Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD

Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, is a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor of Surgery, Senior Associate Dean for Health Informatics and Data Science, and Core Faculty in the Institute for Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota. A practicing colorectal surgeon, her clinical interests include colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, minimally invasive techniques, and individualized care for complex patients.

Dr. Melton-Meaux directs the Center for Learning Health System Sciences, which seeks to advance late-stage clinical translational sciences, its associated workforce development, value generation including patient experience and quality and safety outcomes in collaboration with health system and community partners. In the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, she serves as the Interim Associate Vice President of Health Innovation, a role advancing health informatics, data science, artificial intelligence and learning health systems. To optimally synergize these efforts, she serves as the Deputy Director for the AI Hub, the University-wide initiative advancing artificial intelligence innovation, education and workforce development across Minnesota. Previous leadership includes serving as Inaugural Program Director for the University's Clinical Informatics Fellowship and Inaugural Co-Director for the University's Clinical NLP Program.

Her research, which is funded through NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, FDA, and the state of Minnesota, spans surgical informatics, clinical natural language processing, improving EHR documentation, evaluating technology solutions in practice, and advancing learning health systems to generate real-world evidence and improve patient and community health.

Nationally, she has held or currently holds leadership roles as President of the American College of Medical Informatics, Board Member for HL7 International, Immediate Past President of the American Medical Informatics Association, and Chief Health Informatics Officer for the American College of Surgeons. An elected member to the American Surgical Association, American College of Medical Informatics, and International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, she was elected in 2024 to the National Academy of Medicine for her contributions to biomedical informatics, learning health systems, and integrating AI into healthcare.