
Melisa R Chang M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1223 16TH ST STE 3400 SANTA MONICA CA, 90404About
Dr. Melisa Chang is a critical care surgeon practicing in SANTA MONICA, CA. Dr. Chang specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Chang has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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- Dr. James E. Burrows M.D.1301 20th St Santa Monica CA 90404
- Rucha Gadgil M.D.1223 16TH ST STE 3400 SANTA MONICA CA 90404
- Dr. Hossein Babaali M.D.2428 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404
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757 WESTWOOD PLAZA LOS ANGELES CA 90095