Melissa Ham, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

melissa.ham@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Dr. Ham holds undergraduate and medical degrees from The University of South Carolina. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Richland Memorial Hospital-University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UT Southwestern. Immediately following the completion of her fellowship in 2002, which included an extensive study on children with Type 1 diabetes with ketoacidosis, she became faculty and is now an assistant professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric endocrinology. She became board certified in Pediatrics in 1999 and in Pediatric Endocrinology in 2003. Dr. Ham is an attending physician at Children?s Medical Center of Dallas and is on staff at its Endocrinology Center where she treats patients in a teaching environment. She intends to expand her role in the near future by participating in clinical research involving the spectrum of polycystic ovarian syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, and Type II diabetes mellitus. Her activity in the endocrinology community continues as she is pursuing membership in the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (2002)
ResidencyUniversity of South Carolina - Columbia (1999)
Medical SchoolUniversity of South Carolina (1996)

Publications

Bedside ketone determination in diabetic children with hyperglycemia and ketosis in the acute care setting.

Ham MR, Okada P, White PC , Pediatric Diabetes , March 2004; (5(1)):39-43

Interaction of Age of Onset with Genetic Risk Factors for Type 1 Diabetes

Felner EI, Klitz W, Ham M, Lazaro AM, Stastny P, Dupont B et al. , Journal of Pediatric Diabetes , 2005; (6(4)):213-220

Honors/Awards

European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Summer School for Fellows

(2001)

Magna cum laude graduate

(1992)

Senior Honors Thesis

(1992)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

Texas Medical Association