EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (History), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

September 2008 – May 2012

• Graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Medical Doctor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

October 2012 – May 2016

• Thesis: Does Haptoglobin Phenotype Predict Postoperative Complications Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery? (Honorable mention)

General Surgery Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (South Nassau), Oceanside, NY

July 2016 – June 2021

Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Aug 2021 – July 2023

• Focus in robotic and general thoracic surgery.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

United States Army Reserve Officer Training Core Cadet, United States Army

September 2008 – June 2010

• Studied military science and was a member of the Color Guard. Led and participated in field training exercises in Camp Pendleton.

Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Research Assistant, University of California Los Angeles (Garg Lab)

September 2010 – May 2012

• Conducted reactions with indoles and indolyne derivatives. Performed NMR spectroscopy.

Researcher, Rambam Healthcare Campus Department of Cardiac Surgery, Haifa

December 2012 – March 2016

• Conducted research correlating patient genotypes for haptoglobin with post coronary artery bypass grafting surgery complications.

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION

The American Board of Surgery

October 2021 – October 2031

• Certificate number: 068512

Medical License – Wisconsin

June 2021 – October 2023

• License number: 75532-20

Medical License – New York

January 2023 - Present

• License number: 320864

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Chabad Young Philanthropist Award, April 2012

• Phi Beta Kappa, May 2012

• Resident Research Award, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019

• ABSITE Award, June 2020, June 2021

COURSES

• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Resident Robotic Course, Intuitive, September 2019

• Advanced Robotic Treatment for the Complex Pulmonary Patient, Bard Surgical Education, March 2022

• Atricure Fellows Advanced Cardiac Ablation Course, AtriCure, August 2022

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Rambam Healthcare Campus Department of Cardiac Surgery Fundraiser, Haifa

July 2014

• I initiated and organized a fundraiser for the cardiac surgery department. Speakers included the Counsel General of Israel David Siegel and renowned professor Karl Skorecki. Raised over $80,000 which helped pay for an ECMO circuit and an intraoperative coronary graft flow meter.

Mount Sinai South Nassau Spanish Language Interpreter, Oceanside

June 2017 – June 2021

• Volunteered time to interpret whenever needed in the hospital setting.

SCHOLARLY REVIEWS

• British Medical Journal Case Reports, Jan 2020 – Present

• The Cureus Journal of Medical Science, Nov 2022 – Present

PUBLICATIONS

Goetz AE, Bronner SM, Cisneros JD, Melamed JM, Paton RS, Houk KN, Garg NK. An efficient computational model to predict the synthetic utility of heterocyclic arynes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Mar 12;51(11):2758-62. doi: 10.1002/anie.201108863. Epub 2012 Feb 3. PMID: 22307724; PMCID: PMC4502420.

Bridges F, Gibbs J, Melamed J, Cussatti E, White S. Clinically diagnosed cholecystitis: a case series. J Surg Case Rep. 2018 Feb 28;2018(2):rjy031. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjy031. PMID: 29511527; PMCID: PMC5829721.

Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Masquerading as Rheumatoid Pulmonary Disease. Joshua Melamed MD, Shahriyour Andaz MD. AB2018-130, 23rd Annual National Comprehensive Cancer Network Electronic Journal, March 2018.

Melamed J. Item writer for the This Week in Score (TWIS) [Pain Management] Quiz. The SCORE Portal. http://www.surgicalcore.org. Published [5/17/2020].

Melamed J. Item writer for This Week in Score (TWIS) [Oncology and Tumor Biology] Quiz. The SCORE Portal. http://www.surgicalcore.org. Published [6/7/2020].

Geiselmann MT, Acampa DJ, Melamed J, Arif F, Takabe K, Seitelman E, Datta R, Gunasekaran G, Takahashi H. Immunoglobulin G4-Negative Inflammatory Pseudotumors of the Pancreas. World J Oncol. 2021 Dec;12(6):240-245. doi: 10.14740/wjon1432. Epub 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 35059084; PMCID: PMC8734500.

Kamalia MA, Carlson SF, Melamed J, Ubert A, Rossi PJ, Durham LA. Adhered ECMO cannula in COVID-19 related severe acute respiratory failure. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Oct 8;17(1):263. doi: 10.1186/s13019-022-02004-4. PMID: 36209244; PMCID: PMC9547677.

Newman J, Syed A, Blivaiss C, Melamed J, Andaz S. Calcified Catheter-Related Fibrin Sheath Forms Large Intravenous Cast in Hemodialysis Patient Causing Embolic Sequelae. Cureus. 2022 Nov 20;14(11):e31714. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31714. PMID: 36569717; PMCID: PMC9768385.

Kassels AC, Melamed J, Rogers A, Johnstone D. Thoracic chordoma in a 36-year-old female. J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Dec 5;2022(12):rjac541. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac541. PMID: 36479224; PMCID: PMC9722240.

