Melissa Zimel MD FAAOS, FAOA (She/Her)
Musculoskeletal Oncology/Cancer
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery - University of California San Francisco
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UCSF Precision Cancer Medicine Building1825 Fourth Street, 6th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94158
Phone+1 415-885-3800
Fax+1 415-514-5661
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Education & Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2013 - 2015
Corewell Health William Beaumont University (Royal Oak/Taylor)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2008 - 2013
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2015 - 2019
NY State Medical License 2013 - 2018
OK State Medical License 2014 - 2015
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MOSAIQ, Elekta - IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., 2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification RelayClinical™ Solutions, McKesson, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Incidence of amputees who could benefit from an osseointegrated prosthesis.Ademide Young, Kiauntee Murray, Kamran Movassaghi, Adrianna Carrasco, Matthew Callahan
Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 2025-10-14 - Survival of Proximal Tibial Endoprostheses Using Compressive Osseointegration: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Study.Yesenia Day, Austin R Thompson, Veronica R Andaya, Kaitlyn Smith, Yee-Cheen Doung
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2025-08-01 - Proximal Tibia Hemiarthroplasty Reconstruction Following Resection of Malignant Bone Tumors in Skeletally Immature Patients.Tyler Kelly, Lee J Morse, Rosanna Wustrack, Melissa Zimel
Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. 2024-11-01
Committees
- Member at Large, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Executive Committee 2021 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Musculoskeletal Tumor SocietyMember
- American Orthopaedic AssociationMember
- Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic SocietyMember
- J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic SocietyMember
External Links
- UCSF Sarcoma Centerhttps://sarcoma.ucsf.edu
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