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John Gerard Meara, D.M.D., M.D.

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1986
Phi Beta Kappa
1986
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1990
Bronze Beeper

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John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA is the Kletjian Professor of Global Surgery, 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. 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.
Twitter: @JohnMeara
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Value-based health care – Process mapping, outcome measurement and cost estimation for patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB)
Full Time, 06/01/11 - 05/31/12
The shortage of surgeons, obstetricians and anesthesiologist in low- and middle- income countries
Full Time/Year Long, 07/02/13 - 06/30/13
Surgical care delivery and operative capacity at the major academic referral hospital in Liberia
Full Time/Year Long, 07/02/12 - 06/28/13
General Surgery and Urologic Burden of Disease in Haiti's central plateau
International, 09/27/10 - 05/20/11
Cost effectiveness of providing surgical care at a district level hospital in rural Rwanda
International, 06/01/11 - 07/01/12
Macromastia in Adolescent Girls
Summer, 06/15/09 - 08/07/09
Driving Value Into Healthcare: Plagiocephaly & Time-Driven Activity Based Costing
Full Time/Year Long, 09/01/12 - 09/01/13

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  1. 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. The Situation of Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia in Tanzania: A Systematic Review. World J Surg. 2019 01; 43(1):24-35. PMID: 30128771.
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  2. Rottgers SA, Syed HR, Jodeh DS, Jeelani Y, Yang E, Meara JG, Proctor MR. Craniometric Analysis of Endoscopic Suturectomy for Bilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan; 143(1):183-196. PMID: 30325899.
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  3. Isaac KV, MacKinnon S, Dagi LR, Rogers GF, Meara JG, Proctor MR. Nonsyndromic unilateral coronal synostosis: A comparison of fronto-orbital advancement and endoscopic suturectomy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec 26. PMID: 30601324.
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  4. 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. Evaluating the collection, comparability and findings of six global surgery indicators. Br J Surg. 2019 Jan; 106(2):e138-e150. PMID: 30570764.
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  5. Peters AW, Meara JG, Makasa EM, Johnson WD. Comment on "Encouraging a bare minimum while striving for the gold standard: a response to the updated WHO-WFSA guidelines". Can J Anaesth. 2018 Dec 13. PMID: 30547420.
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  6. Citron I, Sonderman K, Subi L, Meara JG. Making a case for national surgery, obstetric, and anesthesia plans. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Dec 11. PMID: 30539367.
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  7. Juran S, Gruendl M, Marks IH, Broer PN, Guzman JM, Davies J, Shrime M, Johnson W, Holmer H, Peck G, Makasa E, Hagander L, Klug SJ, Meara JG, Gelb AW, Ljungman D. The need to collect, aggregate, and analyze global anesthesia and surgery data. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Nov 27. PMID: 30484168.
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  8. Raykar N, Meara J, Gawande A, Farmer P, Roy N. Moving forward the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: The Karad Consensus Statement. Healthc (Amst). 2018 Nov 26. PMID: 30497933.
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  9. Isaac KV, Meara JG, Proctor MR. Analysis of clinical outcomes for treatment of sagittal craniosynostosis: a comparison of endoscopic suturectomy and cranial vault remodeling. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Nov 01; 22(5):467-474. PMID: 30074449.
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  10. Iverson K, Citron I, Burssa D, Teshome A, Ahearn O, Ashengo T, Barash D, Barringer E, Garringer K, McKitrick V, Meara JG, Mengistu A, Mukhopadhyay S, Reynolds C, Shrime MG, Varghese A, Esseye S, Bekele A. Authors' Reply: Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia. World J Surg. 2018 11; 42(11):3814-3815. PMID: 29556877.
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  11. Vaughan KA, McKirdy MJ, Meara JG. Surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia: a Cambrian explosion for global health. Scott Med J. 2018 Oct 18; 36933018804125. PMID: 30336741.
