Melissa Ann Summers, MD

Bachelor of Science: University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN, 2011 (Biological Sciences and Sociology)

Doctor of Medicine: University of Toledo Toledo, OH, 2015

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2020

Sports Medicine & Shoulder Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, 2021

American Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Certification Date: 07-16-2033 )

Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedics

Sports Medicine

Achilles Tendon Injuries

Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Injury

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury

Athletic Injuries

Complex Multi Ligament Knee Injury

Dislocated Shoulder

Femoracetabular Impingement

Hip Impingement (Femoroacetabular impingement)

Hip Labral tear

Knee Cap Dislocation

Knee Dislocation

Knee Ligament Injury

Knee Osteoarthritis

Knee Pain

Labral Tear

Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Injury

Lateral Patellar Dislocation

Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injury

Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) Injury

Patella Tendon Tear

Patellar Dislocation

Patellar Tendon Rupture

Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury

Proximal and Distal Bicep Tendon Tear

Proximal Hamstring Tear

Quadricep Tendon Rupture

Quadricep Tendon Tear

Rotator Cuff Injury

Rotator Cuff Tear

Separated Shoulder

Shoulder Dislocation

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Shoulder Instability

Sports Related Injuries

Orthopaedic Surgery

Sports Medicine

Peer Reviewed Publications

Berry, Chirag A; Summers, Melissa A; Reddy, Krishna I A  (2021). Superior Patellar Dislocation Reduced by Intra-articular Injection: A Case Report and Review of Literature. JBJS case connector, 11 (2) More Information

Summers, Melissa A; Matar, Robert N; Denning, Jaime Rice; Dixon, Tonya L; Ramalingam, Wendy G; Asghar, Ferhan A; Grawe, Brian M  (2020). Closing the Gender Gap: Barriers to Success for Recruitment and Retention of the Female Orthopaedic Surgery Applicant. JBJS reviews, 8 (5) , e0211More Information

Bedeir, Yehia H; Summers, Melissa A; Patel, Dhavalkumar J; Grawe, Brian M; Colosimo, Angelo J  (2018). Anatomic Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Without Bone Tunnels or Anchors in the Patella. Arthroscopy techniques, 7 (6) , e611-e615More Information

Reynolds, Matthew R; Shah, Pinak B; Kodali, Susheel K; Hahn, Rebecca T; Thourani, Vinod H; Lurz, Philipp; Grayburn, Paul A; Davidson, Charles J; Yadav, Pradeep K; Kipperman, Robert M; Szerlip, Molly A; Smith, Robert L; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Saxon, John T; Muhammad, Kamran; Garcia, Santiago; Summers, Matthew; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Chehab, Bassem M; Grizzell, Brett E; Hermiller, James B; Ailawadi, Gorav; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Gray, William A; Latib, M Azeem; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott M; Petrossian, George A; Herrmann, Howard C; Leon, Martin B; Mack, Michael J; Cohen, David J  (2026). Impact of Adverse Events on Costs and Length of Stay Following Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement. Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team, 10 (7) , 101049More Information

Lurz, Philipp; Hahn, Rebecca T; Kodali, Susheel; Makkar, Raj; Sharma, Rahul P; Davidson, Charles J; O'Neill, Brian P; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram F; Szerlip, Molly; Smith, Robert L; Whisenant, Brian; Garcia, Santiago; Kister, Tobias; Kipperman, Robert M; Lim, D Scott; Saxon, John; Kapadia, Samir; Hermiller, James; Mishell, Jacob M; Rassi, Andrew; Herrmann, Howard C; Szeto, Wilson; Hausleiter, Jörg; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Barker, Colin M; Lindman, Brian R; Latib, Azeem; Muhammad, Kamran; von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan; Summers, Matthew; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Ailawadi, Gorav; Russo, Mark; Rinaldi, Michael; Chehab, Bassem M; Nickenig, Georg; Stinis, Curtiss; Inglessis-Azuaje, Ignacio; Dhoble, Abhijeet; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Petrossian, George; Shah, Pinak; Staniloae, Cezar; Williams, Mathew; Nores, Marcos; McCabe, James M; Singh, Gagan; Baldus, Stephan; Rudolph, Volker; Barb, Ilie; Klodell, Charles; Gray, William; Strote, Justin; Sannino, Anna; Grayburn, Paul; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Thourani, Vinod H  (2026). Tricuspid valve replacement outcomes by baseline tricuspid regurgitation severity: the TRISCEND II trial. European heart journal, 47 (17) , 2059-2073More Information

Makkar, Raj R; Thourani, Vinod H; Vahl, Torsten P; Yadav, Pradeep K; McCabe, James M; George, Isaac; Satler, Lowell; Chetcuti, Stan; Daniels, David V; Waggoner, Thomas; Whisenant, Brian; Russo, Mark; Summers, Matthew; Garcia, Santiago; Frisoli, Tiberio; Ramana, Ravi K; Stinis, Curtiss; Golwala, Harsh; Zahr, Firas; Greenbaum, Adam; Rovin, Joshua; Sanchez, Carlos; Szerlip, Molly; Deeb, George Michael; Amoroso, Nicholas; Patel, Dhairya; Fahy, Martin; Ranard, Lauren S; Gupta, Aakriti; Chakravarty, Tarun; Skaf, Sabah; Chuang, Michael; Kodali, Susheel K; Figulla, Hans R; Treede, Hendrik; Baldus, Stephan; Pinto, Duane S; Leon, Martin B  (2025). Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Trilogy valve for symptomatic native aortic regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): a pivotal, multicentre, single-arm, investigational device exemption study. Lancet (London, England), 406 (10521) , 2757-2771More Information

Hahn, Rebecca T; Makkar, Raj; Thourani, Vinod H; Makar, Moody; Sharma, Rahul P; Haeffele, Christiane; Davidson, Charles J; Narang, Akhil; O'Neill, Brian; Lee, James; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram; Pislaru, Sorin; Smith, Robert; Szerlip, Molly; Whisenant, Brian; Sekaran, Nishant K; Garcia, Santiago; Stewart-Dehner, Terri; Thiele, Holger; Kipperman, Robert; Koulogiannis, Konstantinos; Lim, D Scott; Fowler, Dale; Kapadia, Samir; Harb, Serge C; Grayburn, Paul A; Sannino, Anna; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Lurz, Philipp; Kodali, Susheel K  (2025). Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. The New England journal of medicine, 392 (2) , 115-126More Information

Kucharik, Michael P; Eberlin, Christopher T; Cherian, Nathan J; Summers, Melissa A; Martin, Scott D  (2023). Using a Combined All-Inside, Inside-Out, and Outside-In Technique to Repair Bucket-Handle Medial Meniscal Tears Without a Safety Incision. Arthroscopy techniques, 12 (7) , e1065-e1073More Information

Kenney, Nick; Stackpole, Chris; Salazar, Michael; Spiro, Steve; Waters, Eric; Summers, Matt; VanZant, Piet; Bastin, Kevin; Soloff, Lonnie; Quinlan, James; Graham, Thomas J  (2023). The Role of the Surgical Specialty Consultants in the Care of Professional Sports Teams: A Head Athletic Trainers' Round Table. Sports medicine and arthroscopy review, 31 (1) , 12-14More Information