23 Years of Experience
Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital
Who is Dr. Melcher, Surgeon in Stanford, CA?
Dr. Marc Melcher, MD, PHD is a Surgeon, who primarily practices in Stanford, CA with 2 additional practice locations. He has been practicing for over 23 years and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Melcher graduated from Columbia Univ College of Physicians And Surgeons. Dr. Melcher is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Melcher’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Melcher’s office at (650) 723-4000.
What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Melcher?
Dr. Marc Melcher, MD, PHD is a highly-rated, board-certified Surgeon known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Melcher empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Hepatobiliary Surgery, Transplant-Kidney, Transplant-Liver, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Stanford/CA community, Dr. Melcher is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.
Where did Dr. Melcher go to medical school and complete their residency?
Medical School: Columbia Univ College of Physicians And Surgeons
Is Dr. Melcher board certified in Surgeon?
Yes, Dr. Marc Melcher, MD, PHD is board certified by the American Board of Surgery
What languages does Dr. Melcher speak?
Dr. Melcher and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
English
What conditions does Dr. Melcher treat?
As a Surgeon, Dr. Melcher diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Melcher. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.
Also known as:
- Having a Kidney Transplant
- Kidney Transplantation
- Kidney Transplant
- Renal transplant
- Kidney replacement surgery
- Post-kidney transplant
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z940: Kidney transplant status
Also known as:
- Liver Transplant
- Liver Transplantation
- Hepatic Transplant
- Liver Graft
- New Liver
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z944: Liver transplant status
Also known as:
- End-Stage Kidney Disease
- End-Stage Kidney Disease from High Blood Pressure
- Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5
- Kidney Failure
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Helping Your Child Adapt to Life with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- ESRD
- End-Stage Renal Failure
- Hypertensive End-Stage Renal Disease
- Kidney Failure due to High Blood Pressure
- Stage 5 CKD from Hypertension
- CKD Stage 5
- End-Stage Renal Disease
ICD-10 Codes:
- N186: End stage renal disease
- I120: Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease
- N185: Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
Also known as:
- Other Long-Term Drug Therapy
- Chronic medication use
- Ongoing drug treatment
- Extended drug therapy
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z79899: Other long term (current) drug therapy
Also known as:
- Immune Deficiency
- Immune System and Disorder
- Weak Immune System
- Immune System Disorder
ICD-10 Codes:
- D849: Immunodeficiency, unspecified
Also known as:
- Alcoholic Cirrhosis with Fluid Buildup
- Cirrhosis
- Alcoholic Cirrhosis
- Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
- Cryptogenic cirrhosis
- Alcoholic cirrhosis with ascites
- Alcohol-induced cirrhosis with fluid
- Liver scarring with abdominal fluid
- Liver scarring
- End-stage liver disease
- Chronic liver failure
- Alcohol-induced cirrhosis
- End-stage alcoholic liver disease
- Severe alcoholic liver scarring
ICD-10 Codes:
- K7031: Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver with ascites
- K7460: Unspecified cirrhosis of liver
- K7030: Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver without ascites
- K7469: Other cirrhosis of liver
Also known as:
- Other Pre-Procedure Examination
- Various pre-op checks
- Miscellaneous pre-surgery exams
- Other pre-treatment assessments
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z01818: Encounter for other preprocedural examination
Also known as:
- Liver Cancer
- Childhood Liver Cancer
- Hepatic Cancer
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
ICD-10 Codes:
- C220: Liver cell carcinoma
Also known as:
- Other Organ Transplant Aftercare
- Organ Transplantation
- Post-organ transplant care
- Organ transplant follow-up
- Transplant recovery care
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z48298: Encounter for aftercare following other organ transplant
Also known as:
- Liver Transplant Aftercare
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver Transplant
- Post-liver transplant care
- Liver recipient follow-up
- Liver transplant recovery
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z4823: Encounter for aftercare following liver transplant
Also known as:
- Type 2 Diabetes with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Diabetes Type 2
- Diabetic Kidney Problems
- Type 2 diabetes
- Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease
- Long-term Kidney Failure from Type 2 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes End-Stage Renal Disease
ICD-10 Codes:
- E1122: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic chronic kidney disease
Also known as:
- Acute Kidney Failure
- Kidney Failure
- Acute Renal Failure
- Sudden Kidney Failure
ICD-10 Codes:
- N179: Acute kidney failure, unspecified
Also known as:
- Kidney Donation
- Organ Donation
- Living kidney donation
- Deceased kidney donation
- Renal donation
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z524: Kidney donor
Also known as:
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) & NASH
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease & NASH in Children
- NASH
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with inflammation
- Fatty liver inflammation
ICD-10 Codes:
- K7581: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Also known as:
- Sudden or rapid liver failure
- Liver Disease
- Acute liver failure
- Subacute liver failure
- Fulminant liver failure
ICD-10 Codes:
- K7200: Acute and subacute hepatic failure without coma
Which procedures does Dr. Melcher perform as a Surgeon?
