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1 Jill Ginnetti Meador, RN, BSN Greenlands Circle Mechanicsville, Virginia vcu.edu (home) (cell) EDUCATION Medical College of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Nursing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE July Present Bariatric Clinical Nurse Coordinator Department of Surgery Coordinate all aspects of Gastric Bypass and Ileoanal patient education, including preoperative, in-patient, discharge and follow up. Develop patient and staff educational tools including booklets, pamphlets, clinical guidelines, and standards of care. Coordinate web development, including creating and designing. Develop script for risk benefit video. Provide education and educational materials to nursing and resident staff. Round on bariatric surgery inpatients Serve as resource to patients and inpatient nursing staff. Assist in patient selection and evaluation for bariatric surgery. Receive patient telephone calls related to health concerns, triage call, evaluate symptoms and collaborate with the physicians as needed to establish a treatment plan. Arrange for necessary tests, procedures or prescriptions, and follow up with patient. Assist physician during office visits and procedures. Counsel bariatric patients regarding pre-operative, post-operative and long term care. Conduct weekly education class for all bariatric surgery patients. Receive lab results and make recommendations for adjustments in vitamin supplements. Collect research data; coordinate research projects; recruit participants for current projects. Serve as advisor to Gastric Bypass Club, create monthly newsletter, recruit guest speakers for monthly meetings, facilitate monthly meeting. Provide comprehensive education to visiting nurses, dietitians, and physicians for VCU Health Systems Bariatric Mini-Fellowship program. Served as clinical coordinator of a multi-center FDA clinical trial: Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System for Treatment of Clinically Severe Obesity. Led successful effort for ASBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence application. April July 1994 Clinical Nurse IV Manager, Surgical/Trauma Stepdown Unit Assistant Nurse Manager and Unit Educator, Surgical/Trauma floor

2 Managed staff and daily function of the Surgical/Trauma Stepdown Unit. Responsibilities included personnel management, staff orientation, scheduling, and coordination of care. Served as Unit Educator; coordinated education of new staff members, organized educational events for unit. Provided direct patient care to General Surgery, Bariatric and Trauma patients. Coordinated all aspects of unit orientation and staff education. Assumed responsibilities of Nurse Manager in her absence. July April 1992 Registered Nurse Clinician A Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Suite Assisted in routine and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. Administered medications for conscious sedation for all procedures. Assisted in ERCP procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic. Developed tools, collected and evaluated data for Quality Assessment and Improvement projects. April July 1990 Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Clinician A General Surgery/ Trauma Floor with Stepdown Unit Provided nursing care to general floor and Stepdown Unit patient population. Served as preceptor for new staff. Provided educational in-services. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Current Activities: Member, American Society for Bariatric Surgery Chair, Program Committee, American Society for Bariatric Surgery Member, Editorial Board, Surgery for Obesity and Related Disorders (SOARD) Member, Surgical Patient Care Committee Member, Ambulatory Leadership Council Advisor, MCV Gastric Bypass Club Previous Activities June 1993-July 1994 Member, Council of Unit Educators, departmental and hospital April 1993-July 1994 Member, Clinical Support Subcommittee April 1992-July 1994 Member, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing Management Group April 1992-July 1994 Member, Recruitment and Retention Committee August 1990-April 1992 Member, Society for Gastrointestinal Nurses and Associates August 1989-April 1990 Chairperson, Surgical Professional Practice Council

