Meador, Keith
| Position: | Senior Fellow in Theology and Health |
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| Degrees: | B.A., Vanderbilt University
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| Address: | Duke University Divinity School
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| Phone: | (919) 660-3488 | |||
| E-mail: | keith.meador@duke.edu |
Biography
Keith G. Meador, M.D., ThM, MPH, is Senior Fellow in Theology and Health. He established the Theology and Medicine Program in the Divinity School and gives leadership to varied programmatic initiatives one of which is the Caring Communities Program, which seeks to support health ministries and form caring communities throughout the Carolinas through education of clergy, health care providers, and lay leaders in the community. The Theology and Medicine Program also includes academic opportunities for nursing, medical, divinity, and undergraduate students to pursue studies in theology and health and the practice of health ministries.
Dr. Meador’s scholarship focuses on pastoral theology interpreted through practices of caring and their formation within the Christian community, as well as the investigation of health ministries as a manifestation of these practices. A physician and board certified psychiatrist, his work builds on his clinical, research and teaching background in mental health, pastoral theology, and public health about which he lectures widely and has published numerous publications including the recently co-authored book, Heal Thyself: Spirituality, Medicine, and the Distortion of Christianity.
He is co-director for the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health in the Duke University Medical Center, and holds a joint appointment as professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Duke School of Medicine. He also serves as a senior fellow in the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.