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Christopher M. Melnic, MD

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Dr. Christopher M. Melnic is a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic arthroplasty surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Melnic attended Boston College and was granted early acceptance into Tufts University School of Medicine, where he obtained his medical degree. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a fellowship in adult joint reconstruction at Rush University in Chicago. He is the director of the MGH adult reconstructive surgery fellowship program. He also serves on the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons evidence-based medicine committee, and is a member of the Arthroplasty Today editorial board. Dr. Melnic resides in Boston, MA with his wife and two-year-old son.