Hooman M. Melamed, MD, FAAOS, is a top orthopedic spine surgeon who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey and Newport Beach, California. He is the co-director of the Spinal Surgery Program at DISC Sports & Spine Center, which he joined in 2005. Dr. Melamed can also be found on staff at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, and the Cedars Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital in Marina Del Rey, California. With thirteen years of experience as an orthopedic spine surgeon, he specializes in all facets of his specialty with areas of interest including minimally invasive and out-patient spinal surgery, complex cervical spine disorders, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar degenerative disc disease and microsurgery, revision spine surgeries, second opinions, spine trauma and tumor, artificial disc replacements, non-fusion technology, XLIF, stem cell therapy, as well as pediatric and adult deformities including spondylolisthesis, tumor, kyphosis, and scoliosis. Dr. Melamed believes in the importance of giving back to the community and other charitable organizations and donates every year to support a range of childhood education and animal preservation charities. Some of these include the Wild Animal Sanctuary, PETA, and KCIS/Keep Children in School. For more information about Dr. Hooman M. Melamed, please visit http://discmdgroup.com/physicians/hooman-m-melamed-md/.
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Hooman M. Melamed, MD, FAAOS, is a 1999-graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he received a scholarship from the esteemed Morris H. and Gertrude M. Harris Foundation. His postgraduate training includes his internship conducted at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana (1999-2000), an orthopedic surgery residency served at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, where he received extensive training in deformity spine surgery (2000-2004), as well as his Complex and Minimally Invasive Out-Patient Spine Surgery fellowship performed at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center/The Spine Center in Los Angeles, California, where he was honored with the Depuy Spinal Fellowship Award (2004-2005). Dr. Melamed completed his undergraduate education, i.e. his Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa Society Honors at the University of California Los Angeles in 1995. He additionally attained board certification in orthopedic surgery with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. For more information about Hooman M. Melamed, MD, FAAOS, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/8127374-Hooman-Melamed-orthopaedic-surgeon-Marina-Del-Rey-California-90292.
Hooman M. Melamed, MD, FAAOS 