John G Meara 🇲🇹🇦🇺🇺🇸
@JohnMeara
Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief @PlasticOralSurg Founder & Emeritus Director @HarvardPGSSC Alum @NotreDame
New from @PRSGlobalOpen : A hybrid surgical approach for unilateral #cleft lip and nasal deformity integrates Skoog, Millard, and Fisher techniques with VIDEOS journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext… @CLAPACOMMUNITY @CleftCollective @CCCWorkshops @CleftAwareness @ACPA @BostonChildrens…
What are the principles and technical aspects in the first author’s evolved hybrid approach to unilateral #CleftLip and nasal deformity repair? Read, "Unilateral Cleft Lip and Nasal Deformity: 8 Principles for Symmetrical Correction," to find out: l8r.it/BHWs
Our new @lancet paper has the best figure-set we've ever made - please download it! Surgical health policy 2025–35: strengthening essential services for tomorrow's needs authors.elsevier.com/c/1lR4wV-4XSgx1
160M people go without surgery each year, most in low- & middle-income countries. “Surgery is not a luxury. It’s lifesaving & cost-effective.” – Prof @aneelbhangu New @TheLancet study urges urgent action to fix global surgical care. 🔗 globalsurgeryunit.org/millions-denie…
📰 Nueva colaboración La @opsoms ha integrado formalmente la atención quirúrgica, intensiva y de emergencia en su agenda de salud. En este artículo, en el que colaboraron nuestra Directora Ejecutiva y Presidente, se analizan los retos y oportunidades de esta estrategia regional.
Building resilient #GlobalSurgery systems that can withstand external shocks gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/…
The Blood D.E.S.E.R.T. Coalition had an incredible time at #AABB24, hosting a panel on the importance of advocacy and innovative strategies like walking blood banks in addressing 🩸#BloodDeserts worldwide! 📰Read: tinyurl.com/4fb4k5yy Special thanks to @AABB for having us!
Captivating panel at #AABB24 on Innovative Strategies to Address Global #BloodDeserts in Low and Higher-Resource Contexts. Moderated by Linda Barnes PhD with panelists Nakul Raykar MD MPH; Caroline Wesonga; Andre Cap MD PhD; Lucy Asamoah Akuoko MD; Asma Aliawadh MBBS #AABB #PGSSC
Global Surgery and Anesthesia Manual by @tandfonline @tandfnewsroom @tandfmedicine now OPEN ACCESS taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…
SADC Member States validate their draft Regional strategy for strengthening emergency & essential surgical healthcare using a regional approach in order to strengthen primary health care #PHC and to accelerate the attainment of #UHC in the 16 SADC countries
Day 3 of ACS Clinical Congress: PGSSC research fellows present at the Global Surgery and Humanitarian Outreach Session. @NikathanSKumar on LIFE Blood study & Isaac Alty on TRAIN Trauma: India. More to follow!! #ACSCC2024 #PGSSC at #ACS
Grateful to @ForeignPolicy for the opportunity to share insights on how @Gavi is facing the rising threat of climate change. Supporting preventive vaccination campaigns of climate sensitive diseases and accelerating the delivery of innovations are critical to protect vulnerable…
¡Este será un verdadero hito para la salud en la región! Desde @saludlatam_org seguimos trabajando para que el proyecto de Resolución "Estrategia de Integración de la Atención Quirúrgica y los Cuidados Intensivos y de Urgencias 2025-2030" propuesto por #Ecuador sea una realidad.
El proyecto de Resolución que presentó Ecuador 🇪🇨 ante el Comité Ejecutivo @opsoms busca fortalecer los sistemas de salud de las #Américas para que sean resilientes y se basen en el enfoque de la atención primaria. Desde @HarvardPGSSC, @keepark profundiza en su importancia.
Hacia la #ResoluciónSaludPAHO 🙌
¡El acceso equitativo a la #salud es un derecho humano esencial! La Resolución de la Estrategia de Integración de la atención quirúrgica y los cuidados intensivos de urgencias 2025-2030 fortalecerá los sistemas sanitarios en las #Américas. #HaciaLaEquidadEnSalud 🙌
Inside the #SummitOfTheFuture at #UNGA79 Collaborations with youth representatives, activists, young parliamentarians, non profits, and academics towards achieving #SDGs and building a better future With partners from @gendereqsurg @InciSioNGlobal @aaglobalsurgery
Happy to share the latest @devex op-ed by our Policy and Advocacy Lab @RiyaSawhney_ @gabhyman @keepark 👏🏼 How can we use digital health to bring about equity in global surgery? Especially timely with the #SummitOfTheFuture and focus on a #DigitalFutureForAll at #UNGA79
Just completed a two day @AmCollSurgeons general surgery review course in Paraguay in collaboration with #Paraguay surgical society the Italian Chapter of @AmCollSurgeons and @ICSUSS thanks to the amazing host Dr Guido Parquet @msutherlandmd
Looking forward to this!!!
We introduce Dr. Park as a Keynote speaker for the 2024 Research Symposium! click the link in our @missionbrainvps bio to apply!
On Tuesday, the Ghanaian Ministry of Health and Operation Smile launched the National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anesthesia Plan (#NSOAP), a milestone in improving SOTA care access nationwide. Photos reposted from: @mohgovgh & @operationsmile #GlobalSurgery #G4Alliance #SOTACare
My book 'Safer Surgery for Africa: Challenges and Solutions' is now available in French and Portuguese on Amazon and Kobo. Thanks to @LuCadoreStefani & Atilio Morais, and Paulin BANGUTI, Eric Ngebe KANYAMBO and Ahmed Rhassane El Adib for the superb translations
We just finished hosting the largest @WHO Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care (ECO) #globalsurgery consultation @iss_sic with over 200 participants in partnership with @theG4Alliance and @iatsic - thank YOU to all who participated! #isw2024kualalumpur #globalhealth #ISW2024
Emergency, Critical, and Operative (ECO) care services are a crucial tenet of sustainable healthcare systems. Thank you to @JaymieClaire and @iatsic for their groundbreaking work towards making Resolution WHA 76.2 a reality. #ISW2024 #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll
We just finished hosting the largest @WHO Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care (ECO) #globalsurgery consultation @iss_sic with over 200 participants in partnership with @theG4Alliance and @iatsic - thank YOU to all who participated! #isw2024kualalumpur #globalhealth #ISW2024