Associate Professor Department of Surgery, Stanford University

General Surgery

Marc L. Melcher works in the field of General Surgery. He went to Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is a one of the best medicals schools. Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is ranked 8 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Marc Melcher is also published. He has 35 publications published. The lastest publication: "Identification and characterization of the CLK1 gene product, a novel CaM kinase-like protein kinase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.' Marc Melcher accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Prehabilitation in our most frail surgical patients: are wearable fitness devices the next frontier?
• Saving Supersick Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant.
• Factors Associated With General Surgery Residents' Desire to Leave Residency Programs: A Multi-institutional Study.
• PREDICT: Instituting an Educational Time Out in the Operating Room.
• Primary Surgical Resection Versus Liver Transplantation for Transplant-Eligible Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients.
• Kidney failure in a transplant from an identical twin.
• Effect of the 16-Hour Work Limit on General Surgery Intern Operative Case Volume: A Multi-institutional Study.
• The influence of intern home call on objectively measured perioperative outcomes.
• Dynamic challenges inhibiting optimal adoption of kidney paired donation: findings of a consensus conference.
• Evaluating deceased donor registries: identifying predictive factors of donor designation.
• Kidney transplant chains amplify benefit of nondirected donors.
• Symbiotic or parasitic? A review of the literature on the impact of fellowships on surgical residents.
• General surgery resident remediation and attrition: a multi-institutional study.
• Chain Transplantation: Initial Experience of a Large Multicenter Program.
• Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection.
• Potential Nutritional Conflicts in Bariatric and Renal Transplant Patients.
• Sclerosing peritonitis after kidney transplantation: a not-so-silky cocoon.
• Population pharmacokinetic analysis of mycophenolic acid coadministered with either tasocitinib (CP-690,550) or tacrolimus in adult renal alloGraft recipients.
• Predicting performance on the American Board of Surgery qualifying and certifying examinations: a multi-institutional study.
• Postoperative infectious complications of Abdominal solid organ transplantation.
• More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery.
• Gastric carcinoid tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome can be symptomatic, demonstrate aggressive growth, and require surg...
• A novel technique to treat ruptured umbilical Hernias in patients with liver cirrhosis and severe ascites.
• Ileocolic intussusception in an adult.
• Identification and characterization of the CLK1 gene product, a novel CaM kinase-like protein kinase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
• Comparison of Biliary complications in adult living-donor liver transplants performed at two busy transplant centers.
• Outcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks and strictures after adult-to-adult living donor Liver transplant.
• Antibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas alloGraft.
• Thymoglobulin-associated Cd4+ T-cell depletion and infection risk in HIV-infected renal transplant recipients.
• Transporting live donor kidneys for kidney paired donation: initial national results.
• Managing finances of shipping living donor kidneys for donor exchanges.
• Recovery of renal function in a dialysis-dependent patient following gastric bypass surgery.
• Spontaneous splenic rupture: the masquerade of minor trauma.
• Asynchronous, out-of-sequence, transcontinental chain kidney transplantation: a novel concept.

Schools

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• Columbia University College Of Physicians and Surgeons

Procedures Preformed

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• Adrenalectomy
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Embolectomy, Thrombectomy, or Vessel Exploration
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biliary Atresia
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• UCSF
• Stanford University
• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Hospital

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• Stanford Health Care
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1003870486
NPPES Provider LastName		MELCHER
NPPES Provider FirstName		MARC
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		943041509
NPPES Provider State		CA
Specialty Description		General Surgery
Total Claim Count		957.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		28.0
Percent Opioid Claims		2.93

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1003870486
Last Name Of The Provider	MELCHER
First Name Of The Provider	MARC
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