NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Welcomes New Physicians to Hand
Surgery and Anesthesia Teams
Two new physicians added to Elmhurst’s award-winning team
of healthcare providers
It is with great pleasure that NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst announces the appointments
of Dr. Eitan Melamed as Chief of Hand Surgery and Dr. Eli Zarkhin as Director of Obstetric
Anesthesia.
Dr. Eitan Melamed specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery and has extensive
experience with taking care of children and adults with special needs, including cerebral
palsy, stroke, and brain injury patients, for whom hygiene and personal care are improved
through surgery. He has worked on new and innovative treatments for peripheral nerve
disorders, traumatic and non-traumatic elbow conditions, and wrist reconstruction. He has
also collaborated with physicians from diverse backgrounds, including physical medicine
and rehabilitation, neurology, pediatrics, and primary care, with the aim of providing
solutions to patients struggling with neurological conditions.
Dr. Melamed received his medical degree and completed his orthopedic surgery residency
in Israel. He completed a research fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center and hand
fellowships at Beth Israel/Albert Einstein School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medical
Center. He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), and is a
reviewer for the Journal of Hand Surgery.
Dr. Eli Zarkhin specializes in high-risk obstetric anesthesiology which includes patients
who may present with various preexisting disorders such as those of the heart, lungs,
and spinal column, as well as disorders which may appear during pregnancy such as the
coagulopathies (bleeding disorders). Given the multidisciplinary approach to sometimes
complex deliveries, Dr. Zarkhin often collaborates with obstetricians, neonatologists,
cardiologists, neurosurgeons, and other physicians in order to ensure a safe delivery for his
patients. He has been involved in different research projects as an anesthesiology fellow,
including investigating the role of acupressure during cesarean delivery and changes in
the blood-clotting cascade during surgery.
Dr. Zarkhin graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. He obtained his medical degree from Wright State University in Dayton,
Ohio, followed by an intern year in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University/
MetroHealth Medical Center. He completed his anesthesia residency at Allegheny Health
Network in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Zarkhin finished his medical training with an obstetric
anesthesiology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he was
nominated for “Fellow Physician of the Year” by Labor and Delivery Department nurses.
For more information on programs and services at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst,
please call 718 334-4000 or visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org/elmhurst.
Dr. Eli Zarkhin Dr. Eitan Melamed
About NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst is a major provider of hospital and ambulatory care
services in the borough of Queens. The 545-bed hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center, an
Emergency Heart Care Station, and a 911-Receiving Hospital. It is a premiere health care
organization for key specialties, including surgery, cardiology, women’s health, pediatrics,
rehabilitation medicine, renal services, and mental health services. Last year, the hospital’s
robust primary and specialty care practices handled nearly 700,000 ambulatory care
visits and its emergency medicine teams responded to more than 130,000 emergency
room encounters.
About NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation, serving
more than a million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations across
the city’s five boroughs. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary
and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers,
nursing homes, post-acute care centers, home care agency, and MetroPlus health plan
– all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Its diverse workforce of more than 42,000
employees is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live
the healthiest life possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org
and stay connected on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NYCHealthandHospitals
or Twitter at @NYCHealthSystem.
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