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  12. Sandler S, Sonderman K, Citron I, Bhutta M, Meara JG. Forced Labor in Surgical and Healthcare Supply Chains. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Dec; 227(6):618-623. PMID: 30336204.
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  13. Santhirapala V, Johnson WD, Meara JG. Essential need for quality in surgical health-care systems. Lancet. 2018 10 13; 392(10155):1309. PMID: 30322579.
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  14. Koch R, Roa L, Pyda J, Kerrigan M, Barthélemy E, Meara JG. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: An opportunity to lead innovation in global surgery. Surgery. 2018 Oct 10. PMID: 30316576.
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  15. 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. Healthcare Leaders Develop Strategies for Expanding National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia Plans in WHO AFRO and EMRO Regions. World J Surg. 2018 Oct 08. PMID: 30298283.
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  16. Sonderman KA, Citron I, Meara JG. National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Planning in the Context of Global Surgery: The Way Forward. JAMA Surg. 2018 Oct 01; 153(10):959-960. PMID: 30090937.
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  17. Peters AW, Pyda J, Menon G, Suzuki E, Meara JG. The World Bank Group: Innovative financing for health and opportunities for global surgery. Surgery. 2018 Sep 28. PMID: 30274731.
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  18. Sonderman KA, Citron I, Albutt K, Salaam-Blyther T, Romanzi L, Meara JG. USAID: Current support for global surgery and implications of reform. Surgery. 2018 Dec; 164(6):1147-1155. PMID: 30249431.
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  19. Ljungman D, Vaughan KA, Park KB, Makasa EM, Marten R, Meara JG. World Health Organization: Leading surgical care toward sustainable development in the era of globalization. Surgery. 2018 Dec; 164(6):1137-1146. PMID: 30205897.
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  20. Kruk ME, Gage AD, Arsenault C, Jordan K, Leslie HH, Roder-DeWan S, Adeyi O, Barker P, Daelmans B, Doubova SV, English M, Elorrio EG, Guanais F, Gureje O, Hirschhorn LR, Jiang L, Kelley E, Lemango ET, Liljestrand J, Malata A, Marchant T, Matsoso MP, Meara JG, Mohanan M, Ndiaye Y, Norheim OF, Reddy KS, Rowe AK, Salomon JA, Thapa G, Twum-Danso NAY, Pate M. High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Nov; 6(11):e1196-e1252. PMID: 30196093.
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  21. Anderson GA, Albutt K, Holmer H, Muguti G, Mbuwayesango B, Muchuweti D, Gidiri MF, Mugapathyay S, Iverson K, Roa L, Sharma S, Jeppson B, Jönsson K, Lantz A, Saluja S, Lin Y, Citron I, Meara JG, Hagander L. Development of a Novel Global Surgery Course for Medical Schools. J Surg Educ. 2018 Sep 02. PMID: 30185383.
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  22. Juran S, Broer PN, Klug SJ, Snow RC, Okiro EA, Ouma PO, Snow RW, Tatem AJ, Meara JG, Alegana VA. Geospatial mapping of access to timely essential surgery in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(4):e000875. PMID: 30147944.
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  23. Citron I, Ganske I, Massenburg BB, Doyle M, Meara JG, Rogers-Vizena CR. Collection of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Standard Set Variables: Establishing a Baseline. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Aug; 6(8):e1894. PMID: 30324072.
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  24. Rottgers SA, Ganske I, Citron I, Proctor M, Meara JG. Single-stage Total Cranial Vault Remodeling for Correction of Turricephaly: Description of a New Technique. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Aug; 6(8):e1800. PMID: 30324051.
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  25. Citron I, Saluja S, Amundson J, Ferreira RV, Ljungman D, Alonso N, Moutinho V, Meara JG, Steer M. Surgical quality indicators in low-resource settings: A new evidence-based tool. Surgery. 2018 Nov; 164(5):946-952. PMID: 30076026.
