Physician

General Surgery

Dr. Joseph K. Melancon, MD

Joseph Melancon practices General Surgery. He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Fellow". Joseph K. Melancon, MD is a published MD. He published 25 publications, including: 'Surgical management of early and late ureteral complications after renal transplantation: techniques and outcomes.'

Publications

Surgical management of early and late ureteral complications after renal transplantation: techniques and outcomes.
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Liver transplantation should be offered to patients with small solitary hepatocellular carcinoma and a positive serum alpha fetoprotein rather than resection.
Successful ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplant After an Isolated Intestinal Transplant.
Paired kidney donor exchanges and antibody reduction therapy: novel methods to ameliorate disparate access to living donor kidney transplantation in ethnic minorities.
Multicenter evaluation of a novel endothelial cell crossmatch test in kidney transplantation.
DNA testing for live kidney donors at risk for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney Disease.
HLA-specific B cells: II. Application to transplantation.
Once-daily tacrolimus extended release formulation: experience at 2 years postconversion from a Prograf-based regimen in stable liver transplant recipients.
Outcomes of kidney transplantation in HIV-infected recipients.
Liver allograft outcomes after laparoscopic-assisted and minimal access live donor hepatectomy for transplantation.
Domino paired kidney donation: a strategy to make best use of live non-directed donation.
Clinical results from transplanting incompatible live kidney donor/recipient pairs using kidney paired donation.
ABO incompatible high-titer renal transplantation without splenectomy or anti-CD20 treatment.
Characterization of waiting times in a simulation of kidney paired donation.
A prospective randomized trial of steroid-free maintenance regimens in kidney transplant recipients--an interim analysis.
Rapid discontinuation of prednisone in higher-risk kidney transplant recipients.
Outcome at 3 years with a prednisone-free maintenance regimen: a single-center experience with 349 kidney transplant recipients.
Donor ethnicity influences outcomes following deceased-donor kidney transplantation in black recipients.
Arteriosclerosis in kidneys from healthy live donors: comparison of wedge and needle core perioperative biopsies.
ABO incompatible renal transplantation: a paradigm ready for broad implementation.
Clinical relevance and IgG subclass determination of non-HLA antibodies identified using endothelial cell precursors isolated from donor blood.
Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of culturally sensitive interventions to improve African Americans'' and non-African Americans'' early, shared, and informed ...
Identifying and addressing barriers to African American and non-African American families' discussions about preemptive living related kidney transplantation.

Schools

Tulane University of Louisiana
Tulane University School Of Med

Procedures Preformed

Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
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Conditions Treated

Abdominal Pain
Cholecystitis and Gallstones
Hyperparathyroidism
Incisional Hernia
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Doctors Specialties

General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow

Education

Tulane University
Tulane University School of Medicine

Hospital

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

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