Nelya Melnitchouk
Surgeon, Founder and CEO of Global Medical Knowledge Alliance, non-profit organization with mission to improve medical care through education, data analytics and quality improvement programs in Ukraine and globally.
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Global Medical Knowledge Alliance
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nelya Melnitchouk
Dr. Melnitchouk is an associate surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH) and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Melnitchouk received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. As a resident, she received the Rudolph Vollman Award for excellence in teaching and contributed to multiple HMS research projects on colon and rectal surgery procedures. She completed a colorectal surgery fellowship at the combined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Colorectal Surgery Program. She is board certified in general surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgery. Her research interests are in outcomes research and global health; colorectal cancer screening and surgery for colorectal cancer in low-to-middle income countries; gastrointestinal complications involving cardiac surgery patients with LVAD and heart transplant; and sphincter sparing surgery for rectal cancer. Her clinical interests include minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic, robotic and combined endoscopic laparoscopic surgery), sphincter preserving/saving surgery in rectal cancer, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disorders.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Global Medical Knowledge Alliance
Jan 2017 — Present
Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
M.D, Medicine
2002 — 2007
Skills
- Healthcare
- Healthcare Information Technology
- Medicine
- Rectal Cancer Surgery
- Hospitals
- Colorectal Surgery
- Colon Cancer Surgery
- Cancer
- Medical Education
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Combined Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Clinical Research
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