Syed A, Kamalia MA, Messina A, Andaz S, Melamed J, Gibson V. A Novel Approach to Repair of Tracheal Occlusion Secondary to Percutaneous Tracheostomy Creation. Cureus. 2023 Jan 17;15(1):e33868. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33868. PMID: 36819365; PMCID: PMC9933416.

Cardwell M, Lu MS, Melamed J, Astle J, Gasparri M, Johnstone DW. A Case of Unicentric Castleman Disease with Concomitant Myasthenia Gravis and Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. Am J Case Rep. 2023 Feb 2;24:e938305. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.938305. PMID: 36726305; PMCID: PMC9901491.

Syed, Ali; Melamed, Joshua; Durham, Lucian; Gasparri, Mario (2023). Robotic Repair of Gun Shot Injury to Trachea. CTSNet, Inc. Media. https://doi.org/10.25373/ctsnet.21859884.v1

Sharadhi M. Thalner, Kasey J. Chaszczewski, Joshua Melamed, John T. Hambrook, Aoy TomitaMitchell, Michael E. Mitchell, Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a Preschooler with SchuursHoeijmakers Syndrome, Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports, 2023, ISSN 2772-9931, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2023.06.003.

Syed A, Durham L, Melamed J, et al. (August 18, 2023) Subclinical Aortic Insufficiency Causing Cardiogenic Shock Years After Impella Placement. Cureus 15(8): e43699. doi:10.7759/cureus.43699

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Does Haptoglobin Phenotype Predict Post-CABG Complications? Joshua Melamed BA, Oved Cohen MD, Ziv Beckerman MD, Keren Biton Worms PhD, Gil Bolotin MD. Abstract presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society, April 2015.

Pseudomyxoma Peritoneii: An incidental finding on laparoscopic appendectomy. Joshua Melamed, Robert Amajoyi, Narinder Grewal, Rajiv Datta, Eric Seitelman. Poster presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, December 2016.

An Interesting Case: Resection of Thymic Carcinoma with Pericardial Patch Repair. Joshua Melamed MD, Allison Messina MD; Visherad Patel MD; Shahriyour Andaz MD. Presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, December 2017.

Multi-visceral Resection of Large Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Joshua Melamed MD, Miriam Halimi BS, Eric Seitelman MD, Rajiv Datta MD. Poster presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, December 2018.

Lung Cancer Screening: How are We Doing? Joshua Melamed MD; Billal Mohmand BS; Shahriyour Andaz MD. Presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, winner 1st place in the thoracic section, December 2017.

Chest-Tube Induced Horner’s Syndrome: Our single center experience. John Amoroso BS; Joshua Melamed MD; Vanessa Gibson MD; Shahriyour Andaz, MD. Poster presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, December 2018.

Ligation of Thoracic AV Fistula: the ultimate headache cure. Joshua Melamed MD; Bharvi Marsha Patel BS; Alison Messina MD; Vanessa Gibson MD; Shahriyour Andaz MD. Poster presented at the Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, December 2018 and South Nassau Communities Hospital Clinical Research Day, 1st place winner in surgical section, March 2019.

A Novel Approach to Repair of Tracheal Occlusion Secondary to Percutaneous Tracheostomy Creation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Joshua Melamed, MD; Allison Messina, MD; Mohammed Kamalia, BS; Shahriyour Andaz, MD; Vanessa Gibson, MD. Presented at the General Thoracic Club Meeting, Bonita Springs, Fl March 2022.

Influence of Left Atrial Size and NYHA Class on the Robotic Convergent Plus Procedure: A Single Center Experience. Ali Syed, Benjamin Seadler, Joshua Melamed, Jacob Lindemann, David Joyce, Stefano Schena, Mario Gasparri, Presented at The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias and Rhythm Disorders. Boston, MA. December 2022.

Transcervical Endoscopic Esophageal Mobilization for Transhiatal Esophagectomy – A Novel Technique with Postoperative Outcomes. Joshua Melamed, Jennifer Livschitz, Yoo Jin Lee, Huaying Dong, Aniko Szabo, Paul Linsky, Mario Gasparri and David Johnstone. Presented at The American Association for Thoracic Surgery General Meeting, Los Angeles, CA May 2023.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Orthographical Practices of the Judeo-Spanish Sephardim. Joshua M. Melamed. 1st Graduate Student UCLAdino Symposium, February 2012.

A Confounding Case of Lung Mass and Positive ANCA Levels. Joshua M. Melamed. Mount Sinai South Nassau Clinical Research Day, March 2017.

Lung Cancer Screening: How knowledgeable are our primary care docs? Joshua M. Melamed. Annual Clinic Day Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, December 2018.

Barrett’s Esophagus: an update on medical and surgical management. Joshua Melamed. Mount Sinai South Nassau Clinical Research Day, March 2019.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons, January 2019 – Present

LANGUAGES

• Spanish: Fluent

• Farsi: Fluent

• Hebrew: Good working knowledge

• French: Working knowledge

Resume and Accolades