Ashley D. Meagher, MD

Bio

Dr. Meagher is a board-certified surgeon in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at IU School of Medicine.  She currently serves as the Director of Research for the Division of Acute Care Surgery, and the Assistant Director of Surgical Intensive Care Unit at IU Methodist Hospital. Dr. Meagher received her medical degree from University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and her Masters in Public Health from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dr. Meagher has a clinical focus in surgical palliative care, and she started and coordinates the Indiana Comfort Care Quilts program, which makes and provides quilts for patients at the end of life at IU Health Methodist Hospital. This program has provided more than 500 quilts for patients since 2018.  This organization has volunteers state-wide that donate time and resources to make quilts for the patients of Methodist Hospital.

Dr Meagher is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the IU School of Medicine, and frequently teaches courses on implicit bias, provides upstander training, and has participated in the School of Medicine’s Achieving Inclusivity in Medicine program.  She is passionate about mentoring a diverse group of students, residents, and fellows, and is enthusiastic about increasing diversity and inclusivity awareness to the current and next generation of healthcare workers.

Dr. Meagher is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of multiple surgical and trauma organizations. She currently serves on the Rural Trauma Committee for EAST, Geriatric Trauma Committee for AAST, the IU School of Medicine Department of Surgery Diversity Council, IU School of Medicine Diversity Council, and IUPUI Interfaculty Council on Diversity Equity and Inclusion.

Key Publications

1.) Holler E, Meagher AD, Ortiz D, Mohanty S, Newnum A, Perkins A, Gao S, Kinnaman G, Boustani M, Zarzaur B.

Preinjury Functional Independence is not Associated with Discharge Location in Older Trauma Patients. J Surg Res. 2021 Oct;266:413-420. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.04.029. Epub 2021 Jun 5. PMID: 34098433.

2.) Douglas AD, Zaidi M, Maatman T, Choi J, Meagher AD. Caring For Incarcerated Patients: Can it Ever Be Equal? Association of Program Directors in Surgery 2021 Annual Meeting. [Quickshot Presentation] *Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

3.) Douglas A 2nd, Puzio T, Murphy P, Menard L, Meagher AD. Damage Control Thoracotomy: A Systematic Review of Techniques and Outcomes. Injury. 2020 Dec 29:S0020-1383(20)31052-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.12.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33386155.

4.) Maatman TK Jalali F, Feizpour C, Douglas A 2nd, McGuire SP, Kinnaman G, Hartwell JL, Maatman BT, Kreutz RP, Kapoor R, Rahman O, Zyromski NJ, Meagher AD. Routine Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis May Be Inadequate in the Hypercoagulable State of Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019. Crit Care Med. 2020 May 27:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004466. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32459672; PMCID: PMC7302085.

5.) Bender MA, Kummet C, Buck L, Schlenker K, Meagher AD, Marchand L. Narrative Quilting. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2020;23(3):428–429.