EdwardMelianMD

Radiation Oncology • Hines, IL

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Loyola University of Chi Stritch School of Medicine

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Office
5000 S. Fifth Ave.
Hines, IL 60141
Phone+1 708-202-8387

Fax+1 708-216-6076
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Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1992 - 1993
Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1989 - 1992
Summa Health System/NEOMEDInternship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1993 - 2026
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

West Suburban Living Magazine Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Radiation Therapy With Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide Versus Radiation Therapy With Adjuvant PCV Chemotherapy in Patients With Anaplastic Glioma or Low Grade Glioma Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Recruiting
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Socioeconomic Disparities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Brain Metastases at Presentation: A Population-Based Study
Ignacio Jusué-Torres, Alicia Hulbert, Jehad Zakaria, Kathy S. Albain, Courtney Hentz, Edward Melian, Jigisha P. Thakkar, Vikram C. Prabhu> ;World Neurosurgery. 2021 Jul 10
3 citations
BRCA1 Protein Expression Predicts Survival in Glioblastoma Patients from an NRG Oncology RTOG Cohort
Maria Vassilakopoulou, Minhee Won, Walter J. Curran, Luis Souhami, Michael D. Prados, Corey J. Langer, David L. Rimm, Jason A. Hanna, Veronique Neumeister, Edward Meli...> ;Oncology. 2021 May 6
1 citations
Impact of Concurrent Coincident Use of Metformin During Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.
K. Stang, Fiori Alite, William Adams, Basel Altoos, Christina Small, Edward Melian, Bahman Emami, Matthew M. Harkenrider> ;Cureus. 2021 Mar 28
1 citations
Survival benefit of concomitant chemoradiation in adult supratentorial primary glioblastoma. A propensity score weighted population-based analysis.
Ignacio Jusué-Torres, Alicia Hulbert, Kevin Barton, Edward Melian, Douglas E. Anderson, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Vikram C. Prabhu> ;Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2020 Sep 24
13 citations
Failure mode and effects analysis of linac-based liver stereotactic body radiotherapy.
I Rusu, T.O. Thomas, John C. Roeske, I. Mescioglu, Edward Melian, Murat Surucu> ;Medical Physics. 2020 Mar 1
2 citations
Synergistic Therapies for Recurrent Malignant Gliomas.
Joshua E. Simon, Vikram C. Prabhu, Kevin Barton, Ewa Borys, Erika S. Piedras-Rentería, Edward Melian> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Jan 1
2 citations
Value of K i -67 Labeling Index in Predicting Recurrence of WHO Grade I Cranial Base Meningiomas.
Jose Gabrielle Matias, Ignacio Jusué-Torres, Brendan Martin, Ankush Bajaj, Ewa Borys, Edward Melian, Kevin Barton, Douglas E. Anderson, Vikram C. Prabhu> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2019 Jun 1
1 citations
ResearchGate; Quo Vadis?
Vikram C. Prabhu, Kevin Barton, Suguna Pappu, Erika S. Piedras-Rentería, Edward Melian, José Biller> ;World Neurosurgery. 2019 May 10
10 citations
Oligometastatic Disease State Is Associated with Improved Local Control in Patients Undergoing Three or Five Fraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Scott R. Silva, Adam Gliniewicz, Brendan Martin, Vikram C. Prabhu, Anand V. Germanwala, Edward Melian, G. Alex Jones, Abhishek A. Solanki> ;World Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 1
1 citations
Delayed leptomeningeal metastasis of an adult anaplastic pilocytic astrocytoma.
Kurt Grahnke, Daniel M. Heiferman, Ewa Borys, Edward Melian, Kevin Barton, Rimas V. Lukas, Nawal Shaikh, John P. Leonetti, Douglas E. Anderson> ;Brain Tumor Pathology. 2018 Jan 13
8 citations
Cranial Base Meningiomas.
Vikram C. Prabhu, Edward Melian, Anand V. Germanwala, Abhishek A. Solanki, Ewa Borys, Kevin Barton, Douglas E. Anderson> ;World Neurosurgery. 2018 Jan 1
2 citations
Recurrent Malignant Gliomas: Treatment Options and Their Effect on Patient's Quality of Life.
