LalehGolkar(Golkar)MelstromMD

General Surgery • Duarte, CA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Melanoma, Pancreas, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor of Surgery Chief of Surgical Oncology at City of Hope

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Office
1500 East Duarte Rd
Duarte, CA 91010
Phone+1 626-256-4673

Fax+1 626-301-8285

Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2010 - 2012
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2010
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2012 - 2015
NY State Medical License 2010 - 2015
IL State Medical License 2003 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Remote Telemonitoring of Patient-Generated Physiologic Health Data and Patient-Reported Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 24
Active, not recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Practical Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in Surgical Patients.
Yuman Fong, Laleh Melstrom, Heather L Evans
JAMA Surgery. 2025-01-08
Circulating Tumor DNA Testing in Curatively Resected Colorectal Cancer and Salvage Resection.
Jingran Ji, Chongkai Wang, Ajay Goel, Kurt Melstrom, Yasmin Zerhouni
JAMA Network Open. 2024-12-02
Thematic analysis of patient perspectives in a randomized controlled trial for a remote perioperative telemonitoring program.
Darrell Fan, Patricia Esslin, Oluwatimilehin Okunowo, Virginia Sun, Andreas M Kaiser
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

Robotic Surgery Trends in General Surgical Oncology from the National Inpatient Sample
Laleh G Melstrom, Kurt A Melstrom, Yuman Fong, Yanghee Woo, Camille L Stewart, Susanne G Warner, Surgical Endoscopy

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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