Dr Meade received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College after graduating from The Pennsylvania State University. He completed his orthopaedic residency at Thomas Jefferson University/Rothman Institute and a fellowship in sports medicine and advanced knee reconstruction with Dr Frank Noyes in Cincinnati.
Thomas Meade, MD served as Department Chair, Orthopedic Knee Arthroplasty with Coordinated Health (2010-2020)and has held multiple academic positions, currently attending orthopaedic surgeon at Jefferson/ Lehigh Valley Health Network
Dr Meade has practiced in NE Pennsylvania since 1989 and has performed more than 23,000 procedures, including 15 years of level-one trauma surgery. He designed and developed one of the largest orthopaedic facilities in the country and also established a large sports medicine company that cares for dozens of high schools, colleges, and Olympic and professional teams. The Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers have retained Dr. Meade’s services as a consultant.
He has limited his practice to knee surgery since 2004. He holds numerous patents for orthopaedic implants, instruments, and techniques. He has served as a surgeon consultant-designer for Stryker, Arthrex and Exactech. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and books and is the host of two locally syndicated TV shows: Real Life in The OR and The Dr Meade Show (SSPTV.com)
He speaks and consults internationally and is active in clinical research in knee arthroplasty, computer-generated 3-D guides, and nutriceuticals. In addition, he is a national thought leader in outpatient total knee arthroplasty, kinematic alignment knee arthroplasty, and opioid-sparing orthopaedic surgery.
Dr Meade is an avid cyclist, a competitive swimmer, and a triathlete, and has qualified for the Ironman Triathlon. He has held top ten individual US Masters Swimming rankings and several US Masters Swimming world relay records.
His latest passion is to reflect on his experience of over 40 years in medicine and produce a TV series called ‘Truth in Medicine’ and a website ( Meadeinmedicine.com) dedicated to exposing misinformation in medicine and empower people with the tools to trust themselves and not fear challenging dogma produced by some of the power brokers in medicine more focused on shareholder profit than prevention of chronic disease.