Dr. Marc L. Melcher MD, PHD
Surgeon
400 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Marc Melcher is a general surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Melcher specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Melcher provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1999
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ileocolic intussusception in an adult.
- Gastric carcinoid tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome can be symptomatic, demonstrate aggressive growth, and require surgical treatment.
- Postoperative infectious complications of abdominal solid organ transplantation.
- Recovery of renal function in a dialysis-dependent patient following gastric bypass surgery.
- Predicting performance on the American Board of Surgery qualifying and certifying examinations: a multi-institutional study.
- Sclerosing peritonitis after kidney transplantation: a not-so-silky cocoon.
- Potential nutritional conflicts in bariatric and renal transplant patients.
- Managing finances of shipping living donor kidneys for donor exchanges.
- Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection.
- Symbiotic or parasitic? A review of the literature on the impact of fellowships
- Desensitization combined with paired exchange leads to successful transplantation in highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients: strategy and report of five cases.
- Evaluating deceased donor registries: identifying predictive factors of donor designation.
- Kidney failure in a transplant from an identical twin.
- Center-defined unacceptable HLA antigens facilitate transplants for sensitized patients in a multi-center kidney exchange program.
- PREDICT: Instituting an Educational Time Out in the Operating Room.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Vascular Disease
Publications
- Digestive diseases and sciencesPrimary surgical resection versus liver transplantation for transplant2014
- JAMA SURGERYEffect of the 16-Hour Work Limit on General Surgery Intern Operative Case Volume A Multi2013
- American jourl of kidney diseasesQuiz page august 2013: kidney failure in a transplant from an identical twin.2013
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONDymic Challenges Inhibiting Optimal Adoption of Kidney Paired Dotion2013
- JAMA surgeryThe influence of intern home call on objectively measured perioperative outcomes.2013
- AMERICAN SURGEONEvaluating Deceased Donor Registries: Identifying Predictive Factors of Donor Desigtion2013
- JAMA SURGERYKidney Transplant Chains Amplify Benefit of Nondirected Donors2013
- TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGSDesensitization Combined With Paired Exchange Leads to Successful Transplantation2013
- ANLS OF SURGERYSymbiotic or Parasitic?2012
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONChain Transplantation: Initial Experience of a Large Multicenter Program2012
- ARCHIVES OF SURGERYGeneral Surgery Resident Remediation and Attrition A Multi-institutiol Study2012
- CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATIONIncidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection2012
- OBESITY SURGERYPotential Nutritiol Conflicts in Bariatric and Rel Transplant Patients2011
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONMaging Finces of Shipping Living Donor Kidneys for Donor Exchanges2011
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONTransporting Live Donor Kidneys for Kidney Paired Dotion: Initial tiol Results2011
- DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCESSclerosing Peritonitis After Kidney Transplantation: A Not-So-Silky Cocoon2011
- Kim, I. K., Lapasia, J., Elihu, A., Tan, J., Scandling, J., Busque, S.Donors with Kidney Stones: Should We Pass?2011
- Nephrology Dialysis TransplantationCytomegalovirus in the transplanted kidney: a report of two cases and review of prophylaxis2011
- THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORINGPopulation Pharmacokinetic Alysis of Mycophenolic Acid Coadministered With Either Tasocitinib2010
- CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATIONOutcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks2010
- CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATIONComparison of biliary complications in adult living2010
- ARCHIVES OF SURGERYPredicting Performance on the American Board of Surgery Qualifying2010
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONAsynchronous, Out-of-Sequence, Transcontinental Chain Kidney Transplantation: A Novel Concept2009
- OBESITY SURGERYRecovery of Rel Function in a Dialysis-Dependent Patient Following Gastric Bypass Surgery2009
- Jourl of intensive care medicinePostoperative infectious complications of abdomil solid organ transplantation.2009
- Veale, J. L., Butt, F. K., Gritsch, H. A., Danovitch, G., Wilkinson, ASomething Special in the Air2009
- SGH ProceedingsOvercoming Immunological Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation At Stan2008
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONThymoglobulin-associated Cd4+ T-cell depletion2006
- AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATIONAntibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft2006
- JOURL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARESpontaneous splenic rupture: The masquerade of minor trauma2005
- ARCHIVES OF SURGERYMore than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery2005
- SURGERYGastric carcinoid tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 patients with Zollinger2004
- JOURL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES-PART AA novel technique to treat ruptured umbilical hernias in patients with liver cirrhosis2003
- JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONSIleocolic intussusception in an adult2003
- JOURL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRYIdentification and characterization of the CLK1 gene product1996
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