Colorectal Surgeon
General Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgery
1999-2003, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, M.D.
1995-1999, Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY, B.A. Chemistry with Distinction.
2005-2007, Research Fellowship in Trauma and Burn Research, Loyola University Medical Center, Burn Shock Trauma Institute, Maywood, IL
2010-2011, Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2003-2010, General Surgery Residency, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
2021-present, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2021-present, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2015-2021, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2011-2015, Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Mount Sinai (Formerly Beth Israel Medical Center), New York, NY
2006-2008, Contract Physician, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL
2005-2007, Contract Physician, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL
2000, Research Assistant, Mentors, Weill Cornell Medical Center, Department of Surgery, New York, NY
1999-2003, Tissue Procurement Team Leader, New York Firefighters Skin Bank, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
1999-2001, Research Assistant, Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York, NY
1998-1999, Research Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Textiles and Apparel, Ithaca, NY
1997-1999, Facility Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Chemistry, Ithaca, NY
Described as “warm and approachable,†“down-to-earth†and “awesome†by his patients, Kurt Melstrom, M.D., has received a Patients' Choice Award and a Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award.
Dr. Melstrom joined City of Hope in 2015 after a five-year association with Beth Israel Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He received his medical doctorate from Weill Cornell Medical College and served residencies at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, and New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Currently, Dr. Melstrom is an associate clinical professor in the Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery at City of Hope.
A frequent speaker and author of numerous articles, Dr. Melstrom has also received special training in robotic surgery, laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery, as well as high resolution anoscopy.