Background

and

Credentials

Roy A. Meals, MD

Undergraduate:  Rice University, BA, cum laude, 1967

Medical School:  Vanderbilt University, 1971

Surgery Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1971-1973

General Medical Officer, United States Air Force, 1973-1975

Orthopedic Surgery Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1975-1978

Hand Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1978-1979

Faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-Present

Currently:  Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Board Certification:  American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, 1980

Certificate of Added Qualifications for Surgery of the Hand, 1989, 1999

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand

President 2003-2004