National Implementation 
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 1/1/2016
• Transitioning from The Lancet Commission to Data Collection, Research and Global Impact 
  Dublin, Ireland - 1/1/2016
• Implementation progress update, Boston Children’s Hospital 
  London, England - 1/1/2016
• Aligning national measurement efforts 
  London, England - 1/1/2016
• Implementation to benchmarking 
  London, England - 1/1/2016
• Implementation highlights from around the world 
  London, England - 1/1/2016
• Global Surgery 2030: Evidence and Solutions for Achieving Health, Welfare and Economic Development 
  Multiple locations, 2015, 2016 - 1/1/2016
• Accounting and Time-Driven Activity Based Costing for Health Care 
  Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 1/1/2015
• Time-Driven Activity Based Costing for Health Care 
  Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain - 1/1/2015
• Global Surgery 2030 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
• The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2015
• Preparing for the Health Professions 
  University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN - 1/1/2015
• The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery Overview 
  Melbourne, Australia - 1/1/2015
• Financing Universal Access to Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia 
  Melbourne, Australia - 1/1/2015
• ICHOMS – An Outcomes Study 
  Melbourne, Australia - 1/1/2015
• Lancet Commission and National Surgical Planning 
  Blantyre, Malawi - 1/1/2015
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Other

• Surgeons and Medical Liability: A Guide to Understanding Medical Liability Reform 
  O’Neill KM, Raykar N, Bush C, Murthy S, Coffron M, Armstrong JH, Meara JG, Selzer D, American College of Surgeons
  https://www.facs.org/~/media/files/advocacy/liability/2014%20surgeons%20and%20medical%20liability%20primer.ashx
  1/1/2014
• Recent Advances in Craniofacial Imaging 
  Jayaratne N, Meara JG, Arab Health
  1/1/2012
• Federal Debt, Student Loans, and the Physician Workforce 
  Metzler IS, Meara JG, Costs of Care
  http://costsofcare.blogspot.com/2011/10/federal-debt-student-loans-and.html
  1/22/2011
• Five ways your team can improve the patient experience 
  Yorlets RR, Flath-Sporn SJ, Heald RR, Pawl KJ, Meara JG, MGMA Connection Plus
  http://www.mgma.com/practice-resources/mgma-connection-plus/online-only/2016/march/5-ways-your-team-can-improve-the-patient-experience
  1/24/2016
• Paediatric Biennial Royal Children’s Hospital Plastic Surgery Course Syllabus 
  Johnstone BR, Meara JG, Penington AJ
  Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Australia - 1/10/2005
• Craniofacial Procedure to treat Encephalocele and an Arachnoid Cyst: Roundtable Discussion on a rare pediatric encephalocele 
  Meara JG, Smith ER, Walton DA, Webcast
  http://www.or-live.com/childrenshospitalboston/2494/index.cfm
  1/28/2009
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