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Danielle Melton, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Colorado, School of Medicine Anschutz
Aurora, Colorado, United States

Danielle Melton, MD joined the University of Colorado School of Medicine in July 2022 to help expand the UCHealth Osseointegration and Limb Restoration Program. She is an Associate Professor with dual appointments in PM&R and Orthopedic Surgery. Dr Melton also serves as the Director of Amputation Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Melton specializes in the rehabilitation of Orthopedic Trauma with an emphasis on non-surgical management of patients with limb salvage and amputation encompassing pre-prosthetic or bracing management, prosthetic design and prescription, rehabilitation and pain management following patients long-term to provide comprehensive continuity of care. Dr. Melton served as co-chair for the Limb Restoration Rehabilitation Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, on the advisory board for Baylor College of Medicine Orthotics and Prosthetics program, Scientific Medical Advisory Committee of the Amputee Coalition championing Medicare Physician Documentation and Limb Loss Prevention Task Force to create an Amputee Model Systems. She also serves on the board for Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Program as Amputee Director providing under/non-resourced patients with limb loss much needed equipment, prosthetics, and therapy. Her research involves novel approaches to treating phantom limb pain and neuromas, limb salvage with Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium, innovations in prosthetic components, and is the PI for DoD funded grant comparing prosthetic socket users with bone anchored prosthesis. She was selected as the scientific chair for the NIH and DoD funded/ Mayo Clinic PI for the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry.

Dr. Melton is recognized internationally as a medical expert in her field, frequently invited as a guest lecturer to national and international conferences. Dr. Melton has been selected by her peers to “Best Doctors in America”; “America’s Top Physicians”, “Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars” peer recognized in professional achievement and “Houston’s Top Doctors”, “Texas Super Doctors” and “International Physician Leaders of the World.”

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