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  26. Hughes CD, Isaac KV, Hwang PF, Ganske I, Proctor MR, Meara JG. Modification of the Melbourne Method for Total Calvarial Vault Remodeling. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Jul; 6(7):e1848. PMID: 30175014.
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  27. Federspiel F, Mukhopadhyay S, Milsom PJ, Scott JW, Riesel JN, Meara JG. Global surgical, obstetric, and anesthetic task shifting: A systematic literature review. Surgery. 2018 09; 164(3):553-558. PMID: 30145999.
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  28. Ng-Kamstra JS, Arya S, Greenberg SLM, Kotagal M, Arsenault C, Ljungman D, Yorlets RR, Agarwal A, Frankfurter C, Nikouline A, Lai FYX, Palmqvist CL, Fu T, Mahmood T, Raju S, Sharma S, Marks IH, Bowder A, Pi L, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Perioperative mortality rates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(3):e000810. PMID: 29989045.
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  29. Alkire BC, Peters AW, Shrime MG, Meara JG. The Economic Consequences Of Mortality Amenable To High-Quality Health Care In Low- And Middle-Income Countries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 06; 37(6):988-996. PMID: 29863936.
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  30. Scott JW, Raykar NP, Rose JA, Tsai TC, Zogg CK, Haider AH, Salim A, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Cured into Destitution: Catastrophic Health Expenditure Risk Among Uninsured Trauma Patients in the United States. Ann Surg. 2018 Jun; 267(6):1093-1099. PMID: 28394867.
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  31. Rudolfson N, Dewan MC, Park KB, Shrime MG, Meara JG, Alkire BC. The economic consequences of neurosurgical disease in low- and middle-income countries. J Neurosurg. 2018 May 18; 1-8. PMID: 29775144.
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  32. Ganske IM, Schulz N, Livingston K, Goobie S, Meara JG, Proctor M, Weinstock P. Multi-modal 3D Simulation Makes the Impossible Possible. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Apr; 6(4):e1751. PMID: 29876186.
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  33. Watters DA, Guest GD, Tangi V, Shrime MG, Meara JG. Global Surgery System Strengthening: It Is All About the Right Metrics. Anesth Analg. 2018 Apr; 126(4):1329-1339. PMID: 29547428.
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  34. Beijnen UEA, Noonan Caillouette C, Flath-Sporn SJ, Maclellan RA, Sanchez K, Labow BI, Meara JG, Taghinia AH. Factors Associated With Late Surgical Cancellations in Pediatric Plastic and Oral Surgery. Ann Plast Surg. 2018 Apr; 80(4):412-415. PMID: 29166312.
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  35. Citron I, Sonderman K, Meara JG. Pathology and laboratory medicine in partnership with global surgery: working towards universal health coverage. Lancet. 2018 05 12; 391(10133):1875-1877. PMID: 29550028.
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  36. Maine RG, Linden AF, Riviello R, Kamanzi E, Mody GN, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi JM, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Hedt-Gauthier BL. Prevalence of Untreated Surgical Conditions in Rural Rwanda: A Population-Based Cross-sectional Study in Burera District. JAMA Surg. 2017 Dec 20; 152(12):e174013. PMID: 29071335.
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  37. Matousek AC, Addington SR, Kahan J, Sannon H, Luckner T, Exe C, Jean Louis RRE, Lipsitz S, Meara JG, Riviello R. Patient Navigation by Community Health Workers Increases Access to Surgical Care in Rural Haiti. World J Surg. 2017 12; 41(12):3025-3030. PMID: 28948326.
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  38. Burssa D, Teshome A, Iverson K, Ahearn O, Ashengo T, Barash D, Barringer E, Citron I, Garringer K, McKitrick V, Meara J, Mengistu A, Mukhopadhyay S, Reynolds C, Shrime M, Varghese A, Esseye S, Bekele A. Safe Surgery for All: Early Lessons from Implementing a National Government-Driven Surgical Plan in Ethiopia. World J Surg. 2017 12; 41(12):3038-3045. PMID: 29030677.
