Marc L. Melcher
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Multi-Organ Transplant 300 Pasteur Dr A160 Boswell Clinic Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 498-5688 Fax (650) 498-5690Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 498-5688Alternate Contact Terri Krause Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-498-5688Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- General Surgery
- Liver Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Hepatobiliary
Administrative Appointments
- Program Director, Stanford Surgery Residency (2011 - present)
- Associate Program Director, Stanford Multi-Organ Transplant Fellowship (2010 - present)
- Associate Program Director, Stanford Surgery Residency (2006 - 2011)
- Administrative Chief Resident, Stanford Surgery Residency (2003 - 2004)
Honors and Awards
- Member, Pacific Coast Surgical Society (2012 -)
- Poster of Distinction, American Transplant Congress (2010)
- Member, San Francisco Surgical Society (2009-)
- Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons (2004-)
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2009 -)
- Member, Association for Academic Surgery (2007-)
Professional Education
| Medical Education: | University of California at Berkeley CA (1999) |
| Fellowship: | UCSF Medical Center CA (06/30/2006) |
| Residency: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (06/30/2004) |
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2006) |
| Medical Education: | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons NY (1999) |
| Fellowship: | UC, San Francisco, Multi-organ Transplantation (2006) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- International Medicine, Guatemala
Internet Links
Industry Relationships
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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.
Publications
- Desensitization combined with paired exchange leads to successful transplantation in highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients: strategy and report of five cases. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb; (1): 82-7
- Dynamic challenges inhibiting optimal adoption of kidney paired donation: findings of a consensus conference. Am J Transplant. 2013; (4): 851-60
- Evaluating deceased donor registries: identifying predictive factors of donor designation. Am Surg. 2013; (3): 235-41
- Kidney transplant chains amplify benefit of nondirected donors. JAMA Surg. 2013; (2): 165-9
- The influence of intern home call on objectively measured perioperative outcomes. JAMA Surg. 2013; (4): 347-51
- Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection. Clin Transplant. 2012 Jul-Aug; (4): 558-63
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