Dr. Jampolis is a board certified internist and physician nutrition specialist. She specializes exclusively in nutrition for weight loss and disease prevention. A graduate of Tufts University as well as Tufts School of Medicine, she completed her residency in internal medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford University teaching hospital. In 2005, Dr. Melina hosted a 10 episode diet program on the Discovery Networks FIT TV titled "Fit TV's Diet Doctor."
Dr. Melina lectures throughout the country on nutrition for weight loss and optimal health. She has been interviewed by USA Weekend, First for Women, Women's World, Alternative Medicine Magazine, Women's Health, San Francisco Magazine, Quick and Simple Magazine, and more on nutrition and weight loss related topics. She has appeard on Regis and Kelly and View From The Bay as a repeat guest as well as numerous local television news stations. Her first book, The No-Time-to-Lose-Diet, was released in January 2007. In addition, she is launching her own line of protein bars which match her exact nutrition specifications in early 2007.