Medical Director, Wound Healing Institute, M Health Fairview, Surgeon
M Health Fairview
Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
M. Mark Melin MD FACS RPVI FACCWS, is a surgeon and Medical Director of the M Health Wound Healing Institute (South Campus) and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Minnesota Surgical Department. His interests and educational niches include management of lymphedema/lymphatic stasis in the wounded patient, the endothelial glycocalyx, adjunctive micronutrient and bionutrient application to wound care, MPFF applications in wound care, polygenic abnormality impact upon wound resolution, wound pH and biofilm management, and emerging technologies in wound products and wound technologies. He participates in the educational activities of the Wound Fellowship program, under the direction of the University of Minnesota PMR Department.
Additional educational efforts include human physiology and adaptability in the weightlessness of space travel and its translation to improving patient cares and achieving nominal human function in environmental extremes. He joined the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) and the Space Surgical Association (SSA) in 2021. He is published and a presenter at conferences and co-Directs the Space Forum for AVLS.
He became the Medical Director of Eva Medtec in September of 2022. Eva Medtec is the creator of Neuroglide, a system of automated therapy devices which provide effective, convenient, and sustainable medical devices for pain management options.
He joined the team at VitaSupportMD as a Senior Clinical and Scientific Advisor in 2022, contributing to publications and research regarding MPFF and being a cohost on the podcast “Lymphcast”.
He resides in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife of 33 years, Cindy; they have 4 grown children who attended Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) and 3 daughter in-laws. 2 children and a daughter in-law are in medicine, as a urology resident and 2 in medical school: Medical College of Wisconsin and Liberty University College of Medicine. They have 3 rescue dogs. His family resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM CST
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
5:25 PM – 5:35 PM CST