Jonathan Larmonth Meakins, (born January 8, 1941) is a

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surgeon, academic, and expert in immunobiology and surgical infections.

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of Jonathan Fayette Meakins, in turn the son of Jonathan Campbell Meakins. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Western Ontario in 1966. He received a Doctor of Science from the University of Cincinnati in 1972. In 1974, he was appointed an assistant professor of Surgery and microbiology at McGill University. He was appointed an associate professor in 1979 and a professor in 1984. From 1988 to 1993, he was the chair of the department of surgery. He was surgeon-in-chief at Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Royal Victoria Hospital. From 2002 to 2008, he was the fourth person and first Canadian appointed to lead the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford as William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, Nuffield Professor of Surgery and fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. In 1992, he became co-editor of the ''Canadian Journal of Surgery''. He is the author of ''Surgical Infection in Critical Care Medicine'' (1985) and ''Surgical Infections: Diagnosis and Treatment'' (1994). He is the co-author of ''Surgical Care of the Elderly'' (1988), ''The Care of the Surgical Patient'' (1988), and ''Host Defence Dysfunction in Trauma, Shock and Sepsis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches'' (1993). In 2000, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada "as a leader in the development of laparoscopic and transplantation surgery".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meakins, Jonathan 1941 births Living people Canadian surgeons Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Academic staff of McGill University McGill University alumni Officers of the Order of Canada Physicians from Toronto Academics from Toronto University of Western Ontario alumni University of Cincinnati alumni