Dr. John Nicholas Melvan is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon that was a resident at Emory University’s School of Medicine. Relatively new to Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute, he sees parallels between Emory’s place in Atlanta’s community and Memorial’s footprint in South Florida. “Both systems have an academic focus and are committed to growth, excellence, and continual improvement. There is also collaboration between like-minded individuals with the same goals.”
Dr. Melvan, who performs both traditional surgeries and transcatheter procedures, was attracted to Memorial’s “long history of excellence, transparency, and quality outcomes.” Dealing with some of the sickest patients in the hospital, he says it’s important to have the resources to attack the most challenging cases and deliver next-level care.
“Ours can be lifetime management of the patient’s cardiac problem(s). We’re sometimes planning for the second and third operations while doing the initial procedure.”
