Shlomo Melmed, MD, received his medical degree with distinction from the University of Cape Town, School of Medicine in 1970. At Cedars-Sinai since 1980, he is now Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the Medical Faculty. He is also Professor and Associate Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, and Director of the Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Dr. Melmed is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, certified in Endocrinology & Metabolism; a fellow of the American College of Physicians and elected to Master of the ACP; an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Investigation; recipient of the Endocrinology Medal of the Royal Society of Medicine; Endocrine Society Clinical Investigator Award; the Society of Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal; the Pituitary Society’s Lifetime Achievement Awards; and is listed in BEST Doctors of America.
Dr. Melmed’s laboratory has been consistently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1980-2016, and he has trained over 60 physicians, scientists, and graduate students who occupy leading positions in academic endocrinology worldwide. His research is devoted to molecular pathogenesis and treatment of pituitary tumors and growth factor regulation of anterior pituitary function. He has pioneered the discovery and application of novel treatments for endocrine tumors and is a recognized international authority on pituitary medicine. Dr. Melmed is acknowledged as a plenary speaker at multiple national and international meetings and is the author of over 300 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious publications. He edits The Pituitary, co-edits Endocrinology: Basic and Clinical Principles, DeGroot and Jameson’s Textbook of Endocrinology, and Williams Textbook of Endocrinology; and is pituitary section author for Harrison’s Textbook of Medicine, Editor-in-Chief of Pituitary, and is on the editorial board of Journal of Clinical Investigation and past Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology.
Having served on the NIH Endocrinology Study Section, he also has chaired Special Endocrine Study Sections. He was President and founding member of the Pituitary Society, co-chairs its Program Committee, and was an elected member of the Endocrine Society Council. He was President of the International Society of Endocrinology and a member of the Executive Board Committee, and a Director of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).
Alternate Member
Jeffrey A. Golden, MD
Executive Vice Dean, Research and Education
Jeffrey A. Golden is the Director of the Burns and Allen Research Institute, Executive Vice Dean for Research and Education, the Linda and James Lippman Distinguished Chair in Academic Medicine, and Professor of Pathology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He previously held positions as the Ramzi S. Cotran Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, Chair of Pathology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Prior to that the Rorke Professor of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, Chair of Pathology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Golden received his BA from the University of California, San Diego and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania. He trained in anatomic pathology and neuropathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital followed by postdoctoral training in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Golden’s research has focused on understanding the developmental, molecular and cellular basis of neurodevelopmental disorders. He has had a particular interest in cell migration and differentiation of cortical interneurons and their relationship to epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. He has also contributed to our understanding of human pathology in these and related areas. His work has been published in leading journals including Nature, Nature Genetics, Cell, and Neuron, among others, and he has received numerous awards and given invited lectures nationally and internationally.
Dr. Golden has served in many national and international positions including organizing numerous meetings, past president of the American Association of Neuropathologists, past president-elect (recused) for the Association of Pathology Chairs (now Association of Academic Pathologists), elected member of the Pluto Society (by Academic Pathology Chairs), and past chair of the Brigham and Women’s Physician Association Board. He currently serves on the editorial board of multiple journals and is the associate editor of the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. He has also edited two textbooks. Dr. Golden has served on numerous NIH study sections (including chairing one section for 3 years) and has reviewed for numerous other granting agencies nationally and internationally.