Biography
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D. obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology at Harvard College and then attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Coleman began her General Surgery Residency at Duke University Medical Center where she completed her intern and second year. From 2009 – 2011 she was a research fellow in the Thoracic Surgery Oncology Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital under the direction of Dr. Raphael Bueno, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery. Her research focused on the identification of estrogen-regulated genes associated with malignant pleural mesothelioma outcomes. Dr. Coleman then completed her General Surgery Residency followed by a Surgical Critical Care and Clinical Nutrition Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award | Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF | 2021 |
John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, Dean’s Diversity Fund Award | UCSF School of Medicine | 2021 |
UCSF Thoracic Residency Program Teaching Award | UCSF | 2020 |
UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award | UCSF | 2019 |
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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UCSF | Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship | 2019 | |
Brigham and Women's Hosptial | Clinical Nutrition Fellowship | 2016 | |
Brigham and Women's Hosptial | Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | 2015 | |
Brigham and Women's Hospital | General Surgery Residency | 2014 | |
Weill Cornell Medical School | MD | 2007 | |
Harvard University | AB | Biology | 2002 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Foreign Languages Spoken
Program Affiliations
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Thoracic Surgery & Oncology Program
In the News
Publications
- I-SPY COVID adaptive platform trial for COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: rationale, design and operations.| | View in PubMed
- Clinical trial design during and beyond the pandemic: the I-SPY COVID trial.| | View in PubMed
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Ventilator Management and Rescue Therapies.| | View in PubMed