Dr. Melnikow received her M.D. degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her family practice residency training at the University of Massachusetts in 1987. She was on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University for four years before joining our Department in 1992. Dr. Melnikow has a strong professional interest in obstetrics and her current research focuses on maternal child health issues in underserved populations, evaluation of women with abnormal pap smears, critical appraisal of the medical literature, and cost effectiveness analyses.