Melanie Sulistio

Dr. Melanie S. Sulistio is a Professor of Internal Medicine (IM) at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Sulistio completed her undergraduate training at Notre Dame, and her MD, IM residency training and cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas, San Antonio. In 2009, she became faculty at UT Southwestern. She has held multiple leadership roles including Associate Program Director in the internal medicine residency, Associate Program Director of the cardiology fellowship and Associate Dean of Student Affairs. She has received numerous teaching awards including the University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and is an elected member of both the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT). Dr. Sulistio is a nationally recognized inspirational speaker who promotes and teaches humanity, compassion and communication in medicine. She is one of a few national experts in cardio-palliative care and leads multiple quality improvement/research projects to improve patient centered care at end of life. She is a trained physician coach, leads implicit bias training/workshops and lectures nationally on how to have difficult conversations to promote humanity in medicine.