Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, FACMI, FACS, FACSRS

Genevieve Melton-Meaux is Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota and Core Faculty Member of the Institute of Health Informatics. She is a practicing colorectal surgeon with interests in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, minimally invasive techniques, and individualized treatment plans for complex patients. She is also Senior Associate Dean for Health Informatics and Data Science in the Medical School, on the Executive Leadership Team of the University's Data Science Initiative, Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Director for the Center for Learning Health System Sciences, and Associate Director for the Clinical NLP-IE (Natural Language Processing-Information Extraction) Research Group. At M Health Fairview,  Genevieve serves as the Chief Health Informatics and AI Officer sponsoring its Care Map program promoting appropriate and personalized evidence-based care and leading health informatics and the system AI program. Her national Leadership includes serving as immediate Past President and elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and President of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Expertise

• Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Surgery
• Cancer
• Clinical Informatics

Awards & Recognition

• Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine (2024)
• Fellow, American Surgical Association (2018)
• Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (2015)
• Mpls St. Paul Magazine, Top Doctors (2016-24)
• Minnesota Monthly Magazine, Best Doctors (2014-24)
• Clinical Research and Innovation Award, University of Minnesota Medical Center Annual Staff Awards (2016)
• Physician of the Year, Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter, Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America (2013)
• Young Investigator Award, University of Minnesota Medical School (2013)