New faculty spotlight: T. Jason Meredith, M.D.

T. Jason Meredith, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: T. Jason Meredith, M.D.
• Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
• Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Family Medicine; associate program director, UNMC Department of Family Medicine Residency Program

Previous positions:

• UNMC/Offutt Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, 2011-2014
• Allegheny Health Network-St. Vincent Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Erie, Pennsylvania, 2014-15
• Residency faculty, Offutt Air Force Base, 2015-2019
• Faculty Development Fellowship, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine, 2016-2017
• Director, primary care sports medicine, Offutt Air Force Base, 2015-2019
• Medical director, Offutt Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency Clinic, 2016-2019

Research/professional and medical interests:

• Medical education;
• Outpatient and inpatient medicine:
• Non-operative musculoskeletal care;
• Musculoskeletal ultrasound; and
• Ultrasound-guided procedures.

How I fell in love with family medicine: As an undergraduate, I always knew I wanted to be involved in health care but ended up changing my major several times (athletic training to pre-physical therapy to finally pre-medicine). Family medicine was always appealing to me because of the variety of patients and diseases processes that we get to encounter on a daily basis. I loved being able to develop relationships with patients. Family medicine also offered me the opportunity to sub specialize in non-operative sports medicine.

Degrees:

• B.S, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo.;
• M.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
• Family medicine residency, UNMC/Offutt Air Force Base
• Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Allegheny Health Network-St. Vincent, Erie, Pa.
• Faculty Development Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill Department of Family Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Memberships:

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Medical Society of Sports Medicine
• Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Three things people may not know about me:

• I got the opportunity to defer my admission to medical school and be a full-time high school teacher and coach for a year. It totally changed my outlook on life and my goals once I entered the medical profession.
• I am passionate about sports, particularly college football, college wrestling, Manchester United soccer, Memphis Grizzlies basketball, St. Louis Cardinals baseball and St. Louis Blues hockey.
• I love history, especially U.S. military history.

Clinic location: Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Clinics at Bellevue Medical Center, 2500 Bellevue Medical Center Drive, Bellevue

For appointments and referrals: 402-559-7200