- Aorta surgery
- Aortic valve replacement surgery
- Coronary artery bypass graft
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- Minimally invasive heart surgery
- MitraClip
- Mitral valve repair replacement surgery
- Paravalvular leak closure
- Pulmonary valve repair replacement surgery
- Septal myectomy
- Thoracic endovascular aortic repair
- Transcatheter mitral valve replacement
- Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement
- Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement
- Tricuspid valve repair replacement surgery
Melanie Freas, DNP, CRNP
Cardiac Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clinical Program Manager, Center for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Diseases
My education and training
- Nursing School: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- HealthSpring Preferred (Plus)
- HealthSpring Total Care Plus (SNP) - HMO
- HealthSpring True Choice
- HealthSpring True Choice Plus - PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield BlueCare Custom PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield Complete Blue PPO Choice Deluxe
- Highmark Blue Shield Complete Blue PPO Premier
- Highmark Blue Shield First Priority Life (FPLIC) - AffordaBlue PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield Freedom Blue PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Blue Access PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Direct Blue EPO
- Highmark Blue Shield PPO
- Amerihealth Administrators PPO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Behavioral Health
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) HMO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Keystone HMO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Personal Choice 65 (Prime, Saver, Elite) PPO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Personal Choice EPO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Personal Choice PPO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) POS
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) PPO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Proactive HMO
- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Workers Comp
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Keystone Health Plan East Keystone65 (Essential, Basic, Select, Liberty) HMO
- Keystone Health Plan East POS
- Medicare - Pennsylvania
- Railroad Medicare/Palmetto GBA
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Advanced Practice Provider
Qualifications and experience
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, 2005
- Penn Aorta Center
- Penn Heart Surgery Program
- Penn Heart Valve Disease Program