Dr. Melissa Vettraino Bachstein was born in Canada but grew up in Italy. While completing her Bachelor degree in Chemistry at the University of Windsor, she authored several refereed publications and was the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. She then earned her D.D.S. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2007 and completed a General Practice Residency at the VA Medical Center in Detroit in 2008. Dr. Bachstein went on to complete her specialty training in Endodontics at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia in 2010 with an award from the American Association of Endodontists for the presentation of her research project. She completed her MBA at MIT in 2024.

Dr. Bachstein is an active member of the American Association of Endodontists and is currently the President for the Albert Einstein Endodontics Alumni Society.