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Megan Gillespie, DO

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
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Division Chief of Observation Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Penn Medicine Clinician, University of Pennsylvania 22 Perelman School of Medicine
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Department: Emergency Medicine
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21 7 BS 5c (Biological Sciences; Minor in Chemistry; Minor in Molecular & Cellular Biology ) c
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42 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2016.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

23 Emergency Medicine
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Selected Publications

228 Julia Schiff MD MPH, Chioma Elechi MD MS, Madison McKee MD, Emma Rogers MD, Vicki Zhou MD, Mira Mamtani MD MSEd, Emily Kaplan MD, Megan Gillespie DO; presented on behalf of group by Dr. Vicki Zhou : Gender Discrimination in Emergency Medicine: A Qualitative Co-Design to Develop an Intervention Oral Presentation: Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) New England Regional Meeting (NERDS), Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Worcester, MA April 2025.

 10a Julia Schiff MD MPH, Chioma Elechi MD MS, Madison McKee MD, Emma Rogers MD, Vicki Zhou MD, Mira Mamtani MD MSEd, Emily Kaplan MD, Megan Gillespie DO; presented on behalf of group by Dr. Chioma Elenchi and Dr. Madison McKee 150 : Addressing Gender Discrimination in EM: A qualitative co-design study to develop a targeted intervention. Poster Presentation: Penn EM Research Day, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA April 2025 Notes: in person; Hospital of the University of of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

 e0 Megan Gillespie, Interviewed Guest.: Episode 105: Hot Debrief. EM Over Easy Podcast. Andrew Little, Andrew Kalnow, Tanner Gronowski. (eds.). June 2021.

 110 Gillespie M: Pushing the R.E.S.E.T. Button: Hot Debriefing Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents. Poster Presentation: Innovations Poster Sessions, CORD 2021 Virtual Academic Assembly Apr 2021.

 f2 Gillespie M: Escape the EM Boards: Interactive Virtual Escape Room for GI Board Review. Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine 6(2): SG8-45, April 2021.

 ff Gillespie M: Escape the EM Boards: Interactive Virtual Escape Room for GI Board Review. Poster presentation: Innovations Poster Session, CORD 2021 Virtual Academic Assembly Apr 2021.

 e0 Gillespie M, Gunsolly C: Intracranial Air Embolism after Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block: A Case Report. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med 4: 649-652, Nov 2020.

 118 Gillespie M, Dincher N, Fazio P, Okorji O, Finkle J, Can A.: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complicated by Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum and Pneumothorax. Respir Med Case Rep 31: 101232, September 2020.

 105 Gillespie M, Flannery P, Schumann JA, Dincher N, Mills R, Can A.: Crazy-Paving: A Computed Tomographic Finding of Coronavirus Disease 2019. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med 4: 461-463, Aug 2020.

 da Gillespie M, Rubin S, Khan S.: EKG Findings Lead to Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Cause of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Poster presentation: AAEM20 Photo Competition, 3f AAEM Online Scientific Assembly June 2020.

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