Melanie S. Sulistio, MD
@melsulistio
Prof of Medicine. Speaker. Coach. Educator. Promoter of Humanity. Thoughts are my own. Instagram @WithHeart_DrMelanie
Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories. —Professor Richard Feynman
TY @EPLabDigest for this great piece on our team’s work educating pts re: ICDs! 🔑 points: 🌟ICD teaching/convos critical to prevent pt suffering @ death 🌟our accessible video tool helps BOTH ICD pts & clinicians 🌟a dedicated, collaborative team focused on compassionate pt…
Empowering Shared Decision-Making in ICD Therapy: @melsulistio discusses her development of a patient-centered tool designed to align ICD shock preferences with individual goals of care—a meaningful step forward in personalized heart rhythm management. ➡️hubs.ly/Q03qcBS60
Wonderful opportunity to wrk w/ @ACCinTouch & these #cardiology leaders & chg agents! #Leadership isn’t a title, it’s our responsibility as MDs to show up for pts & one another. #HumanityFirst TY @AlvinChandraMD & @LeonardChiuMD for holding down the echo fort! @noshreza…
Thanks so much to our incredible panel for sharing their insights on mentorship/wellness at the @ACCinTouch Chief Fellows Leadership Symposium! Take-Away: Burnout prevention is key. Buddy systems, "houses," and regular check-ins can promote a strong, supportive social structure!
Gratitude. For having mission driven #Cardiology colleagues who make this 🌎 better, kinder. 🌟Case in point- @cardioPCImom & @LonerganKaty TY for your hard work to help @Parkland & @utswheart pts w/ valve dz. You inspire me! 🥰 #TAVR #HumanityFirst #womeninmedicine #WIC


Chg is hard. AND it helps us grow. 2 yrs ago I chged course. It was one of the hardest choices & one of the best. Now honored to share my mission to promote #humanity in #medicine. Full circle moment giving keynote @UTSWMedCenter Wellness Symposium. Ty @DrMatulevicius & team…


No matter how educated, talented or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.
Honored to host in Colombia our @drstaceyrosen President-elect AHA and our @American_Heart discuss the critical importance of prioritizing women’s health across the entire lifespan. Empowering women @MountSinaiNYC @MountSinaiHeart
To strongly disagree with someone, and yet engage them with respect, grace, humility, dignity and honesty is a superpower.
Congratulations & so well deserved! Grateful to look up to your expertise & leadership. #womeninSTEM #WomenSupportingWomem #cardiology
I'm honored to be a Program Director for RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, a global gathering to lift women in cardiology through leadership, mentorship & connection. 🌍🫀 📅 August 28 | 📍 Madrid Join me there: womenasone.org/programs-event… #LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #WIC
"Failure is a critical component of [success]." Billionaire Michele Kang shares with Forbes how she views failure and success from her career as a businesswoman and now the owner of three professional women's soccer teams. #SelfMadeWomen youtube.com/watch?v=qYTljM…
Perhaps “academics” is a mindset not dependent on what the sign on the outside of a building says 👇🏻
I'm honored to be a Program Director for RISE @ ESC Congress 2025, a global gathering to lift women in cardiology through leadership, mentorship & connection. 🌍🫀 📅 August 28 | 📍 Madrid Join me there: womenasone.org/programs-event… #LetsRISE2025 #ESCCongress #WCCardio #WIC
How can we combat implicit bias in cardiology training? Read our💫editorial fellow @najahakhan discuss her own experiences navigating microaggressions as a South Asian #WIC. While you're at it: subscribe to our new blog, Features from FITs, to read more! tinyurl.com/mwavrvzj
Wonderful news! Congrats @md_addison !! @utswheart @dramitkhera @AmitGoyalMD
#cardioonc #medicine #blackmeninmedicine
Future medical leaders bring me great joy. To the #medicalstudent residents, fellows & early faculty - #medicine will retain its #humanity & compassionate care of the sick & suffering in your hands. Special thx to #utswstudents Class of 2028 who brought me to tears w/ the best…




We shouldn’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. It encourages them to define themselves in terms of work. Who we become is not a question of career—it’s a matter of character. The highest aspiration is to be a person of generosity, integrity, humility, and wisdom.
💯 agree And bring back that medicine should be practiced with utmost sincerity and integrity, something that can be overlooked unfortunately in this day and age
Keep up the great work @AndreeFrans! Making @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWCardfellow @UTSWIMchief @SmithBIDMC proud! @GailPetersonMD @dramitkhera @melsulistio
Out now in @AmericanHeartJ! Our study found significant differences in the🫀health among Hispanic/Latino adults in the US doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.… Honored to lead this work with @SudPerera @rkwadhera Daniel Kramer @FaRodriguezMD @joefigs2 @drdelpueblo @SmithBIDMC #MedTwitter 🧵
Grateful for this incredible support! @UTSWIMchief
Congrats to ⭐️ @UTSWInternalMed PGY-1 @AndreeFrans for his national study on Utilization of Modern EP Procedures in Medicare beneficiaries @rkwadhera @enricoferroMD Representing @UTSWMedCenter @SmithBIDMC #ACC2025! @GailPetersonMD @dramitkhera @UTSWCardfellow Congrats Frans!