Pamela Meliso is a senior staff attorney with the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.  Ms. Meliso has successfully handled hundreds of appeals of Medicare denials on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.  She is a member of Connecticut's Carrier Advisory Committee and is co-chair of the Medicare subcommittee of the Elder Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.  Ms. Meliso is lead trainer for Connecticut's Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program and is a frequent speaker on Medicare, due process, and related topics in Connecticut and around the country.  Ms. Meliso is a co-author of the Medicare Handbook, Aspen Pub. Co. 2003 (updated annually).  Ms. Meliso graduated from Rhode Island College in 1987 and received her law degree in 1990 and her master's degree in public health in 2006 from the University of Connecticut where she is a member of the adjunct faculty and teaches a course on public health policy development and advocacy.