3 HOSPITAL PRESENTATIONS Pre-op and Post-op Management for Obesity Surgery Patients Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity DVT/PE Prevention Strategies for Obesity Surgery Patients Lap Band Surgery for Morbid Obesity Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch for Morbid Obesity Total Colectomy and Ileoanal Anastamosis for Ulcerative Colitis Care of Central Line Catheters Chest Tube Care Care of the Patient with a Tracheostomy Nasotracheal Suctioning Pancreatitis: Acute and Chronic ERCP HOSPITAL AND UNIT PUBLICATIONS Obesity Surgery Center Educational Materials: VCU Health Systems Gastric Bypass Surgery Patient Education Manual Fact Sheet Gastric Bypass Surgery Gastric Bypass Surgery Patient Information Brochure Text and Design, VCU Medical Center Web Page for Obesity Surgery Risk/Benefit Video script Preparing for Ileoanal Surgery; VCU Health Systems patient education booklet Clinical Guidelines: Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery Administrative Guidelines: Stepdown Unit Nursing Protocols OSA Responsibilities: Stepdown Unit Admission Process: Stepdown Unit\ Stepdown Unit Staffing Patient Teaching Protocols: Gastric Bypass Surgery Pancreatitis Clinical Guidelines: Gastric Bypass Surgery Davol Drain Maintenance ERCP PANELS, INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND MODERATORS: Host, Establishing and Facilitating Quality Bariatric Support Groups, April 2006 Guest Faculty, Duke University, Managing the Complexities of a Busy Bariatric Practice; How to Become a COE. Advanced Topics in Bariatric Surgery, March, 2006 Wound Healing Issues & ASBS Allied Health Update, The Virginia Bariatric Society Fall Meeting, Williamsburg, VA November 2005 Wound Healing Challenges with the Bariatric Patient, Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care, September 2005 Case Presentation, Post-Graduate Course, 21 st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric

4 Surgery Nursing Special Interest Group, Orlando, June 2005 Moderator, 22 nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery; Nursing Special Interest Group, Orlando, July 2005 Postoperative Nursing Care; Fundamentals of Bariatric Surgery Course, St.Louis, March 2005 Gastric Bypass, What it means to Bariatric Patients, Frontiers Lecture series, VCU Medical Center, October 2004 Case Presentation, Post-Graduate Course, 21 st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery; Nursing Special Interest Group, San Diego, June 2004 Moderator, 21 st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Nursing Special Interest Group, San Diego, June 2004 Management of the Gastric Bypass Surgery Patient; Oral Presentation, VCU Medical Center Emerging Trends in Adult Health Care, Richmond Virginia, April 2004 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Bariatric Surgery with Patient Perspective; Oral presentation to the Virginia Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; Nutrition Support Update 2002: Spanning the Continuum of Care, November 2002 Panel Member, selection criteria and patient education, Anthem BC/BS Medical Policy Forum, Improving Outcomes in the Surgical Management of Clinically Severe Obesity, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2003 Panel member, Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG), American Society for Bariatric Surgery 20 th Annual Meeting, June 2003 Panel Member, Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG), American Society for Bariatric Surgery 19 th Annual Meeting, June 2002 Do I Need A Nurse Coordinator? Oral Presentation, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Course, Richmond, VA December 1, 2000 Panel Discussion Member, Symposia in Clinical Gastroenterology, September 23, 2000 Moderator, Allied Health General Session, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 2000 Heel pain resolution following gastric bypass surgery. Oral presentation, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 2000 Video Quiz. Oral presentation, GI Nurses and Associates: Principles and Practices, March 1992 ABSTRACTS AND MANUSCRIPTS: Meador J, McLellan M, DeMaria EJ, Kellum JM, Sugerman HS. Pre-operative education for gastric bypass surgery. Oral presentation, American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 1998 Meador J, Sugerman HJ, Kellum JM, DeMaria EJ, Wolfe L. Heel pain resolution following gastric bypass surgery. Oral presentation to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, June 2000 Sugerman HJ, Meador J, Kellum JM, DeMaria EJ, Wolfe L. Heel pain resolution following gastric bypass surgery. Poster presentation to the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NASSO), Long Beach, California, October 31, 2000 Sugerman HJ, Sugerman E, Meador J, Newsome HH, Kellum JM, DeMaria ED. Ileal pouch anal anastamosis without ileal diversion. Oral presentation to the 17 th World Congress of the International Society for Digestive Surgery, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2000 Esophageal Dilitation and Dysphagia After Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding. Doty, Sugerman, DeMaria, Kellum, Szucs, Turner, Meador. Oral presentation at American Society for Bariatric Surgery Meeting, June 2000; Obesity Surgery Journal DeMaria E, Sugerman H, Kellum J, Doty J, Meador J, Wolfe L, Szucs R, Turner, M. High Failure Rate Following Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding For Treatment of Obesity. Annals of Surgery, June 2001 Lap Band: Is The Weight Loss Worth The Weight? Kothari, DeMaria, Sugerman, Kellum, Meador, Wolfe. Presented at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Meeting, Washington DC, June 2001 Results of 203 Consecutive Total Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypasses With a Linear Stapled Gastrojejunostomy to Treat Morbid Obesity. DeMaria, Sugerman, Kellum, Meador, Wolfe. Presented at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Meeting, Washington DC, June 2001 DeMaria E, Sugerman H, Kellum J, Meador J, Wolfe L. Results of 281 Consecutive Total Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypasses to Treat Morbid Obesity. Annals of Surgery, May 2002

