Melani P. Shaum, MD
Santa Monica, CA 90404
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
2001 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 560W, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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About Melani P. Shaum
Dr. Melani Shaum is the director of the Gastrointestinal Tumor Program at The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute. Through this role, Dr. Shaum is instrumental in broadening access to clinical trial and research programs in gastrointestinal cancer for our patients. On a daily basis, she takes her commitment to gastrointestinal cancer research one step further by examining how research results translate into meaningful improvements in our patients’ lives.
Dr. Shaum received her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Shaum completed a fellowship in Hematology / Oncology at UCLA, where she was named Chief Resident in medicine. During her distinguished career, Dr. Shaum has served as the director of clinical hematology and oncology at Cedars-Sinai and as clinical faculty at the City of Hope Cancer Center.
Dr. Shaum is entirely devoted to patient care. Her warmth, compassion, and commitment are features that have made her beloved by her patients. Dr. Shaum has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA Medical School since 1987. She has had the honor of being listed in The Best Doctors in America from 1996 to the present and was listed in The Essential Guide to L.A.'s Best Doctors. It was this devotion that led to the dedication of the new Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology Units at Saint John's Health Center in her honor.
She manages a wide variety of cases with special interests in breast and women’s cancers and has become one of the most important local consultants in this field. This expertise has led to important focus on women’s issues in colorectal cancer therapy. By joining The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, she has fulfilled her core desire to bring this expertise to the greater Los Angeles community.
2001 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 560W
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Providence Saint John's Health Center