Marc L. Melcher

Publications

• Desensitization combined with paired exchange leads to successful transplantation in highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients: strategy and report of five cases. Yabu JM, Pando MJ, Busque S, Melcher ML. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb; 45 (1): 82-7
• Dynamic challenges inhibiting optimal adoption of kidney paired donation: findings of a consensus conference. Melcher ML, Blosser CD, Baxter-Lowe LA, Delmonico FL, Gentry SE, Leishman R, Knoll GA, Leffell MS, Leichtman AB, Mast DA, Nickerson PW, Reed EF, Rees MA, Rodrigue JR, Segev DL, Serur D, Tullius SG, Zavala EY, Feng S. Am J Transplant. 2013; 13 (4): 851-60
• Evaluating deceased donor registries: identifying predictive factors of donor designation. Hajhosseini B, Stewart B, Tan JC, Busque S, Melcher ML. Am Surg. 2013; 79 (3): 235-41
• Kidney transplant chains amplify benefit of nondirected donors. Melcher ML, Veale JL, Javaid B, Leeser DB, Davis CL, Hil G, Milner JE. JAMA Surg. 2013; 148 (2): 165-9
• Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection. Kim IK, Tan JC, Lapasia J, Elihu A, Busque S, Melcher ML. Clin Transplant. 2012 Jul-Aug; 26 (4): 558-63
• Chain transplantation: initial experience of a large multicenter program. Melcher ML, Leeser DB, Gritsch HA, Milner J, Kapur S, Busque S, Roberts JP, Katznelson S, Bry W, Yang H, Lu A, Mulgaonkar S, Danovitch GM, Hil G, Veale JL. Am J Transplant. 2012; 12 (9): 2429-36
• General surgery resident remediation and attrition: a multi-institutional study. Yaghoubian A, Galante J, Kaji A, Reeves M, Melcher M, Salim A, Dolich M, de Virgilio C. Arch Surg. 2012; 147 (9): 829-33
• Symbiotic or parasitic? A review of the literature on the impact of fellowships on surgical residents. Plerhoples TA, Greco RS, Krummel TM, Melcher ML. Ann Surg. 2012; 256 (6): 904-8
• The Influence of Intern Home Call on Objectively Measured Perioperative Outcomes. Kastenberg ZJ, Rhoads KF, Melcher ML, Wren SM. Arch Surg. 2012: 1-5
• Cytomegalovirus in the transplanted kidney: a report of two cases and review of prophylaxis Anand S, Yabu JM, Melcher ML, Kambham N, Laszik Z, Tan JC.. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2011; 4 (5): 342-345
• Managing finances of shipping living donor kidneys for donor exchanges. Mast DA, Vaughan W, Busque S, Veale JL, Roberts JP, Straube BM, Flores N, Canari C, Levy E, Tietjen A, Hil G, Melcher ML. Am J Transplant. 2011; 11 (9): 1810-4
• Potential nutritional conflicts in bariatric and renal transplant patients. Lightner AL, Lau J, Obayashi P, Birge K, Melcher ML. Obes Surg. 2011; 21 (12): 1965-70
• Sclerosing peritonitis after kidney transplantation: a not-so-silky cocoon. Morrow EH, Gallo AE, Melcher ML. Dig Dis Sci. 2011; 56 (2): 307-10
• Transporting live donor kidneys for kidney paired donation: initial national results. Segev DL, Veale JL, Berger JC, Hiller JM, Hanto RL, Leeser DB, Geffner SR, Shenoy S, Bry WI, Katznelson S, Melcher ML, Rees MA, Samara EN, Israni AK, Cooper M, Montgomery RJ, Malinzak L, Whiting J, Baran D, Tchervenkov JI, Roberts JP, Rogers J, Axelrod DA, Simpkins CE, Montgomery RA. Am J Transplant. 2011; 11 (2): 356-60
• Comparison of biliary complications in adult living-donor liver transplants performed at two busy transplant centers. Melcher ML, Pomposelli JJ, Verbesey JE, McTaggart RA, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP, Pomfret EA. Clin Transplant. 2010 Sep-Oct; 24 (5): E137-44
• Outcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks and strictures after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant. Melcher ML, Freise CE, Ascher NL, Roberts JP. Clin Transplant. 2010 Nov-Dec; 24 (6): E230-5
• Population pharmacokinetic analysis of mycophenolic acid coadministered with either tasocitinib (CP-690,550) or tacrolimus in adult renal allograft recipients. Lamba M, Tafti B, Melcher M, Chan G, Krishnaswami S, Busque S. Ther Drug Monit. 2010; 32 (6): 778-81
• Predicting performance on the American Board of Surgery qualifying and certifying examinations: a multi-institutional study. de Virgilio C, Yaghoubian A, Kaji A, Collins JC, Deveney K, Dolich M, Easter D, Hines OJ, Katz S, Liu T, Mahmoud A, Melcher ML, Parks S, Reeves M, Salim A, Scherer L, Takanishi D, Waxman K. Arch Surg. 2010; 145 (9): 852-6
• Postoperative infectious complications of abdominal solid organ transplantation. Hlava N, Niemann CU, Gropper MA, Melcher ML. J Intensive Care Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; 24 (1): 3-17
• Asynchronous, out-of-sequence, transcontinental chain kidney transplantation: a novel concept. Butt FK, Gritsch HA, Schulam P, Danovitch GM, Wilkinson A, Del Pizzo J, Kapur S, Serur D, Katznelson S, Busque S, Melcher ML, McGuire S, Charlton M, Hil G, Veale JL. Am J Transplant. 2009; 9 (9): 2180-5
• Recovery of renal function in a dialysis-dependent patient following gastric bypass surgery. Tafti BA, Haghdoost M, Alvarez L, Curet M, Melcher ML. Obes Surg. 2009; 19 (9): 1335-9
• Overcoming Immunological Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation At Stanford University Medical Center Ladner DP, Busque S, Melcher ML. SGH Proceedings. 2008; 17 (1): 5-19
• Antibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft. Melcher ML, Olson JL, Baxter-Lowe LA, Stock PG, Posselt AM. Am J Transplant. 2006; 6 (2): 423-8
• Thymoglobulin-associated Cd4+ T-cell depletion and infection risk in HIV-infected renal transplant recipients. Carter JT, Melcher ML, Carlson LL, Roland ME, Stock PG. Am J Transplant. 2006; 6 (4): 753-60
• More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery. Melcher ML, Carter JT, Posselt A, Duh QY, Stoller M, Freise CE, Kang SM. Arch Surg. 2005; 140 (9): 835-9; discussion 839-40
• Spontaneous splenic rupture: the masquerade of minor trauma. Tataria M, Dicker RA, Melcher M, Spain DA, Brundage SI. J Trauma. 2005; 59 (5): 1228-30
• Gastric carcinoid tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome can be symptomatic, demonstrate aggressive growth, and require surgical treatment. Norton JA, Melcher ML, Gibril F, Jensen RT. Surgery. 2004; 136 (6): 1267-74
• A novel technique to treat ruptured umbilical hernias in patients with liver cirrhosis and severe ascites. Melcher ML, Lobato RL, Wren SM. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2003; 13 (5): 331-2
• Ileocolic intussusception in an adult. Melcher ML, Safadi B. J Am Coll Surg. 2003; 197 (3): 518
• Identification and characterization of the CLK1 gene product, a novel CaM kinase-like protein kinase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Melcher ML, Thorner J. J Biol Chem. 1996; 271 (47): 29958-68