UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center : JCCC Member Directory

Melinda Maggard Gibbons, M.D., M.S.H.S.

General Information:

Gender:	Female
Language(s):	English

Affiliation(s):

Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Surgery, General Surgery

Member, JCCC Patients and Survivors Program Area

Education:

Residency:	General Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1994 - 2001
Medical Degree:	M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1994
Degree:	M.S., UCLA School of Public Health, 2004

Contact Information:

Phone:	(310) 825-0739
Fax:	(310) 206-2472
Email:	mmaggard@mednet.ucla.edu

Scientific Interest(s):

Dr. Melinda Maggard Gibbons' main research interests focus on studying and improving the quality of care for surgical disorders, specifically bariatric surgery. She is specifically interested in factors associated with achieving greater weight loss and the control of obesity-related comorbidities.

Selected Cancer-Related Publications:

O'Connell JB, Maggard MA, Ko CY. Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: decreased use in the elderly. Ann Surg Oncol. 2004; 11(11): 962-9.

O'Connell JB, Maggard MA, Livingston EH, Yo CK. Colorectal cancer in the young. Am J Surg. 2004; 187(3): 343-8.

Etzioni DA, Liu JH, Maggard MA, O'Connell JB, Ko CY. Workload projections for surgical oncology: will we need more surgeons? Ann Surg Oncol. 2003; 10(9): 1112-7.