Nikita Melnikov, MD joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as a Clinical Instructor in July 2025.Originally from the southern seaside town of Taganrog, Russia, Melnikov moved to Moscow to attend Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Medicine, where he graduated summa cum laude with a Doctor of Medicine degree. While in medical school, Melnikov honed his research skills, contributing to fundamental studies in Pathology, Biophysics, and Oncology. After graduation, he continued to conduct research, provide care to underserved populations, and started tutoring medical students. Melnikov took his passion for medicine, teaching, and community service to Waterbury, CT, where he completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine program 2022-2025.
Education
- MD: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation (2019)
- Residency, Internal Medicine: Yale-Waterbury School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (2025)
Clinical Interests
Point-of-care ultrasound, research, teaching, providing care to underserved populations
Publications
Mamedov V. N., Danilov S. M., Samokhodskaya L. M., Okhobotov D. A., Kamalov D. M., Melnikov N., Karpov V. K., Kadrev A. V., Kamalov A. A.. (2020, Nov). [Phenotyping of angiotensin-converting enzyme in the prostate in patients with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia]. Phenotyping of angiotensin-converting enzyme in the prostate in patients with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia, 9(5), (20-27). Cited in PubMed; PMID: 33185341. Pub Status: Published.
Proskurnina E. V., Melnikov N. A., Dolgikh O. A., Shtaut M. I., Chernykh V. B.. (2020, Jun). Antioxidant potential of seminal plasma in normozoospermia and asthenozoospermia. Antioxidant potential of seminal plasma in normozoospermia and asthenozoospermia, 21( 2), (14-19). Pub Status: Published.
Proskurnina E. V., Melnikov N. A., Chernykh V. B., Chistyakova S. Yu., Okhobotov D. A., Kamalov A. A.. (2019, Dec). [Functional activity of leucocytes in seminal fluid of patients with pathospermia]. Functional activity of leucocytes in seminal fluid of patients with pathospermia, 8(6), (78-82). Cited in PubMed; PMID: 32003172. Pub Status: Published.
Presentations
Melnikov N., Bakulina A., McGann F., Pan S., Rinehart E. (2023, May 11). Case report: CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENTERITIS IN A PATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN’S DISEASE OVERLAP ON VEDOLIZUMAB AND CHRONIC PREDNISONE [Poster presented]. 40th Annual Connecticut Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) Conference/Waterbury, CT, U.S.A.
Melnikov N., Jamil Y., Wakeman A., Soliman S. (2022, October 21). Case report “Mysterious Chest Pain” [Poster presented]. ACP Connecticut chapter meeting/Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Melnikov N.A.. (2018, April 11). Intracellular sources of free radicals in spermatozoa in male infertility [Poster presented]. International scientific conference of students and young scientists “Lomonosov-2018″/Moscow, RUS.
Melnikov N.A.. (2018, April 11). The novel method to assess reactive oxygen species production by seminal fluid leukocytes and its clinical significance. [Poster presented]. International scientific conference of students and young scientists “Lomonosov-2018″/Moscow, RUS.
Melnikov N.A., Chernykh V.B., Proskurnina E.V.. (2018, April 21). Oxidative stress in spermatozoa in pathospermia [Poster presented]. “Reproductive health of men and women”, 3rd national conference with foreign participation/Moscow, RUS.
Melnikov N.A., Chernykh V.B., Proskurnina E.V.. (2018, May 15). Intracellular sources of free radicals in spermatozoa in pathospermia [Poster presented]. “Kislorod i svobodnye radikaly”/Grodno, BLR.
Melnikov N.A., Rzhavina E.M.. (2016, April 23). Migration of retinal cells in the globally ischemic rat eye. The role of arachidonic acid. [Poster presented]. XIX national conference “FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE AND CLINICAL MEDICINE – MAN AND HEALTH”/Saint Petersburg, RUS.