Dr. Gwenesta Barnum Melton M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
2125 Valleygate Dr Suite 201 Fayetteville NC, 28304Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Gwenesta Melton is a rheumatologist practicing in Fayetteville, NC. Dr. Melton specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Melton treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1979
Tulane University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Rheumatology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Children in war and its aftermath: mental health issues in the development of international law.
- CpG oligodeoxynucleotides and interleukin-12 improve the efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination in mice challenged with M. tuberculosis.
- Children's law: toward a new realism.
- Family preservation using multisystemic therapy: an effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders.
- It's time for neighborhood research and action.
- Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research.
- Preserving the dignity of children around the world: the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Obesity and bariatric surgery: a systematic review of associations with defecatory dysfunction.
- Using PharmGKB to train text mining approaches for identifying potential gene targets for pharmacogenomic studies.
- Certificates of confidentiality under the Public Health Service Act: strong protection but not enough.
- Analysis of free text with omaha system targets in community-based care to inform practice and terminology development.
- Impact of a prototype visualization tool for new information in EHR clinical documents.
- Ethical and legal issues in research and intervention.
- Psychologists' involvement in cases of child maltreatment. Limits of role and expertise.
- Ethical and legal issues in AIDS-related practice.
Treatments
- Psoriasis
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Crohn's Disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Lupus
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