Danielle Melton, MD

Professional Titles

• Visiting Associate Professor - University of Colorado
• Adjunct Associate Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center

Recognitions

• America's Top Physicians, Consumer Research Council of America (2018)
  Awarded yearly 2010 - 2018

Research Interests

Publications

• Archer KR, Davidson CA, Alkhoury D, Vanston SW, Moore TL, Deluca A, Betz JF, Thompson RE, Obremskey WT, Slobogean GP, Melton DH, Wilken JM, Karunakar MA, Rivera JC, Mir HR, McKinley TO, Frey KP, Castillo RC, Wegener ST. Cognitive-Behavioral-Based Physical Therapy for Improving Recovery After Traumatic Orthopaedic Lower Extremity Injury (CBPT-Trauma). J Orthop Trauma. 2022 Jan 1;36(Suppl 1):S1-S7. PubMed PMID: 34924512
• Freysteinson W, Thomas L, Sebastian-Deutsch A, Douglas D, Melton D, Celia T, Reeves K, Bowyer P. A Study of the Amputee Experience of Viewing Self in the Mirror. Rehabil Nurs. 2017 Jan Feb;42(1):22-32. PubMed PMID: 26879100
• Cannada LK, Melton DH, Deren ME, Hayda RA, Harvey EJ. Dealing With Catastrophic Outcomes and Amputations in the Mangled Limb. J Orthop Trauma. 2015 Dec;29 Suppl 12:S39-42. PubMed PMID: 26584265
• Meier RH 3rd, Melton D. Ideal functional outcomes for amputation levels. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2014 Feb;25(1):199-212. PubMed PMID: 24287248
• Li S, Berliner JC, Melton DH, Li S. Modification of electrical pain threshold by voluntary breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim) in healthy subjects. PLoS One. 2013;8(7):e70282. PubMed PMID: 23894632
• Li S, Melton DH, Berliner JC. Breathing-controlled electrical stimulation could modify the affective component of neuropathic pain after amputation: a case report. J Pain Res. 2012;5:71-5. PubMed PMID: 22536094
• Melton, Danielle H. MD. Physiatrist Perspective on Upper-Limb Prosthetic Options: Using Practice Guidelines to Promote Patient Education in the Selection and the Prescription Process. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics 29(4S):p P40-P44, October 2017. | DOI: 10.1097/JPO.0000000000000157
• Bosse, Michael J. MD; Morshed, Saam MD, PhD; Reider, Lisa PhD; Ertl, William MD; Toledano, James MD; Firoozabadi, Reeza MD; Seymour, Rachel B. PhD; Carroll, Eben MD; Scharfstein, Daniel O. ScD; Steverson, Barbara RN, MHA; MacKenzie, Ellen J. PhD; METRC. Collaborator: Melton, Danielle H. MD. “Transtibial Amputation Outcomes Study (TAOS): Comparing Transtibial Amputation With and Without a Tibiofibular Synostosis (Ertl) Procedure." Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: April 2017 - Volume 31 - Issue - p S63-S69. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000791
• Li S, Melton D. “Tactile, thermal, and electrical thresholds in patients with and without phantom limb pain after traumatic lower limb amputation.” J Pain Res. 2015;8:169-174 https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S77412
• O&P Business News. Article (October 2012). Joseph M. Czerniecki, MD et al. “The Effect of Rehabilitation in a Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit on Mobility Outcome After Dysvascular Lower Extremity Amputation.”
• Robert Meier, MD and Danielle H Melton, MD. Ideal Functional Outcomes for Amputation Levels. In: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Elsevier. 2014. Pg. 199-212.
• Archer KR, Davidson CA, Alkhoury D, Vanston SW, Moore TL, Deluca A, Betz JF, Thompson RE, Obremskey WT, Slobogean GP, Melton DH, Wilken JM, Karunakar MA, Rivera JC, Mir HR, McKinley TO, Frey KP, Castillo RC, Wegener ST. Cognitive-Behavioral-Based Physical Therapy for Improving Recovery After Traumatic Orthopaedic Lower Extremity Injury (CBPT-Trauma). J Orthop Trauma. 2022 Jan 1;36(Suppl 1):S1-S7. PubMed PMID: 34924512
• Roda GF, Awad ME, Melton DH, Christiansen CL, Stoneback JW, Gaffney BMM. The Amputated Limb Gluteus Medius is Biomechanically Disadvantaged in Patients with Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation. Ann Biomed Eng. 2023 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37946055
• Vandenberg NW, Stoneback JW, Davis-Wilson H, Christiansen CL, Awad ME, Melton DH, Gaffney BMM. Unilateral transfemoral osseointegrated prostheses improve joint loading during walking. J Biomech. 2023 Jun;155:111658. PubMed PMID: 37276681
• Gaffney BMM, Davis-Wilson HC, Awad ME, Tracy J, Melton DH, Lev G, Stoneback JW, Christiansen CL. Daily steps and stepping cadence increase one-year following prosthesis osseointegration in people with lower-limb amputation. Disabil Rehabil. 2023 Apr 19;:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37073780

Professional Memberships

• Harris County Medical Society, Member
• Texas Medical Association, Member
• American Orthotics and Prosthetics, Member
• American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Member
• Association of Academic Physiatrists, Member
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Certified Engineer-in-Training, Certificate (1993)
• Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine and Problem Wound Care Management Certification (Diversified Clinical Services), Specialized Training (2012)
• Certification in the Evaluation of Disability and Impairment Rating (American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians), Certificate (2011)

• Rehabilitation Therapy
• Bones, Joints and Muscles
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Foot and Ankle Injuries and Disorders
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Hip Injuries and Disorders
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Knee Injuries and Disorders
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Leg Injuries and Disorders
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Shoulder Injuries and Disorders