Gavin Melmed in Garland, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Gavin Melmed is listed as: Medical Oncology
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1153470745
NPI #: 1700094497
NPI Created On: 05/18/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/19/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 390200000X
License Number:
AB2218077-5353
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Molina Marketplace
• Celtic Insurance Company
• CHRISTUS Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Bone marrow biopsy and aspiration
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level
6. Ferritin (blood protein) level
7. Iron level
8. Iron binding capacity
9. Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level
10. Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count
11. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
12. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
13. Reticulated (young) platelet measurement
14. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
15. Infusion into a vein for therapy prevention or diagnosis additional sequential infusion up to 1 hour
16. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
17. Injection of different drug or substance into a vein for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
18. Non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy beneath the skin or into muscle
19. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
20. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).