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  39. Guest GD, McLeod E, Perry WRG, Tangi V, Pedro J, Ponifasio P, Hedson J, Tudravu J, Pikacha D, Vreede E, Leodoro B, Tapaua N, Kong J, Oten B, Teapa D, Korin S, Wilson L, Mesol S, Tunetti K, Meara JG, Watters DA. Collecting data for global surgical indicators: a collaborative approach in the Pacific Region. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2:e000376.
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  40. Guest GD, McLeod E, Perry WRG, Tangi V, Pedro J, Ponifasio P, Hedson J, Tudravu J, Pikacha D, Vreede E, Leodoro B, Tapaua N, Kong J, Oten B, Teapa D, Korin S, Wilson L, Mesol S, Tuneti K, Meara JG, Watters DA. Collecting data for global surgical indicators: a collaborative approach in the Pacific Region. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2(4):e000376. PMID: 29225948.
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  41. Kaseje N, Jenny H, Jeudy AP, MacLee JL, Meara JG, Ford HR. Pediatric surgical capacity building - a pathway to improving access to pediatric surgical care in Haiti. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb; 53(2):298-301. PMID: 29224789.
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  42. Omling E, Jarnheimer A, Rose J, Björk J, Meara JG, Hagander L. Population-based incidence rate of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures in a high-income country. Br J Surg. 2018 Jan; 105(1):86-95. PMID: 29131303.
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  43. Till BM, Peters AW, Afshar S, Meara J. From blockchain technology to global health equity: can cryptocurrencies finance universal health coverage?. BMJ Glob Health. 2017.
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  44. Till BM, Peters AW, Afshar S, Meara J. From blockchain technology to global health equity: can cryptocurrencies finance universal health coverage? BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2(4):e000570. PMID: 29177101.
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  45. Till BM, Afshar S, Peters AW, Meara JG. Foreign Affairs. Blockchain and Global Health How the Technology Could Cut Waste and Reduce Fraud. 2017.
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  46. Firriolo JM, Ontiveros NC, Pike CM, Taghinia AH, Rogers-Vizena CR, Ganor O, Greene AK, Meara JG, Labow BI. Pediatric Orbital Floor Fractures: Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Tissue Entrapment and the Effect of Operative Timing on Ocular Outcomes. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Nov; 28(8):1966-1971. PMID: 28953154.
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  47. Citron I, Meara JG. The evolving role of surgery in the international public health agenda. Cad Saude Publica. 2017 10 26; 33(10):e00124217. PMID: 29091174.
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  48. Metzler IS, Meara JG. Costs of Care. Federal Debt, Student Loans, and the Physician Workforce. 2017.
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  49. Jenny HE, Massenburg BB, Saluja S, Meara JG, Shrime MG, Alonso N. Efficacy of Facilitated Capacity Building in Providing Cleft Lip and Palate Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Oct; 28(7):1737-1741. PMID: 28872505.
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  50. Saluja S, Silverstein A, Mukhopadhyay S, Lin Y, Raykar N, Keshavjee S, Samad L, Meara JG. Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to implement and evaluate national surgical planning. BMJ Glob Health. 2017.
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  51. Saluja S, Silverstein A, Mukhopadhyay S, Lin Y, Raykar N, Keshavjee S, Samad L, Meara JG. Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to implement and evaluate national surgical planning. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2(2):e000269. PMID: 29225930.
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  52. Ljungman D, Meara JG, Lin Y. The Conversation. Suturing a divided world: How providing access to surgery drives global prosperity. 2017.
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  53. Peck G, Blitzer D, Citron I, Dutton J, Foianini JE, Gracias V, Manzano R, Meara JG, Mehta D, Model Z, Morales C, NeMoyer R, Ordoñez C, Pino LF, Puyana JC, Rodas E, Schroeder ME, Sullivan T, Torres M, Truché P, Vega MP. Latin America Indicator Research Coalition examines prehospital care using a trauma systems application of LCoGS indicator 1. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2017 07; 102(7):23-31. PMID: 28884997.
