J W Meredith

Chair, Surgery, General; Director, Surgical Sciences Executive Director CIPT, Childress Institute Professor, Trauma Surgery - Institute for Regenerative Medicine Pediatrics Joined the faculty of Wake Forest University Health Sciences in 1987. In his years of service at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Dr. Meredith has taken on many roles. He was director of surgical sciences through June 2014 and appointed surgeon-in-chief of Wake Forest Baptist Health Medical Center in July of this year. In addition to serving as the Richard T. Myers Professor and Chair, he is the residency program director, department of surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine. Along with serving as medical director, Childress Institute of Pediatric Trauma, department of surgery, Dr. Meredith also holds a cross-appointment at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, as well as a joint appointment as professor of pediatrics in the department of pediatrics. He is a member of Wake Forest’s graduate medical education committee (1999–present), the risk and insurance management advisory council (2002–present), the faculty executive council (2002–present), the cancer center oversight committee (2004–present), the medical executive committee (2011–present), and the health system management council (2011–present). He is on the boards of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital and the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. B.A., Emory University, 1974 M.D., WFU School of Medicine, 1978 Residency, Surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospita, 1981 Fellowship, WFU School of Medicine, 1982 Residency, Surgery, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 1984 Residency, Cardiovascular Disease, North Carolina Baptist Hospita, 1986