Prior Surgical Health Outcomes Research Enterprise Fellow l General Surgery Resident l University of Rochester l Future MDACC CGSO Fellow. Views are my own.

Joined January 2018
Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
Great ppn by ⁦@ShoreUrmc⁩ Megan Boyer on time to stoma reversal after rectal cancer; huge issue for our patients and we can all work together to reduce time to reversal ⁦@URochesterSurg⁩ ⁦@WilmotCancer⁩
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Dr. Rabih Salloum brings back the annual favorite: Tea with the Chiefs at #ACS2025. @URMCSurgery @URochester_SMD @Yanjie_Qi
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🚨New paper alert! Megan Boyer, MD and team recently published a paper in @SurgJournal based on their studies exploring actual timelines to ostomy closure and the patient/system factors that delay it. 👏👏👏 Read more here: bit.ly/4eYMnfy @URMCSurgery @FergalFleming
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Great job team! @ShoreUrmc @URMCSurgery
Assessing the pathway and timing for ileostomy reversal in rectal cancer: A retrospective cohort study surgjournal.com/article/S003… Grateful to @megboyer18 @FergaljFleming @URochesterSurg for your excellent @SurgJournal publication
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
We are beyond thrilled to welcome Drs. Cameron Casson @WashUSurgery (#AbWall) and Yatee Dave @URMCSurgery (#Foregut #Bariatrics) to @WiscSurgery MIS!!
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
Thrilled to celebrate SHORE alumna @AlexaMelucci on her outstanding #SurgOnc match at @MDAndersonNews! We're incredibly proud she'll be representing @URMCSurgery @URochesterSurg and can't wait to see the impact she makes in surgical oncology.
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Elated. Grateful. Honored to have matched at @MDAndersonNews for surgical oncology fellowship!! Couldn’t have done it without the endless support from my team! @FergaljFleming @JacobMoalem @DarrenCarpizo @LarissaTemple @AnnaWeissMD @URMCSurgery @URMCSHORE
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So fun to meet and support friends on the CGSO interview trail! @krisrho93 representing @DukeSurgOnc presenting her exciting work on ctDNA and postoperative outcomes in melanoma.
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
Thought provoking presentation by @AlexaMelucci on outcomes of patients who decline curative resection for GI cancers #SSO2025 @URochesterSurg
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For patients undergoing Whipple procedure, single-shot intrathecal morphine is a safe and effective means of providing postoperative pain control. ow.ly/kvN650Km1Sy #VisualAbstract #SoMe4Surgery @PBurchard_MD @livlynch18 @AlexaMelucci #AuthorVideo: ow.ly/IBj750Km1T4
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We all have unconscious biases that need to be recognized and considered when treating patients. Read our latest work on left-digit bias (disproportionate influence of leftmost age digit) & the treatment of older patients with rectal cancer. @apl2018 @FergaljFleming @apl2018
An assessment of left-digit bias in the treatment of older patients with potentially curable rectal cancer Fascinating #colorectalsurgery study in @SurgJournal by @AlexaMelucci @chrisaquinamd @apl2018 @FergaljFleming @URochesterSurg surgjournal.com/article/S003…
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#AAES2022 “Outpatient Endocrine Surgery Practice Patterns are Variable Among U.S. Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Programs” Presented by @shawnhsu_ @JfazendinMD @JacobMoalem @URochesterSurg @UABSurgery @nyulangone #surged #rhinosintheland
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
See our latest in @acsJACS evaluating the effects of ITM on postop opioids and functional recovery for Whipple patients @URMCSurgery @AlexaMelucci Intrathecal Morphine and Effect on Opioid Consumption and... : Journal of the American College of Surgeons journals.lww.com/journalacs/…
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Great work @apl2018 and @FergaljFleming! Excited to see what interesting results this brings and how it can improve patient care.
Congratulations Fergal Fleming, MD @FergaljFleming and Tony Loria, MD @apl2018 who were awarded this years CTSI Digital Health Seedling Award for a prospective study titled "iSTOMA: ileostomy smart technology to observe and monitor absorption"! Nice work! @ShoreUrmc @URMCSurgery
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
📖☕️#CoDiSundays - Editor's Choice Back to #basics.. What is the price of ileostomy? This #Sunday, @escp_tweets and @ColorectalDis are reading about #ileostomy related acute #kidney injury. #SoMe4Surgery #colorectalsurgery #stoma #research Read here👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Opioid reduction in surgery is a team sport. Proud to be part of this initiative in the @URochesterSurg department and collaborate with our colleagues in @UofR_Anesthesia! @JacobMoalem @livlynch18 @PBurchard_MD
Excellent multidisciplinary Grand Rounds presentation w/ ⁦@UofR_Anesthesia⁩ by Dr. Moalem, residents Dr. Melucci & Dr. Burchard, and M4 applying to General Surgery Olivia Lynch ⁦⁦@JacobMoalem⁩ ⁦@AlexaMelucci⁩ ⁦@PBurchard_MD⁩ ⁦@livlynch18⁩
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Proud to be part of this collaboration @ShoreUrmc. When seniors help juniors, everyone wins! @CF_Justiniano you’re an amazing role model, mentor and friend. Great work @apl2018!
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
Sharing the experience following colectomies from New York. Great work @CF_Justiniano & @FergaljFleming @URochesterSurg
Thank you to Dr Hendren and @msqcpso for invitation to present on behalf of UNYSQI today. Great panel discussion #ERAS #colorectalsurgery
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Alexa Melucci, MD, MS retweeted
Delighted that this stellar researcher is recognised by @ASCRS_1 and am excited for her career in general surgery! Many thanks to @ASCRS_1 for their support.
Congratulations Olivia Lynch, MPH! She was awarded the Medical Student Research Initiation Grant from the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons to study the impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on body composition & outcomes in patients with #rectalcancer. @ASCRS_1
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So proud of this rockstar 🤩 @livlynch18
Congratulations Olivia Lynch, MPH! She was awarded the Medical Student Research Initiation Grant from the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons to study the impact of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on body composition & outcomes in patients with #rectalcancer. @ASCRS_1
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