John Mark Melhorn MD, FAAOS, FAADEP, FACOEM, FACS

Mark Melhorn, is an occupational orthopaedic physician who specializes in the hands and upper limbs. He received his BS from McPherson College and his MD from the University of Kansas and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor, Section of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita.

He has been elected to several national boards and educational committees while authoring and lecturing on his research of workplace injuries and illnesses; return to work options; impairment and disability; and prevention of musculoskeletal pain in the workplace, including the text "AMA Guides- to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work" 2nd edition AMA Press (2011), Guides to the Evaluation of Disease and Injury Causation 2nd edition AMA Press (2013) and was the lead author for the Upper Extremity Chapter in the 6th Edition of the AMA Guides to Impairment.