Megan Gillespie, DO
she/her/hers
Emergency Medicine
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine HUP - Cedar Avenue
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Division Chief of Observation Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: Jefferson Health Northeast
Spoken languages
English
English
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Emergency Medicine, 2022
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine, National
- American Academy of Family Physicians, National
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, National
- Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD), National
- Pennsylvania College of Emergency Physicians, Local
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
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