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  54. Saluja S, Selzer D, Meara JG, Heneghan K, Daly JM. The opioid epidemic: What can surgeons do about it? Bull Am Coll Surg. 2017 07; 102(7):13-8. PMID: 28884995.
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  55. Meara JG, Till B. Columbia SIPA Journal of International Affairs. The Revolution That Global Health Security Needs. 2017.
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  56. Mukhopadhyay S, Lin Y, Mwaba P, Kachimba J, Makasa E, Lishimpi K, Silverstein A, Afshar S, Meara JG. Implementing World Health Assembly Resolution 68.15: National surgical, obstetric, and anesthesia strategic plan development--the Zambian experience. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2017 06; 102(6):28-35. PMID: 28885807.
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  57. Raykar NP, Ng-Kamstra JS, Bickler S, Davies J, Greenberg SLM, Hagander L, Johnson W, Leather AJM, McQueen KAK, Mukhopadhyay S, Suzuki E, Weiser T, Shrime MG, Meara JG. New global surgical and anaesthesia indicators in the World Development Indicators dataset. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2:e000265.
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  58. Massenburg BB, Saluja S, Jenny HE, Raykar NP, Ng-Kamstra J, Guilloux AGA, Scheffer MC, Meara JG, Alonso N, Shrime MG. Assessing the Brazilian surgical system with six surgical indicators: a descriptive and modelling study. BMJ Glob Health. 2017; 2(2):e000226. PMID: 28589025.
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  59. Raykar NP, Mukhopadhyay S, Halbach JL, Cossa MT, Saluja S, Lin Y, Shrime M, Meara JG, Bickler S. In: Park A, Price R. (eds) Global Surgery. The Economic Case for Surgical Care in Low-Resource Settings. 2017; 35-48.
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  60. Silverstein A, Costas-Chavarri A, Gakwaya MR, Lule J, Mukhopadhyay S, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Laparoscopic Versus Open Cholecystectomy: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at Rwanda Military Hospital. World J Surg. 2017 05; 41(5):1225-1233. PMID: 27905020.
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  61. Peck G, Saluja S, Blitzer DN, Sarma D, Anderson GA, Rodas E, Foianini JE, Puyana JC, Meara J, Morales C, Ordonez C, Gracias V. Using global surgical indicators to improve trauma care in Latin America. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2017 04; 102(4):11-6. PMID: 28920641.
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  62. Raykar NP, Yorlets RR, Liu C, Goldman R, Greenberg SLM, Kotagal M, Farmer PE, Meara JG, Roy N, Gillies RD. The How Project: understanding contextual challenges to global surgical care provision in low-resource settings. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(4):e000075. PMID: 28588976.
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  63. Corlew DS, Alkire BC, Poenaru D, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Economic valuation of the impact of a large surgical charity using the value of lost welfare approach. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(4):e000059. PMID: 28588975.
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  64. Agarwal-Harding KJ, von Keudell A, Zirkle LG, Meara JG, Dyer GS. Understanding and Addressing the Global Need for Orthopaedic Trauma Care. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Nov 02; 98(21):1844-1853. PMID: 27807118.
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  65. Massenburg BB, Jenny HE, Saluja S, Meara JG, Shrime MG, Alonso N. Barriers to Cleft Lip and Palate Repair Around the World. J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Oct; 27(7):1741-1745. PMID: 27763973.
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  66. Gutnik L, Yamey G, Riviello R, Meara JG, Dare AJ, Shrime MG. Financial contributions to global surgery: an analysis of 160 international charitable organizations. Springerplus. 2016; 5(1):1558. PMID: 27652131; PMCID: PMC5021658.
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  67. Costas-Chavarri A, Meara JG. Need for a standardised procedure classification system in global surgery. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(2):e000034. PMID: 28588934.
