Biography
Dr. Melissa H. Coleman is a thoracic surgeon whose focus is on caring for patients with cancer.
After earning her bachelor's degree in biology at Harvard College, Coleman earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed two residencies in surgery, the first at Duke University Medical Center and the second at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she served as chief resident.
Coleman completed fellowships in surgical critical care and clinical nutrition at Brigham and Women's Hospital. During her training there, she was a research fellow at the hospital's thoracic surgery oncology laboratory, where she worked on identifying estrogen-related genes associated with the outcomes of patients with pleural mesothelioma, a cancer that affects the tissues covering the lungs. She completed a fellowship in thoracic surgery at UCSF.
In 2021, Coleman was a John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, an honor that confers a grant from the UCSF Dean's Diversity Fund, and she also earned the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award. She also earned the UCSF Exceptional Physician Award, and has been honored for her work teaching thoracic surgery residents.
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
English
Program Affiliations
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Thoracic Surgery & Oncology Program
In the News
July, 22, 2019 | UCSF Department of Surgery
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 8
- 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
- Association of RERG Expression with Female Survival Advantage in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.| | View in PubMed
- Tourniquet Use in a Civilian Emergency Medical Services Setting: A Descriptive Analysis of the Boston EMS Experience.| | View in PubMed
- Sequential binary gene ratio tests define a novel molecular diagnostic strategy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | View in PubMed
- Role of adjuvant chemotherapy in NSCLC (stages I to III).| | View in PubMed
- Laparoscopic closure of the Petersen mesenteric defect.| | View in PubMed