OBSTETRICS – GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY
Dr. Melendez has always had a passion to help people. When he was 6 years old his aunt told him that he would be a doctor someday. Since Dr. Melendez heard those words from his aunt knew he was going to be a doctor, and he set his eyes on that goal. He was raised in Bakersfield and started on the track to become a doctor at Pioneer Drive in Kindergarten. Dr. Melendez was known to always have a book in his hand, and he claims that he was the only boy in the 6th grade that didn’t get a paddle. After graduating from South High he studied Chemistry and Biology at the University of Pacific in Stockton, CA. Dr. Melendez went to Autonomous University in Guadalajara for Medical School and finished his 5th year of med school in Maryland at St. George’s Hospital. Dr. Melendez returned to Bakersfield to complete his Residency and Internship at Kern Medical Center before he opened up his private practice on July 15, 1996.
