SpecialtiesGregory Melcher, M.D. 
Philosophy of Care
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Address:
4860 Y St., Suite 0101
Sacramento, CA 95817
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1500 21st St.
Sacramento, CA 95811
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Education:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
M.D. 1982
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
B.A. 1977
Internships:
Lackland AFB, Texas
1982-83
Residency:
Lackland AFB, Texas
1983-85
Internal Medicine
Fellowships:
Lackland AFB, Texas
1985-87
Internal Medicine
Board Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Honors and Awards:
Gold-Headed Cane Award for excellence in patient care, teaching and research, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX, 1994
Archie B. Hoffman Governor's Award for Outstanding Academic Internist in the USAF, 1992
Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1985
Most Valuable Intern Award, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1983
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Minnesota, 1982
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota, 1977
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, University of Minnesota, 1977
Select Recent Publications:
Asmuth DM. Nguyen HH, Melcher GP, Cohen SH, Pollard RB. Treatments for Hepatitis B. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39:1353-62.
Oldfield III EC, Fessel WJ, Dunne MW, Dickinson G, Wallace MR, Byrne W, Chung R, Wagner KF, Paparello SF, Craig DB, Melcher G, Zajdowicz M, Williams RF, Kelly W, Zelasky M, Heifets LB, Berman JD. Once weekly azithromycin therapy for the prevention of Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with AIDS: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial. Clin Infect Dis 1998; 26:611-619.
Lucey DR, Pinto L, Bethke DR, Rusnak J, Melcher GP, Landay A, Kessler H, Hashemi F, Grabstein K, Paxton R, Shearer G. In vitro immunologic and virologic effects of interleukin 15 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from normal donors and human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients. Clin Diag Lab Immunol 1997; 4:43-48.
Evans JS, Nims T, Cooley J, Bradley W, Jagodzinski L, Zhou S, Melcher GP, Burke DS, Vahey M. Serum levels of virus burden in early-stage human immunodeficiency virus type 1 disease in women. J Infect Dis 1997;175:795-800.
Melcher GP, Leigh DR. Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. In: Kirby RR, Civetta JM and Taylor RW, eds, Critical Care, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippencott Company; 1996.
Donta ST, Peduzzi P, Cross AS, Sadoff J, Haakenson C, Cryz SJ Jr, Kauffman C, Bradley S, Gafford G, Elliston D, Beam TR Jr, John JF Jr, Ribner B, Cantey R, Welsh CH, Ellison RT 3rd, Young EJ, Hamill RJ, Leaf H, Schein RMH, Mulligan M, Johnson C, Abrutyn E, Griffis JM, Slagle D, et al. Immunoprophylaxis against Klebsiella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. The Federal Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin Trial Study Group. J Infect Dis 1996; 174:537-543.
Ender PT, Dolan MJ, Dolan D, Farmer JC, Melcher, GP. Near-Drowning-Associated Aeromonas pneumonia. J Emerg Med 1996; 14:737-741.
Chougnet C, Wynn TA, Clerici M, Landay AL, Kessler HA, Rusnak J, Melcher GP, Sher A, Shearer GM. Molecular analysis of decreased interleukin-12 production in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. J Infect Dis 1996; 174:46-53.
Walsh TJ, Melcher GP, Lee JW, Pizzo PA. Infections due to Trichosporon species: New Concepts in Mycology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Curr Top Med Mycol 1993; 5:79-113.
Melcher, GP, McGough, DA, Fothergill AW, Norris C, and Rinaldi MG. Disseminated hyalohyphomycosis caused by a novel human pathogen, Fusarium napiforme. J Clin Micro 1993; 31:1461-1467.
