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Marc L. Melcher
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Transplant Program 750 Welch Rd Ste 200 MC 5785 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 725-9891 Fax (650) 723-3997Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 498-5688Administrative Contact Terri Krause Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-498-5688Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- General Surgery
- Liver Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Hepatobiliary
Administrative Appointments
- Associate Program Director, Stanford Surgery Residency (2006 - present)
- Administrative Chief Resident, Stanford Surgery Residency (2003 - 2004)
Honors and Awards
- Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons (2004-)
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2009 -)
- Member, Association for Academic Surgery (2007-)
- Member, Transplantation Society (2009 -)
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia Medical School (1999)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2006) |
| Fellowship: | UCSF Medical Center, CA (2006) |
| Residency: | Stanford University Medical Center, CA (2004) |
| Medical Education: | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NY (1999) |
| Medical Education: | University of California at Berkeley, CA (1995) |
Community & International Work
Web Site Links
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
My goal is to extend the benefits of organ transplant to greater numbers of patients while maintaining Stanford's excellent outcomes. We have set up a protocol to treat morbidly obese patients, who normally would not qualify for kidney transplant, with bariatric surgery prior to kidney transplantation. We are also developing the "paired-organ exchange" program at Stanford to increase the chances that patients with willing but incompatible living donors can still receive a living donor kidney.
Clinical Trials
Publications
- Postoperative infectious complications of abdominal solid organ transplantation. J Intensive Care Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; (1): 3-17
- Asynchronous, out-of-sequence, transcontinental chain kidney transplantation: a novel concept. Am J Transplant. 2009; (9): 2180-5
- Recovery of renal function in a dialysis-dependent patient following gastric bypass surgery. Obes Surg. 2009; (9): 1335-9
- Overcoming Immunological Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation At Stanford University Medical Center SGH Proceedings. 2008; (1): 5-19
- Antibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft. Am J Transplant. 2006; (2): 423-8
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