Dr. Melinda Gibbons

Biography

Melinda Maggard Gibbons is an accomplished academic surgeon with a long-standing record of excellence in clinical care, research, teaching, and leadership. She received her B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Following her medical education, Dr. Maggard Gibbons completed a general surgery residency at UCLA and earned a Master of Science in Health Services through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. She maintains a busy clinical practice focused on the treatment of breast cancer and acute care surgery. In her leadership role, she works closely with the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC), overseeing the JCCC/Olive View-UCLA Breast Cancer Program. Dr. Maggard Gibbons' research interests include surgical quality improvement, disparities in care, patient survivorship, and developing appropriateness measures for surgical care. She serves the Governor of the American College of Surgeons and is currently a member of UCLA’s Faculty Executive Committee. With over a decade dedicated to faculty development, she has also assumed leadership roles in the Department of Surgery’s Appointment Promotions Committee and is the inaugural Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Surgery since June 2023, focusing on mentoring faculty in their academic development.

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