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Melissa Dawn King

Melissa Dawn King, DO

Obesity Medicine

Accepting New Patients
Need help scheduling? Call 937-641-4000

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Infant 0-2
  • Child 2-12
  • Adolescent 12-21

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

About

Professional Statement

Dr. Melissa King is part of the Healthy Me Clinic at Dayton Children’s, helping children and families build healthy habits for life. They provide supportive, evidence-based care to promote wellness and confidence at every stage of growth. Dr. King's goal is for patients to become the best version of themselves. She has a desire to promote disease prevention as well as a desire to help patients with obesity connect to treatment plans that work to improve their health and wellbeing. 

awards and honors:
Sigma Sigma Phi
Pediatrics Award

Locations

    • Phone: 937-641-3000
    • Fax: 937-641-3326
  1. Ohio Pediatric Care Alliance - Springfield
    • Phone:
    • Phone: 937-641-4000
    • Fax: 937-641-4500

Expertise

Education

  • Residency: Dayton Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 2009
  • Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2011

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Amerihealth Caritas
  • AmeriHealth Caritas - PFK
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Anthem Medicaid
  • Buckeye Health Plan
  • BWC
  • CareSource
  • CareSource - PFK
  • Cigna
  • CMH (BCMH)
  • Humana
  • Humana Healthy Horizons
  • Humana Healthy Horizons - PFK
  • Medicaid Indiana
  • Medicaid Ohio
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • Medicare Ohio
  • Molina Healthcare of Ohio
  • ODM - PFK
  • Ohio Health Choice
  • Paramount Healthcare
  • Premier Health Plan
  • TRICARE for Life
  • TRICARE Prime
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan

Reviews

4.8 of 5 stars

124 Ratings, 27 Reviews

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

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    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/29/2026

    Dr. King was so kind and listened to what we needed. She was very thorough and made sure we understood everything. The staff as a whole were wonderful and caring!! Would definitely recommend to anyone

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/24/2026

    Dr. King is so kind and encouraging. She takes time to talk, listen, ask questions and explain. She is supportive of our family in our current situation and is nonjudgmental. I appreciate her kindness.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/18/2026

    I love the fact that Dr. King presented the information at my child's level. She referenced things that he would understand, the concept. I like the fact that there was no body shaming. There was never the word diet. It was all about proper eating and how he should go about it. Definitely gave so many options and suggestions that we were able to come home and grocery shop for. Definitely recommend to any family or friend.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/18/2026

    We are very grateful that this is a service provided by children's and that our insurance covers it. I feel like it's been very beneficial for our whole family.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/16/2026

    Very caring and considerate of my child.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/16/2026

    Dr. King is so wonderful. We love her and as well as all of the staff. They're all angels.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/15/2026

    Its always a pleasure to take my children to Dr. King at Dayton children

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/6/2026

    Melissa King has a very good soul.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/19/2026

    Very professional Great services

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/6/2026

    Awesome, great, tentative responses, made you feel like your child was the most important child that they've seen all day. Answered all the questions, anything that you didn't have right off top, followed it up, and sent the information, made sure that I got the information before I left. That was key. Just great all the way around. Seen her more than once, definitely see her again. Would recommend her over and over again.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/15/2026

    Very good, very friendly, and very understandable.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 4/21/2026

    Dr. King is an amazing doctor as well as her nursing staff too, they really know their stuff

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 4/9/2026

    I greatly appreciated the time, care and support received from the nurse, dietitian, and doctor!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/19/2026

    Excellent care from a great team!

    1 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/12/2026

    We arrived in time for the appointment. The appointment was scheduled 3 months in advance. We waited 20 minutes in the lobby, then I asked if we should return another day. The lady at the registration desk called in to ask if we had to wait much longer, and the answer was no. We decided to stay. A couple of minutes later we were called in by a nurse. She was not prepared to see us, but she did the best she could, and went through the questions with my son, and registered his height, weight, etc. this took 5 minutes, and she left. We waited and waited, and when the time was 60 minutes after our original appointment time, we left the room. The doctor was sitting outside the room, and she came to us as we were leaving, saying she was ready. We didn't have more time. Both me and my husband had taken off work to be there with our son, and we had taken him out of school for this appointment. We felt disrespected of our time, no one was communicating with us along the way, we were left on our own with no information. Extremely poor patient service. We will not pay any bills for this, we did not get any help what so ever, and we will never go back to Dayton Children again.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/9/2026

    Dr. Kingn and team are all courteous, professional , kind and really listen very well. They are all competent and caring. Thank you for the wonderful services you provide

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/27/2026

    She was absolutely wonderful during the visit. She took all kinds of time with us to explain how my son could get his triglycerides lower and be able to eat healthier. She was very thorough. She listened. I mean, I don't think I've seen a provider like that in many, many years. If I could have her as my son's primary provider, I would. She was absolutely amazing.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/21/2026

    The whole experience was great from check-in to checkout. All staff explained things in detail. My son left with excitement to implement his new goals set with his care team.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/31/2025

    Amazing experience

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/4/2025

    Dr King is the Best

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/18/2025

    Dr. King was phenomenal! My teenage daughter was anxious about the appointment in fear of being judged for being overweight but the entire team did an amazing job at just the opposite! They address the concerns without putting any guilt to the child.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/8/2025

    We love Dr King!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/6/2025

    Dr. King and her staff have always been amazing with my child, explaining in detail everything that's going on, everything she's prescribing, everything she's doing, and we just are absolutely thrilled that she's his doctor.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/23/2025

    The nurse, dietitians and Dr. were all great and very helpful!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/23/2025

    Dr. King had a great personality, gave honest feedback, was very knowledgeable in the field and able to provide ideas and suggestions that we could use based off of our lives. She listened attentively to be able to do those things. Very pleased. Very, very pleased. My child even had nothing but great things to say about her as much as she was a little, she didn't really want to attend, but she really was glad that she went and really enjoyed the visit with this doctor and looks forward to following up with her soon.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/10/2025

    Excellent care!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/8/2025

    She is very polite and on top of her job