A Northern California enthusiast, he was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area; completed his surgical internship at the University of California Davis Medical Center, in Sacramento, CA; his General Surgery Residency at San Joaquin General Hospital, in Stockton, CA; and sub-specialized with a Fellowship in Reconstructive and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, CA.

After graduating with high honors with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Davis, Dr. Joseph A. Mele was awarded the prestigious Regents’ Scholarship to attend the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

As a plastic surgery fellow in San Francisco, Joseph Mele, MD, acquired three years of intense postgraduate instruction in General Plastic Surgery, as well as specialized training in the areas of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Micro Surgery, Burn Care and Rehabilitation, Hand Surgery, and the repair of Congenital Deformities (birth defects). Dr. Mele has volunteered on surgical missions to provide medical care for underprivileged children in Guatemala (Hospital de la Familia) and Argentina (Rotary International’s Rotoplast).

In addition to the memberships listed above, Dr. Mele is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and a member in good standing of the American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgery (ASBPS), the International Confederation of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (IPRAS), the Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association (ACCMA), the California Medical Association (CMA) and the American Medical Association (AMA). He has published articles on cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery in some of the most respected American peer reviewed journals, and has presented his research at national, state and local plastic surgery conferences.