Chris Mellano, MD

Dr Chris Mellano of the Torrance Memorial Hospital Orthopaedic Specialists Group is one of the kindest, most caring, patient, and professional doctors I have ever encountered. He performed hip surgery on me, and most recently took care of my cracked patella. He explains things in a clear and concise manner, listens to me and discusses my condition, and listens closely to what I have to say. Literally, Dr Mellano saved my life, for which I will forever be grateful. As for the office staff — they are thorough, explain the doctor’s instructions and happily answer any questions. I have never waited more than 10 minutes before being called, and the Doctor is very prompt, then never in a hurry to get me out before all issues have been discussed. I cannot say enough good things about Dr Mellano and his office staff. Look no further, an excellent surgeon and staff are close by TMH. And a special thanks to Serena for expediting my check out!

I really could not have done more to wreck my right knee. A couple years ago, I was at a local park with my twins. As a dad, sometimes you go with the cheap laugh with a prat fall. I put my shoe on my right foot very loosely, and pretend to kick a soccer ball, shoe flies in the air, I land on my butt, guaranteed laugh riot. Only this time, I landed on my right knee and completely wrecked it. I got up to walk and my knee just wasn’t there, it went out at any sign of pressure. I went to urgent care, got an xray, they said it was a possible meniscus tear but they couldn’t tell from the xray. They mentioned that I could try and live with it and treat it through exercise. So that’s what i did, but my knee would go out from time to time, randomly. Quite embarrassing to fall for no reason and have to try to explain that «no, I haven’t had enough to drink thank you». Anyways, fast forward a couple of painful years. I had finally had enough and made an appointment with Urgent Care again, and got a specialist referral. They referred me to Dr. Mellano, whom actually had treated my daughters broken arm about a month before. Dr. Mellano could not have been nicer, explained everything in detail and I never once really felt scared even when the idea of surgery came up. I ended up getting an MRI and turns out in my right knee, I had the following: 1 Bucket handle lateral meniscus tear, and a tear of the medial meniscus as well, also I needed an ACL reconstruction and a slight bit of arthritis. No wonder I was in pain for 2 years. Dr. Mellano was comforting, direct and to the point. We decided that we would fix the meniscus tears and leave the ACL for another day if need be. I had the surgery Wed, June 24^th, 2015. 1^st two days, I was on crutches but the pain wasn’t too bad. 3^rd day, I got rid of one crutch, and by end of that day I was limping around, walking up stairs, no crutches. Slight pain of course, but not too bad. By that next Monday, I was driving, and Tuesday night (less than a week later) I went to a comedy show. The whole process could not have gone smoother and I give Dr. Mellano all the credit in the world because as of today 7÷6÷15, I am pain free, no limp. I have been limping mostly for the last two years. No limp today. One of the best decisions ever and I thank and would recommend Dr. Mellano to anyone even contemplating living with knee pain.

I meet Dr. Mellano thru my husband because had broken his hand and he had a great bed side present. So when I had too have my partial knee replacement I knew he was the doctor fr me. He was very reassuring and explain every thing too me. He did the surgery and there was no problem and I would recommend him to everyone that I know. Diana his secretary is great what every you request of her she is very accommodating and helpful. I have never meet a team like Dr. Mellano and Diana thank you for taking care of me and my family

Dr. Mellano performed a distal bicep repair surgery on me back in February. He was by far the best doctor I have ever seen and I could not ask for a better experience. It was my first surgery so I was a bit hesitant but with his guidance he made me comfortable and told me what to expect. Its been a couple months and I am nearly fully recovered. He did a great job and exceeded my expectations. He followed up with me a couple days after the surgery to make sure I was recovering. Overall he is a super nice guy, great doctor and I would personally recommend him if you need to see an orthopedist.

My experience with Dr. Mellano and his entire staff has been nothing short of the best in going through an otherwise traumatic scenario. After breaking my arm I was met Dr. Mellano the day of, where he came in from his office to the hospital on a Sunday to gather information and observe my injury. He was kind and offered insight, in addition to being easy to speak with. A week later I went in for surgery and while I have no real past experience of an injury such as a my recent fracture, i knew the procedure went well by the healing process in the following weeks. Furthermore the staff expedited required documentation, forms, etc. Diana (Dr assistant) was kind and helpful through out the time I spent in and out of the office checking on my progress. To all who require an Orthopedists, i would have no problem referring them to Dr. Chris Mellano due to his professionalism, skill set and staff. A sincere thank you to Dr. Mellano and team for my speedy recovery!