MelissaZimelMDFAAOS, FAOA(She/Her)
Orthopaedic Surgery • San Francisco, CAMusculoskeletal Oncology/Cancer
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery - University of California San Francisco
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Office
UCSF Precision Cancer Medicine Building
1825 Fourth Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158Phone+1 415-885-3800Fax+1 415-514-5661
Education & Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2013 - 2015
Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak and Taylor)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2008 - 2013
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2015 - 2019
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2018
OK State Medical License 2014 - 2015- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Botryomycosis: a rare mimic of sarcoma as an initial presentation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.Sean L Boone, Andrew E Horvai, Melissa N Zimel, Robert Brown, Thomas M Link
Skeletal Radiology. 2024-10-01 - 3 citationsOsteosarcoma PDX-Derived Cell Line Models for Preclinical Drug Evaluation Demonstrate Metastasis Inhibition by Dinaciclib through a Genome-Targeted Approach.Courtney R Schott, Amanda L Koehne, Leanne C Sayles, Elizabeth P Young, Cuyler Luck
Clinical Cancer Research. 2024-02-16 - 2 citationsSurgical Site Infection Is Not Associated with 1-Year Progression-Free Survival After Endoprosthetic Reconstruction for Lower-Extremity Osteosarcoma: A Secondary Analy...Kristopher J Jackson, Camille D Sullivan, Melissa N Zimel, Rosanna L Wustrack,
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2023-07-19
Committees
- Member at Large, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Executive Committee 2021 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Musculoskeletal Tumor SocietyMember
- American Orthopaedic AssociationMember
- Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic SocietyMember
- J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic SocietyMember
External Links
- UCSF Sarcoma Centerhttps://sarcoma.ucsf.edu
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