Vikram C. Prabhu, Kevin Barton, Susan M. Walsh, Ewa Borys, Edward Melian> ;World Neurosurgery. 2017 Mar 24
2 citations
Stereotactic Radiation for Palliation of Skull Base Recurrences of Salivary Gland Carcinomas: Implications for Tumor Targeting.
Zaid A. Siddiqui, Edward Melian, Anil Sethi, Vikram C. Prabhu, I Rusu, Bahman Emami, John P. Leonetti, Douglas E. Anderson> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2016 Jul 18
6 citations
Multiple Primary Merkel Cell Carcinomas Presenting as Pruritic, Painful Lower Leg Tumors.
Laura Blumenthal, Timothy VandenBoom, Edward Melian, Anthony Peterson, Kelli A. Hutchens> ;Case Reports in Dermatology. 2015 Oct 29
1 citations
Radiation therapy in neurologic disease.
Edward Melian> ;Handbook of Clinical Neurology. 2014 Jan 1
13 citations
Unusual Clinical Presentation of Cutaneous Angiosarcoma Masquerading as Eczema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Nhat Trinh, Issra Rashed, Kelli A. Hutchens, Aileen Go, Edward Melian, Rebecca Tung> ;Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2013 Oct 7
35 citations
A system for continual quality improvement of normal tissue delineation for radiation therapy treatment planning.
Jennifer Breunig, S. Hernandez, J. Lin, Stacy Alsager, Christine Dumstorf, Jennifer Price, Jennifer Steber, R. Garza, Suneel Nagda, Edward Melian, Bahman Emami, John C...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2012 Aug 1
14 citations
Management of diffuse low-grade cerebral gliomas.
Vikram C. Prabhu, Ahmad Khaldi, Kevin Barton, Edward Melian, Michael J. Schneck, Margaret Primeau, John M. Lee> ;Neurologic Clinics. 2010 Nov 1
27 citations
Temporal bone osteoradionecrosis after surgery and radiotherapy for malignant parotid tumors.
John P. Leonetti, Sam J. Marzo, Chad A. Zender, Ryan G. Porter, Edward Melian> ;Otology & Neurotology. 2010 Jun 1
4 citations
Management of scalp toxic epidermal necrolysis and cranial osteomyelitis with serratus anterior myocutaneous pedicle flap: a case report.
Michael R. Levitt, William J. Benedict, Kevin Barton, Edward Melian, Richard L. Gamelli, Darl Vandevender, Gail Rosseau, Vikram C. Prabhu> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2007 May 1
4 citations
Unusual thoracic problems in patients with malignancies: case 1. Neuroblastoma presenting with intracardiac tumor thrombus.
Suneel Nagda, Simon S. Lo, Edward Melian, Ricarchito Manera, Bahman Emami> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005 Apr 20
9 citations
Primary radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma
Edward Melian, Walter M. Jay> ;Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2004 Sep 1
2 citations
An immobilization and localization technique for SRT and IMRT of intracranial tumors
L.B. Leybovich, Anil Sethi, Nesrin Dogan, Edward Melian, Mathew Krasin, Bahman Emami> ;Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2002 Sep 1
36 citations
Phase II evaluation of paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin in advanced head and neck carcinoma
Joseph I. Clark, Craig Hofmeister, Abdul Choudhury, Gregory Matz, Sharon Collins, Robert Bastian, Edward Melian, Bahman Emami, Guy J. Petruzzelli> ;Cancer. 2001 Nov 1
12 citations
Stomal recurrence in patients with T1 glottic cancer after salvage laryngectomy for radiotherapy failures: role of p53 overexpression and subglottic extension.
Sarada P. Reddy, A Narayana, Edward Melian, S Kathuria, C Leman, Bahman Emami> ;American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2001 Apr 1
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Journal Articles

Delayed Leptomeningeal Metastasis of an Adult Anaplastic Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Rimas V Lukas, Douglas E Anderson, Edward Melian, John P Leonetti, Daniel M Heiferman, Ewa Borys, Nawal Shaikh, Brain Tumor Pathology

Press Mentions

Twenty-Seven Loyola Physicians Named to Chicago Magazine's 2019 Top Cancer DoctorsNovember 6th, 2019
Chicago Radiological Society Gives Highest Honor to Loyola Radiation OncologistMay 4th, 2017
Radiation a Risk Factor for Brain Tumors in Young People, Study FindsNovember 4th, 2014