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Stephen J. Meister, MD, MHSA, FAAP

Steve Meister for Congress
PO Box 2208
Augusta, Maine 04338-2208

Office: (207) 620-7280
Fax: (207) 620-7281

stevemeisterforcongress@gmail.com

Professional Positions

• 1998 - Present
• Clinical Director, Pediatric Rapid Evaluation Program (PREP)
  Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center, Augusta and Waterville, Maine

• 2007 -08
• State of Maine Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee

• 2002 -07
• Principal Investigator, The Mid-Maine Child Trauma Network
  Edmund N. Ervin Pediatric Center, Augusta and Waterville, Maine

• 1996 - Present
• Adjunct Clinical Professor of Community and Family Medicine,
  Dartmouth University

• 1996 - Present
• MaineGeneral Medical Center, Staff Physician

• 1994-96
• Associate Clinical Professor
  The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Department of Pediatrics

• 1991-94
• Staff Physician
  Patient Care Medical Group, San Diego, California

• 1987-91
• Head, Pediatric Acute Care Clinic
  Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California

• 1990-91
• Director, Child Abuse Evaluation and Follow-up Committee
  Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California

• 1989-90
• Child Death Review Committee, San Diego County

• 1990-91
• Director of Emergency Services, Fox Trot and Kilo Surgical Company
  First Marine Division, First Surgical Support Group III Saudi Arabia

Education and Training

• 1976
• B.A. Human Biology
  Brown University, Providence, RI

• 1984
• Doctor of Medicine
  Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

• 1984-87
• Internship/Residency
  Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY

• 2003
• Masters Health Services Administration
  The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Memberships

• Diplomat American Board of Pediatrics
• Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
• Executive Committee Maine Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
• Maine Medical Association
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• PALS Instructor/Provider 1988-2006

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 1980-84
• USN Health Sciences Scholarship

• 1994-95
• Public Health Service Trainee Scholarship

• 2003
• American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award

GRANT PROJECTS

• 1998-present
• The Pediatric Rapid Evaluation Program (PREP)
  A public/private collaborative program uses an integrated medical and mental health model to evaluate the needs of foster children as they enter temporary care in the State of Maine.

• 2002- 2006
• The Mid-Maine Child Trauma Network (MMCTN)
  Funded through SAMHSA grant #1 U79SM54326-01, MMCTN was a category III National Child Traumatic Stress Network community practice site. Our projects mission was to raise awareness of the needs of children and families that have experienced serious traumatic stress and to improve access and availability of quality trauma sensitive medical and mental health care.

• 2001-2004
• The Kennebec Pediatrics Care Coordination Program
  Funded through MaineCare and the Bingham Program, this project’s goal was to improve care coordination for children with special medical, developmental and behavioral health needs. Products developed included:
  
  1. The Kennebec Pediatrics' Care Notebook was created to help families organize their child's records and enhance communication between providers.
  2. The Kennebec Pediatrics practice website to improve our families' access to quality health information available on the web and improve their ability to locate pediatric providers and services around the State of Maine. www.kennebecpediatrics.com

PUBLICATIONS

Cat Scratch Disease Associated with Neuroretinitis in a 6-year old girl;
Ulrich, Waecker, Meister, Peterson and Hooper: Ophthalmology, Vol 99, N02 Feb 1992.

Autosomal Dominant Tetramelic Postaxial Oligodactyly; Wulfsberg, Mirkinson and Meister: American Journal of Medical Genetics, 46:579-83 (1993).

Emergency Medicine in the Persian Gulf War – Part 3: Battlefield Casualties; Burkle, Newland, Meister and Blood: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 23:4 April 1994.

Stress/Trauma Assessment of Children Entering Foster Care;Rains and Meister: International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Poster Presentation, San Antonio, Texas, November 16-18, 2000.

PRESENTATIONS

Children with Special Health Care Needs; developing a care coordination program in a primary care pediatric office
The American Academy of Pediatrics National Medical Home and Catch Conference. Chicago, Illinois. July 2004

Promoting Resiliency in Children and Families during Disaster/Terrorism Events
Maine DHHS Public Health Conference, September 2004

Mental Health Needs of the Child in Juvenile Hall; Rates of PTSD
Kids Law Conference. Augusta, Maine September 2005

Medical Needs of Children in Foster Care; an Historical Perspective
The Spurwink Child Abuse Conference, Colby College, Waterville, Maine July 2006.

GRAND ROUNDS:

Children with Serious Medical Needs; Screening for Traumatic Stress Disorders Using the Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit

• MaineGeneral Medical Center October 2005
• St. Mary's Regional Medical Center EMS Conference November 2005
• Eastern Maine Medical Center January 2006
• Central Maine Medical Center February 2006
• Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital (Maine Medical Center) April 2006