Hooman M. Melamed, MD FAAOS

07/09/2025

07/08/2025

We are beyond heartbroken by the recent tragedy in Texas.

Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected by this senseless act of violence. Events like this remind us how fragile life is and how much we need to care for one another.

If you are feeling grief, anxiety, or distress, please know you are not alone. Support is available:
📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988 anytime
📱 Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741
📞 Disaster Distress Helpline — call or text 1-800-985-5990

If you need help connecting to local mental health resources, please reach out to our office — we are here for you.

Let’s keep the victims and their loved ones in our thoughts and stand together as a community. 💙

07/07/2025

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07/06/2025

R L5-S1 Biportal endoscopic assisted inter-laminar and extra formal decompression of the exiting L5 nerve root. Able to avoid a fusion on the patient. Patient with significant resolution of symptoms, all done as ultra minimally, invasive outpatient.

06/29/2025

06/17/2025

As any physician, learning should never ever stop. You should always continue to think outside the box and the highest duty and obligation is to maximize patient outcomes. Too many physicians become complacent and they keep practicing the same way what they learn during residency. As a surgeon specially our first job should not be to operate but figure out a way to save the patient from an operation. Further more, there are too many patients who are not optimized or are getting surgery and after surgery, they have to struggle to recover because their body was never optimized for the surgery and doesn’t have the proper tools to recover. The human body is amazing if we give it the right tools so it can optimize itself and recover fairly quickly. Too many patients have leaky gut have a diet that’s full of inflammation, not taking proper supplements and they have very undiagnosed hormonal imbalance. Unfortunately standard of the care has become something that many of us refer to because we feel we are protected from medical legal perspective but many times standard of care does not mean optimized care. Prime example was Covid. How standard of care failed many patients. The goal should be to practice optimized care for every patient based on a custom-made approach. I am proud that I have not only invested my time into learning not to just improve my surgical skills, but also equally important improving my non-surgical skills to help patients recover by using holistic approaches, including peptide therapy

05/24/2025

Thank you for asking my opinion regarding Army’s new fitness test Enjoy the article Anyone think they can pass the test?

https://www.foxnews.com/health/army-unveils-new-fitness-test-tougher-standards-could-you-pass-it

05/04/2025

Would really love to have your family there!

It’s been a year and a half since October 7th… but what now?

In the face of deep pain and ongoing trauma, we’re launching a project to bring our community together—The Healing Blanket Project. A traveling tapestry of love and resilience, this blanket will move from city to city over the next year, collecting squares made by families, survivors, students, and communities. Especially, after seeing so much hate, in spaces like Coachella, we opened this event up to our teens and younger children to ensure they get the powerful message too.

Now, we finally have something to show for it. We have our unity to show for it. And that’s what this blanket will represent.
Then, on next Israel Independence Day, we’ll bring it to Israel for a powerful public display—a symbol that no matter what happens in this world, Am Yisrael will not be shaken or broken.
Join us as we kick off this journey with:
The Art of Healing — A Family Event
🗓 May 8 | 📍 Museum of Tolerance, LA
Presented by Mental Health IsReal and founder Rona Lalezary
Featuring Israeli artist Tomer Peretz, founder of The 8 Project
Tomer’s emotional works, created with hostages and survivors of October 7, will be on display as the final exhibit of his residency at the Museum.
The evening features:
• A powerful panel on how art helps us process pain, led by Rona Lalezary, with:
– Tomer Peretz, renowned artist and activist
– Lee Sassi, Nova Festival survivor whose uncle was tragically murdered
– Eli Landau, one of the youngest ZAKA volunteers recovering bodies since October 7
• The creation of the very first squares that will launch our Healing Blanket’s journey from city to city, collecting messages of resilience and unity
• A sound therapy experience using EMDR-style headphones in our immersive breakout room
This is a family event—a hands-on opportunity for kids and teens to witness real heroes, process their emotions, and take part in something deeply meaningful.

02/26/2025

Do you enjoy listening to Dr. Jordan Peterson??