A talented surgeon and award-winning instructor and researcher, Laleh G. Melstrom, M.D., M.S., joined City of Hope, attracted by the opportunity to help develop breakthrough cures and treatments. Educated at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Melstrom received her medical degree at Cornell Medical College in New York City, continuing her training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She held professorships at both Cornell and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, before arriving in California. Dr Melstrom is certified in robotic surgery and specializes in the treatment of cancers of the liver, pancreas, melanoma and sarcoma. She has published over 120 scholarly articles and is a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences. Expertise: Liver Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Metastatic Colon or Rectal Cancer to Liver, Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump, Cholangiocarcinoma, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Gallbladder Cancer, Melanoma, Sarcomas, Robotic SurgeryResearch Areas: Metastatic CRC, Melanoma, Bile Duct Cancer, Liver Cancer. Dr. Melstrom is highly rated in 45 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Pancreatectomy, and Hepatectomy.

Mokenge Malafa is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Malafa is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Malafa is currently accepting new patients.

William Fisher is a General Surgeon in Houston, Texas. Dr. Fisher is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Fisher is currently accepting new patients.

Jeffrey Hardacre is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hardacre is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Insulinoma, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Dr. Hardacre is currently accepting new patients.

I am a surgical oncologist and researcher who specializes in treating patients with endocrine tumors. Specifically, I see patients who have thyroid cancers, parathyroid disease, adrenal tumors and melanoma. I enjoy taking care of patients with cancers because the amount of trust and faith that they place in their doctors is special. Treating cancers allows you to develop a powerful relationship with a patient and their loved ones in a very short period of time, which is also unique. My favorite part of being a surgeon is seeing a patient with a problem and successfully seeing them through the surgical process. I believe in guiding each patient to their long-term goal based on their specific needs. When I am at home, I enjoy spending time with my family and being active outdoors by running, hiking, or gardening. Dr. Scheri is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

Diane Simeone is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in La Jolla, California. Dr. Simeone is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Simeone is currently accepting new patients.

Vernon Sondak is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sondak is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Sondak is currently accepting new patients.

I am an orthopaedic physician and work in adult reconstructive orthopaedics, predominantly with hip- and knee-replacement surgeries. I also help manage revision surgeries and take care of people with infections or fractures around their implants. I am interested in the whole continuum of care for arthritis and not just the surgical treatment of it. Even though I specialize in surgery, not everyone needs that treatment, and as an orthopaedic doctor, my role is to help direct the whole process. The care around revision surgeries at other centers is tertiary and many times not at the same place, but here at Duke we treat patients every step of the way at the same practice and have access to the latest treatments. Dr. Jiranek is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Infectious Arthritis, Septic Arthritis, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

I grew up in Durham and I am extremely proud to work here at Duke. All of my family members still call the Bull City home. Most of my education was completed in Durham, except for four years I spent down the road in Chapel Hill. I played football there and developed an interest in orthopaedic surgery that led me home. I specialize in hip and knee replacement and am very fortunate to do so. We have the ability to help so many people with these operations. It is extremely rewarding to help someone get back to doing the things they want to do with their life. Duke is the kind of place where you are challenged by the most difficult cases weekly and I appreciate that fact. We have great doctors in every field and we work as a team on every aspect of a patient's care once they enter the hospital. Dr. Bolognesi is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Acute Pain, Arthritis, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

Helen Kim, MD, is certified by the American College of Surgeons. She has a special interest in breast surgery, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. She is a trained and certified console surgeon on da Vinci® Single-Site™, the da Vinci® Surgical System, and EndoWrist®. She practices abdominal wall hernia repair and open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted techniques for complex and recurrent hernias. She also performs gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic and open colectomy, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, anti-reflux surgery, and laparoscopic intra-abdominal scar release surgery.Dr. Kim treats high risk, benign, and malignant breast conditions through initial evaluation of high breast cancer risk patients, management and treatment of breast pain, nipple discharge, breast masses and image-detected lesions, as well as surgical management of breast cancer, which includes breast-conserving lumpectomy, skin-sparing and nipple-sparing mastectomy, and sentinel lymph node biopsy. She also coordinates breast reconstruction at the time of mastectomy.During her sabbatical year in 2010, she performed surgeries at Kijabe, Kenya as a short-term medical missionary for one month, travelled to France and Italy, and took oil-painting classes. In and out of the operating room, Dr. Kim places emphasis on meticulous surgical techniques and offers the most advanced minimally invasive approaches wherever applicable, while caring for the patient as a whole in the context of their other medical conditions. Dr. Kim is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Pilonidal Sinus Disease, Gallbladder Disease, and Hernia Surgery.

Abigail Caudle is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Caudle is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Mastectomy.

Amod Sarnaik is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sarnaik is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Sarnaik is currently accepting new patients.

Brigid Killelea is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Killelea is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Killelea is currently accepting new patients.

Prabhakar Baliga is a General Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Baliga is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Polycystic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Obesity, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Baliga is currently accepting new patients.

Brett Sheppard is a General Surgeon in Beaverton, Oregon. Dr. Sheppard is highly rated in 35 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Ampullary Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Splenectomy. Dr. Sheppard is currently accepting new patients.

Perry Shen is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Shen is highly rated in 34 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Gallbladder Cancer, Gallbladder Disease, Pancreatectomy, and Hepatectomy. Dr. Shen is currently accepting new patients.

Rasa Zarnegar is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Zarnegar is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hiatal Hernia, Hernia, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

Marc Smaldone is a General Surgeon and an Urologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Smaldone is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Cystectomy.

Jeffrey Farma is a General Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Farma is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Gastrostomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Nazanin Khakpour is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Khakpour is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Khakpour is currently accepting new patients.

Marie Lee is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Lee is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Lee is currently accepting new patients.

Alexandra Heerdt is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Heerdt is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.

Freya Schnabel is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Schnabel has been practicing medicine for over 44 years is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Intraductal Papilloma, Giant Mammary Hamartoma, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.

Laura Kruper is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Kruper is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Kruper is currently accepting new patients.

Brian Czerniecki is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Czerniecki is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Czerniecki is currently accepting new patients.