Melissa Villa, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Director of Clerkship Ultrasound Education, Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Fellowship Education Faculty, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Ultrasound Site Director, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Emergency Department
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Emergency Department
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 316-5151
Education:
B.S. (Biobehavioral Health; Minor: Health Policy and Administration; Minor: Biology)
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2014.
DO (Osteopathic Medicine)
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2019.
B.S. (Biobehavioral Health; Minor: Health Policy and Administration; Minor: Biology)
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2014.
DO (Osteopathic Medicine)
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2019.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Inspira Health Network, Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, 2019-2022.
Ultrasound Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department, 2022-2023.
Resident, Inspira Health Network, Emergency Medicine Chief Resident, 2019-2022.
Ultrasound Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Emergency Department, 2022-2023.
Certifications
Medical Base Command Physician, 2022.
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2022.
Permanent linkMedical Base Command Physician, 2022.
American Board of Emergency Medicine, 2022.
Selected Publications
Dreyfuss, A., Schmidt, J., Villa, M. : Ultrasound Applications in Global Health \{Dreyfuss, A., Schmidt, J., Villa, M. (2025). Ultrasound Applications in Global Health. In: Gottlieb, M., Panebianco, N. (eds) Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85308-1_30} 2025.Melissa Villa, Jeffrey A. Kramer: A case of left ventricular false chordae tendineae identified on point-of-care ultrasound American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2024. 2024 Notes: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2024.
Melissa Villa, Nova Panebianco, Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil, Frances Shofer, Jodi Flanders, James Deering, Jeffrey A. Kramer: A Needs Assessment of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Resource-Limited Setting of Iquitos, Peru \{Melissa Villa, Nova Panebianco, Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil, Frances Shofer, Jodi Flanders, James Deering, Jeffrey A. Kramer: A Needs Assessment of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Resource-Limited Setting of Iquitos, Peru" American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2023.} 2023 Notes: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) 2023.
Melissa Villa: Altered Mental Status in a Young Female with History of Injection Drug Use. \{Villa, M. A. Altered Mental Status in a Young Female with History of Injection Drug Use Poster presented at: WVU/CAMC Charleston Campus Research Day; Charleston, WV, USA. } 2019 Notes: WVU/CAMC Charleston Campus Research Day Presented poster which demonstrated a unique case of Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis, presenting as fulminant meningitis and septic brain emboli.
Villa, M. A., Flanders, J. S., Troung, D. V., Szpara, E. M., Chen, L., Su, P.: Improvement Project of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Underserved Mayan Communities. \{Villa, M. A., Flanders, J. S., Troung, D. V., Szpara, E. M., Chen, L., Su, P.(October, 2017). A Quality Improvement Project of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Underserved Mayan Communities Poster presented at: OMED; Philadelphia, PA, USA. } 2017.