Melanie Friedlander, M.D., FACS

04/05/2024

It was truly an honor to speak at the Survivors Celebration for the San Pedro Relay for Life tonight! I was so inspired to hear their stories!

10/01/2022

Repping my practice at the San Pedro Community Health Fair!

07/17/2021

When you work with giants and forgot to wear heels, you improvise! 🤣

10/02/2020

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“Looking forward to being a part of this great event hosted by tonight!”

08/08/2020

I had a blast chatting with Dr. Elena Rodriguez, superstar gynecologist and Renaissance woman, on her podcast, Vagenius, this week about breast cancer.

1 in 8 women will get breast cancer in their lifetime. So if you live to be old enough, chances are you might get breast cancer. It is a fact of life. Women get breast cancer, men get prostate cancer but I promise you that this diagnosis is not ...

06/01/2020

So wonderful to be back home at the Hunt Cancer Center!!! Even got new shoes for the occasion.

05/30/2020

When the pandemic hit us in Torrance, our medical oncology colleagues asked Dr. Ali-Jones and me to temporarily move our patients from our new home in the Hunt Cancer Center at Torrance Memorial Medical Center back to our group's office.

With all the right safety measures on place to keep patients and staff safe, we are thrilled to announce that we will resume seeing our cancer patients in the Hunt Cancer Center starting this Monday 6/1/20!

You can learn more about the Hunt Cancer Center here as we celebrate our mini grand reopening!

Advancing toward a cure.

05/27/2020

So glad to be a part of this message for our patients. We've worked hard to create procedures and policies that will keep you and our staff safe in the hospital, even now during the pandemic. If you need elective or emergency surgery, we've got you covered.

05/24/2020

The Daily Breeze is running their annual “South Bay’s Best” awards. They don’t include a category for General Surgeons (although they do have that for other specialties like Orthopaedic Surgery, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics).

Please take a moment to nominate my group, the Association of South Bay Surgeons (or me!), in the link below. You will need to write us in using the option “Other”.

Thank you for your support!

Select your favorite from the top businesses/people listed on the ballot or write-in a new vote (if you don’t see your favorite already listed). The ballot is pre-populated with those who received the most votes in previous years. However, the voting ballot will be updated throughout the week to r...