Alexa S. Meara MD

Alexa Simon Meara, MD, specializes in vasculitis, systemic lupus and arthritis. Dr. Meara is what some in medicine refer to as a “triple threat.” This clinician, educator and researcher joined The Ohio State University College of Medicine as a rheumatology fellow in 2013 and subsequently joined the faculty in 2017. She’s since broken her time down to 30% research, 30% teaching and 40% clinical. She’s also a big believer in mentoring women in medicine and science.

Dr. Meara grew up in Boston, often accompanying her father, a Harvard Medical School rheumatologist, on his hospital rounds. She earned an undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis before pursuing her medical degree at Georgetown Medical School in Washington, D.C. She then moved to East Carolina University for internal medicine training. She stayed on as chief resident and subsequently as associate program manager for the internal medicine residency program. Dr. Meara came to Ohio State for her rheumatology fellowship and now specializes in treating patients with vasculitis, systemic lupus and various forms of arthritis.