5 Kothari S, DeMaria E, Sugerman H, Kellum J, Meador J, Wolfe L. Lap-Band failures: Conversion to Gastric Bypass and Their Preliminary Outcomes. Annals of Surgery, March 2002 Fernandez A, DeMaria E, Tichansky D, Kellum J, Wolfe L, Meador J, Sugerman H; Experience With Over 3000 Open and Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures: Multivariate Analysis of Factors Related to Mortality and Leak Sugerman H, DeMaria E, Kellum J, Meador J, Wolfe L; Effects of Bariatric Surgery in Older Patients Fernandez A, DeMaria E, Tichansky D, Kellum J, Wolfe L, Meador J, Sugerman H; Experience with over 3000 Open and Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures: Multivariate Analysis of Factors Related to Leak and Resultant Mortality: SAGES, March 2002 Fernandez A, DeMaria E, Tichansky D, Kellum J, Wolfe L, Meador J, Sugerman H; Multivariate analysis of risk factors for death following gastric bypass for treatment of morbid obesity; Surgical Endoscopy 2003 Tichansky D, DeMaria E, Fernandez A, Kellum J, Wolfe L, Meador J, Sugerman H; Laparoscopic Rouxen-y Gastric Bypass In Massively Obese Patients Is Feasible And Does Not Result In Increased Post Operative Complications Bond D, Evans R, Wolfe L, Meador J, Sugerman H, Kellum J, DeMaria E; Impact of Self-Reported Physical Activity Participation on Proportion of Excess Weight Loss and BMI among Gastric Bypass Surgery Patients; ASBS, June 2004 DeMaria E, Tichansky D, Fernandez A, Kellum J, Wolfe L, Meador J; Super-super Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Have Less Post Operative Complications Compared to Those Undergoing Open Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass Evans R, Bond D, DeMaria E, Wolfe L, Meador J, Kellum J; Initiation and Progression of Physical Activity After Laparoscopic and Open Gastric Bypass Surgery; Surgical Innovation, December 2004 Heckman, C, Olbrisch, M.E, Rodgers, K., Meador, J.G, DeMaria, E, & Haller, D.L. The Health and Behavioral Issues Test (HABIT): Psychometric properties in two samples. Poster presentation at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August 20, Jamal M, DeMaria E, Johnson J, Carmody B, Wolfe L, Kellum J, Meador J. Impact of Major Co-Morbidities on Mortality and Complications after Gastric Bypass; SOARD, November/December 2005 Bond, D; Evans, R; DeMaria E, Wolfe L, Meador J, Kellum J; Maher, J; Physical Activity Stage of Readiness Predicts Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity Participation Among Morbidly Obese Gastric Bypass Surgery Candidates; SOARD Olbrisch, M.E., Starkey, J., Ascari, J., Kaplan, E., Meador, J. and Maher, J. Two Day Food Diaries at a Tool for Assessment of Disordered Eating Behavior in Candidates for Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Surgical Nursing and Patient Care, 2006, 1

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