Melissa Ham

Melissa Ham is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is an attending physician at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, practicing in a teaching environment at its Endocrinology Center. Her clinical and research focus includes pediatric endocrinology, particularly Type 1 diabetes, ketoacidosis, and expanding into polycystic ovarian syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, and Type II diabetes mellitus.

Dr. Ham completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of South Carolina. She undertook a pediatrics residency at Richland Memorial Hospital-University of South Carolina School of Medicine and a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at UT Southwestern, culminating in board certifications in Pediatrics (1999) and Pediatric Endocrinology (2003). She aims to advance clinical research in endocrinology and pursue membership in the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society.

No specific scientific awards or grants are listed, though her professional affiliations emphasize active clinical and research engagement in endocrinology. No advisee students are noted in the provided information.