Michelle E. Melisko

MD

Breast oncologist

About me

Dr. Michelle E. Melisko is a cancer specialist with expertise in caring for patients with breast cancer.

Also active in research, Melisko is interested in evaluating new chemotherapy combinations, biological therapies and immunotherapies for breast cancer, with a particular focus on treating cancer that has spread to the brain. To foster more rapid advances in breast cancer treatment, she educates patients on clinical trials and encourages them to participate when appropriate.

Melisko earned her medical degree at the Wake Forest School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at Stanford Medicine. She completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UCSF.

  • Education

    Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1997

  • Residencies

    Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Internal Medicine, 2000

  • Fellowships

    UCSF Medical Center, Hematology/Oncology, 2003

  • Board Certifications

    Hospice & Palliative Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Academic Title

    Professor

Conditions I specialize in

Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center

Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building

1825 Fourth St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

(415) 353-7070
M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

My reviews

4.8

Overall Experience
230 Reviews
Dr. Melisko is wonderful - I always feel so well cared for and informed after my appointment.
Explained things in a way that was easy to understand
227 Reviews
Did the doctor pay attention to your concerns
228 Reviews
Gave easy to understand instructions about taking care of health problems or concerns
224 Reviews
Knew the important information about your medical history
229 Reviews
The provider showed respect for what you had to say
228 Reviews
The provider spent enough time with me
229 Reviews
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Selected research

Decorative Caduceus

HKI-272 for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases

To evaluate the objective response rate in the Central Nervous System by composite response criteria in Cohort 1

Recruiting

Decorative Caduceus

Oral Paclitaxel Efficacy Safety and PK in Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer

ORR is defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (v.1.1) criteria

Recruiting

Decorative Caduceus

Neratinib HER Mutation Basket Study

Percentage of participants who are confirmed by independent central review to have achieved complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 (HR+, HER2 negativ...

Recruiting

Decorative Caduceus

Olaparib In Metastatic Breast Cancer

RECIST 1.1 criteria will be reported with a two-sided 90% confidence interval using the method from Atkinson and Brown to account for the two-stage design

Recruiting

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