Megan Gillespie, DO
she/her/hers
Emergency Medicine
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine HUP - Cedar Avenue
Call 215-748-9000
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Division Chief of Observation Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Education and training

  • Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Jefferson Health Northeast

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Gillespie is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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: 2025

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 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: 2025

Megan Gillespie, Interviewed Guest. Episode 105: Hot Debrief , EM Over Easy Podcast: 2021

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: 2021

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

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

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

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: 2020,101232

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: 2020,461-463

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