Dr. Melanie S. Sulistio is an Associate Professor of Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Cardiology and an Associate Dean of Student Affairs. Dr. Sulistio left her home state to obtain her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame du lac. She then returned to Texas to complete medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where she also completed her graduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases. In 2009, Dr. Sulistio became faculty at UT Southwestern in the Division of Cardiology. She has previously served as Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency and Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular Fellowship. Her particular interests in Cardiology are arrhythmias, electrocardiograms, the cardiac physical exam and end of life care. Within academic medicine, her focus is medical education. Prior and ongoing studies in medical education are gender differences in evaluation of Internal Medicine residents, and difference in self-reported confidence in residents, and its association with specialty choice. She is also working on a quality improvement project looking at patients' goals of care and their defibrillator status.