Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, FACMI

Genevieve Melton-Meaux is a Professor of Surgery and Core Faculty of the Institute for Health Informatics at University of Minnesota (UMN). 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 serves as the Chief Analytics and Care Innovation Officer (CACIO) for M Health Fairview where she leads Value Based Care and Population Health, Enterprise Data Analytics, and Informatics including Clinical Decision Support (CDS) and Health IT optimization. Her research interests include clinical colorectal surgery, improving note usage in EHRs, evaluating standards in practice, clinical natural language processing (NLP), and improving surgical care with informatics. She co-leads the UMN Clinical NLP-IE Research Group and serves nationally on the American College of Medical Informatics as President-elect, the American Medical Informatics Association Student Paper Competition Chair, the Clinical Informatics Subspecialty Board Examination Committee of the American Board of Preventative Medicine, and Health Information Technology Committee of the American College of Surgeons.

Expertise

• Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Surgery
• Cancer
• Surgical Oncology

Awards & Recognition

• Outstanding Resident Award, Johns Hopkins University (2002)
• Core Values in Practice Award, Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery (2007)
• KIWI (Keeping Intestines Well-Inspected) Award, Cleveland Clinic Department of Colorectal Surgery (2008)
• Manuscript Winner, American Medical Informatics Association Distinguished Paper Award (2011)
• Young Investigator Award, University of Minnesota Medical School (2013)
• Physician of the Year, Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter, Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America (2013)
• "Best Doctors for Women," Minnesota Monthly Magazine (2011-2014)
• Clinical Research and Innovation Award, University of Minnesota Medical Center Annual Staff Awards (2016)
• "Best Doctors," Minnesota Monthly Magazine (2014-2018)
• Mpls.St.Paul Magazine "Top Doctor" (2016-2018)