
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP
IM Endocrinology
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Languages
- English,
Gender
Male
Experience
53 Years
Locations
Pituitary Center
Pituitary Center
When you arrive
- Pavilion is located at 127 S. San Vicente Boulevard between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Valet parking and self-parking are available in the Pavilion Parking lot, located on Sherbourne Drive between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Park in the Gold Zone (Levels B2 and B3) and take the Gold Parking elevators to the Plaza Level. Follow the signs for the Pavilion elevators, and take the elevator up to your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
1
- IM Endocrinology
Programs
Cedars-Sinai clinical programs this provider is part of:
5
Research Areas
Titles
- Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Distinguished Chair, Investigative Medicine
- Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Dean of the Medical Faculty
- Distinguished Professor, Medicine
Education & Training
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University of Capetown
Medical School - Completed 1970
Achievements
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2
Board Certifications
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10
Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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General Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
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IM/Endocrinology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and Honors
- President, International Society of Endocrinology
- President, Pituitary Society
- Hospital Physician Leadership Award-LA County Medical Assoc
- Endocrine Society Clinical Investigator Award
- Editor-in-Chief: Pituitary
- Endocrine Regulation Prize, Fondation IPSEN
- Williams Textbook of Endocrinology: Editor
- Transatlantic Medal, Society of Endocrinology
- Royal Society of Medicine, Clinical Endocrinology Trust Medal
- Endocrine Society Scholarly Physician Award
Publications
- Zhou C, Jiao Y, Wang R, Ren SG, Wawrowsky K, Melmed S. STAT3 upregulation in pituitary somatotroph adenomas induces growth hormone hypersecretion. J Clin Invest. 2015 Apr;125(4):1692-1702.
- Fukuoka H, Cooper O, Ben-Shlomo A, Mamelak A, Ren SG, Bruyette D, Melmed S. EGFR as a therapeutic target for human, canine, and mouse ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas. J Clin Invest. 2011;121(12):4712-4721.
- Liu NA, Jiang H, Ben-Shlomo A, Wawrowsky K, Fan XM, Lin S, Melmed S. Targeting zebrafish and murine pituitary corticotroph tumors with a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011;108(20):8414-8419.
- Melmed S. Pathogenesis of pituitary tumors. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2011;7(5):257-266.
- Melmed S. Medical progress: Acromegaly. N Engl J Med. 2006;355(24):2558-2573.
- Chesnokova V, Zonis, Zhou C, Recouvreux V, Ben Shlomo A, Araki T, Barrett R, Workman M,Wawrowky K, Ljubimov VA, Uhart M, Melmed S: Growth hormone is permissive for neoplastic colon growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113(23):E3250-9, 2016.
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