Dan Meldrum earned a
bachelor of science degree with a major in biology from the
University of Michigan. He then attended Michigan State University,
where he earned an M.D. in 1992.
From 1992 to 1999, Dr. Meldrum was an intern,
a resident (on a NIH-NRSA research fellowship) in the department of
surgery and
chief resident of general surgery at the University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado.
From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Meldrum attended John Hopkins University Hospital,
in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was a
resident cardiothoracic surgeon and then was chief resident of
cardiothoracic surgery in 2001-2002.
In 1984-1988, research assistant in hemotology/biochemistry at U-M
in 1984-88. In 1985, he was an NIH student researcher in the department of
biochemistry at U-M, and in 1986, he became a teaching assistant in the same
department. From 1989 to 1992, he was an NIH student researcher
for the department of surgery in the MSU School of Medicine.
Dr. Meldrum was also a captain
in the United States Army Reserve from 1993 to 2000. He was promoted
to Major in 2000 and continues in the Army Reserve to the present.
He was nominated by his cousin, William Greene, and Clara
Sorenson. Bill Greene wrote in his nomination that "Dan has
continued to excel in his field of cardiac-thoracic surgery and has
presented his papers in the U.S. and Europe. He cares so much for his
patients!"
Dr. Meldrum, who was unable to attend the induction ceremony,
wrote: "Thank you for the honor of
being considered for your Alumni Hall of Fame. I think that it is a
great idea. I haven’t forgotten Grayling. I regret to tell you that
I will not be able to make it this year. The support of the
Grayling community helped me to get where I am, and it is unfortunate
that many of the groups that supported me as I left to attend the
University of Michigan have never found out what their good work
accomplished.
"I went on to complete cardiothoracic surgery training
at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, the number one
ranked hospital in the country by US News and World Report. Since
then, I have been doing heart surgery at Methodist Hospital and
teaching/researching at Indiana University Medical School. I have
over 100 peer-reviewed publications and a 1.5 million dollar grant
from the National Institutes of Health to conduct my research. I am
director of the Physiology Core at Indiana University and assistant
professor of surgery and assistant professor of cellular and
integrative physiology at Indiana University School of Medicine.
"When I left Grayling, I received scholarships from the Boosters, the
Lions Club, and the Alumni Association. Those helped me tremendously,
and I wish they could somehow know of their good results. I remember
the community well and come back to a place on the lake every
summer. My mother still lives at 508 Peninsular Avenue. I remember
the desperation of the students there. All things are possible and
what you are doing will help them to see the possibilities. Congratulations! My mother will be, and
deserves to be, most honored by this. Thank you for this honor, and
congratulations on this idea to inspire the young folks there."
Dr. Meldrum's mother, Patricia Petrie, accepted his award for him. |
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