LifeSail, Inc.

I am introducing my three children, Aaron age 23, Kelsey age 20 and Kirsten age 19 to sailing so that they can realize the same life enhancing benefits that I did which include self reliance, teamwork and the beauty and unpredictability of nature and the chance to be part of something is better felt than described.


Dr. Michael Mellman MD

EDUCATION
1973-Bachelor of Arts, Zoology; University of California at Los Angeles
1977-Doctor of Medicine; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
1980-1981 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California
1978-1980 Resident, Internal Medicine; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California
1977-1978 Intern, Internal Medicine; Cedar-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California
HONORS
1980-Leo G. Rigler Award for Academic Achievement,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
1977-Alpha Omega Alpha
National Medical Honor Society
1973-Graduated Magna Cum Laude,
University of California at Los Angeles
1973-Phi Beta Kappa
University of California at Los Angeles

CERTIFICATIONS AND SOCIETIES
1986-2006 Major League Baseball Team Physician’s Organization
President 2000-2001
1984-1995-National Basketball Association Team Physician’s Organization
1984-Present National Hockey League Team Physician’s Organization
1981-Present American College of Physicians
1980-Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine

AFFILIATIONS
2005-Present Consultant and Regional Director, Team Doctors Preferred Access
2004-2006 Medical Director, Los Angeles Dodgers
2004-2006 Director, Ancillary Services, Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute
2003-2006 Medical Advisory Committee, Major League Baseball
2002-Present Advisor, Wright Balance Golf Academy
1995-Present Consultant, Los Angeles Lakers
1995-2005 Co-Founder, Chairman, Performance Health Technologies, Inc.
1993-2006 Director, Employees’ Assistance Program, Los Angeles Dodgers
1986-2006 Team Physician, Los Angeles Dodgers
1981-Present Team Physician, Los Angeles Kings
1981-1995 Team Physician, Los Angeles Lakers

PUBLICATIONS
Dorr, L.D., Merkel, C., Mellman, M.F., and Klein, I.: Fat Emboli in Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty; Predictive factors for neurological manifestations. Clin. Orthop. 248:112, 1989.
Mellman, M.F.: Immunization strategies for active adults. Physician Sportsmed. 22:1, 1994.
Mellman, M.F., McPherson, E., Dorr, L.D., and Kwong, P.: Differential Diagnosis of Back and Lower Extremity Problems, Watkins, R.G., The Spine In Sports, St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1996, 107-125.
Laby, D., Rosenbaum, A., Kirschen, D., Davidson, J., Rosenbaum, L., Strasser, C., Mellman, M.F.: The visual function of professional baseball players. Am J Ophthamol, 1996; 122(10):476-485.
Mellman, M.F. and Podesta, L.: Common Medical Problems In Sports, Clinics In Sports Medicine, 164(4), October 1997, 4-1 to 4-28.
Laby, D., Kirschen, D., Rosenbaum, A., Mellman, M.F.: The Effect of Ocular Dominance on the Performance of Professional Baseball Players, Ophthamology, 1998, 105(5): 864-866.