As a Surgeon, procedures performed by a Dr. Marc Melcher may include:
- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Amputation
- Appendicitis / Appendectomy
- Brain Aneurysm Treatment
- Brain Surgery
- Brain Tumor Evaluation
- Central Line Placement
- Cerebral Shunt
For detailed information, please contact Dr. Melcher's office.
Does Dr. Melcher accept my insurance?
Dr. Melcher accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 723-4000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Melcher accept in Stanford, CA?
Dr. Melcher in Stanford, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
All Other Third Party
Blue Shield of California
Central California Alliance for Health
CVS Health (formerly Aetna)
Medicaid
Medicare
OptumRx
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
UnitedHealthcare
Valley Health Plan
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Where is Dr. Melcher's office located?
Recognitions
Publications
Primary surgical resection versus liver transplantation for transplant
Digestive diseases and sciences, 2014
Effect of the 16-Hour Work Limit on General Surgery Intern Operative Case Volume A Multi
JAMA SURGERY, 2013
Quiz page august 2013: kidney failure in a transplant from an identical twin.
American jourl of kidney diseases, 2013
Dymic Challenges Inhibiting Optimal Adoption of Kidney Paired Dotion
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2013
The influence of intern home call on objectively measured perioperative outcomes.
JAMA surgery, 2013
Evaluating Deceased Donor Registries: Identifying Predictive Factors of Donor Desigtion
AMERICAN SURGEON, 2013
Kidney Transplant Chains Amplify Benefit of Nondirected Donors
JAMA SURGERY, 2013
Desensitization Combined With Paired Exchange Leads to Successful Transplantation
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 2013
Symbiotic or Parasitic?
ANLS OF SURGERY, 2012
Chain Transplantation: Initial Experience of a Large Multicenter Program
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
General Surgery Resident Remediation and Attrition A Multi-institutiol Study
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 2012
Incidental kidney stones: a single center experience with kidney donor selection
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Potential Nutritiol Conflicts in Bariatric and Rel Transplant Patients
OBESITY SURGERY, 2011
Maging Finces of Shipping Living Donor Kidneys for Donor Exchanges
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2011
Transporting Live Donor Kidneys for Kidney Paired Dotion: Initial tiol Results
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2011
Sclerosing Peritonitis After Kidney Transplantation: A Not-So-Silky Cocoon
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES, 2011
Donors with Kidney Stones: Should We Pass?
Kim, I. K., Lapasia, J., Elihu, A., Tan, J., Scandling, J., Busque, S., 2011
Cytomegalovirus in the transplanted kidney: a report of two cases and review of prophylaxis
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2011
Population Pharmacokinetic Alysis of Mycophenolic Acid Coadministered With Either Tasocitinib
THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING, 2010
Outcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Comparison of biliary complications in adult living
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, 2010
Predicting Performance on the American Board of Surgery Qualifying
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 2010
Asynchronous, Out-of-Sequence, Transcontinental Chain Kidney Transplantation: A Novel Concept
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2009
Recovery of Rel Function in a Dialysis-Dependent Patient Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
OBESITY SURGERY, 2009
Postoperative infectious complications of abdomil solid organ transplantation.
Jourl of intensive care medicine, 2009
Something Special in the Air
Veale, J. L., Butt, F. K., Gritsch, H. A., Danovitch, G., Wilkinson, A, 2009
Overcoming Immunological Barriers to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation At Stan
SGH Proceedings, 2008
Thymoglobulin-associated Cd4+ T-cell depletion
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2006
Antibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft
AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2006
Spontaneous splenic rupture: The masquerade of minor trauma
JOURL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE, 2005
More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 2005
Gastric carcinoid tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 patients with Zollinger
SURGERY, 2004
A novel technique to treat ruptured umbilical hernias in patients with liver cirrhosis
JOURL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES-PART A, 2003
Ileocolic intussusception in an adult
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, 2003
Identification and characterization of the CLK1 gene product
JOURL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 1996
What is Dr. Melcher's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Melcher's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1003870486.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Melcher?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Melcher
What is Dr. Marc Melcher's specialty?
Dr. Melcher is a Surgeon near Stanford, CA. General surgeons are experts in diagnosing and managing surgical conditions which includes preoperative, operative, and postoperative care, as well as addressing complications. Their expertise include the areas such as the alimentary tract, breast, abdomen, skin and soft tissue, endocrine system, head and neck, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, surgical oncology, trauma, burns, and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly utilize minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques to provide proper care. In addition to this, many general surgeons have expertise in transplantation, plastic, and cardiothoracic surgery. Contact Dr. Melcher to book an appointment today.
Is this Dr. Marc Melcher affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?
Yes, Dr. Melcher is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals
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Is Marc Melcher accepting new patients in Stanford, CA?
Yes, Dr. Marc Melcher is accepting new patients at this time.
Does Dr. Marc Melcher offer online booking?
Please contact Dr. Melcher's office at (650) 723-4000 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.
How can I make an appointment with Marc Melcher?
Please contact Dr. Melcher's office at (650) 723-4000 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.
Which board certifications does Dr. Marc Melcher have?
Dr. Marc Melcher is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
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