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  68. Meier PM, Zurakowski D, Goobie SM, Proctor MR, Meara JG, Young VJ, Rogers GF, DiNardo JA. Multivariable predictors of substantial blood loss in children undergoing craniosynostosis repair: implications for risk stratification. Paediatr Anaesth. 2016 Oct; 26(10):960-9. PMID: 27510707.
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  69. Ng-Kamstra JS, Riesel JN, Arya S, Weston B, Kreutzer T, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Surgical Non-governmental Organizations: Global Surgery's Unknown Nonprofit Sector. World J Surg. 2016 08; 40(8):1823-41. PMID: 27008646.
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  70. Shrime MG, Dare A, Alkire BC, Meara JG. A global country-level comparison of the financial burden of surgery. Br J Surg. 2016 Oct; 103(11):1453-61. PMID: 27428044.
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  71. Daniels KM, Lappi MD, Sporn SF, Caillouette CN, Heald R, Meara JG. Assessing the Cost of Prophylactic Antibiotic Use After Cleft Lip and Lip Adhesion Procedures. J Healthc Manag. 2016 Jul/Aug; 61(4):282-289. PMID: 28199275.
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  72. Raykar N, Mukhopadhyay S, Ng-Kamstra JS, Lin Y, Saluja S, Scott JW, Anderson G, Meara JG, Tefera G, Bickler SW. Progress in achieving universal access to surgical care: An update and a path forward. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2016 Jun; 101(6):12-8. PMID: 27405180.
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  73. Hadad I, Meara JG, Rogers-Vizena CR. A Novel Local Autologous Bone Graft Donor Site After Scalp Tissue Expansion in Aplasia Cutis Congenita. J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Jun; 27(4):904-7. PMID: 27192637.
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  74. Allori AC, Kelley T, Meara JG, Albert A, Bonanthaya K, Chapman K, Cunningham M, Daskalogiannakis J, de Gier H, Heggie AA, Hernandez C, Jackson O, Jones Y, Kangesu L, Koudstaal MJ, Kuchhal R, Lohmander A, Long RE, Magee L, Monson L, Rose E, Sitzman TJ, Taylor JA, Thorburn G, van Eeden S, Williams C, Wirthlin JO, Wong KW. A Standard Set of Outcome Measures for the Comprehensive Appraisal of Cleft Care. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2017 09; 54(5):540-554. PMID: 27223626.
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  75. Arya S, Ng-Kamstra J, Meara JG, Langer A. Tracking perioperative mortality and maternal mortality: challenges and opportunities. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 07; 4(7):e440-1. PMID: 27185468.
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  76. 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. Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(1):e000011. PMID: 28588908.
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  77. Alkire BC, Bergmark RW, Chambers K, Lin DT, Deschler DG, Cheney ML, Meara JG. Head and neck cancer in South Asia: Macroeconomic consequences and the role of the head and neck surgeon. Head Neck. 2016 08; 38(8):1242-7. PMID: 27028850.
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  78. Yorlets RR, Flath-Sporn SJ, Heald RR, Pawl KJ, Meara JG. MGMA Connection Plus. Five ways your team can improve the patient experience. 2016.
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  79. Flath-Sporn SJ, Yorlets RR, Rangel SJ, Stey AM, Redett RJ, Urata MM, Meara JG, Taghinia AH. Focusing Quality Improvement Initiatives in Pediatric Plastic Surgery: A Descriptive Study Using the Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Mar; 27(2):277-81. PMID: 26963296.
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  80. Resnick CM, Meara JG, Peltzman M, Gilley M. Meaningful use: A program in transition. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2016 Mar; 101(3):10-6. PMID: 27051932.
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  243. Wang EC, Choe MC, Meara JG, Koempel JA. Inequality of access to surgical specialty health care: why children with government-funded insurance have less access than those with private insurance in Southern California. Pediatrics. 2004 Nov; 114(5):e584-90. PMID: 15520090.
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