Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Valerianna K. Amorosa, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program

About me

  • Medical Director for Penn Home Infusion Therapy (PHIT)
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hamiter M, Amorosa V, Belden K, Gidley PW, Mohan S, Perry B, Kim AH. Skull Base Osteomyelitis: Historical Perspective, Diagnosis and Management Update. , Otolaryngol Clin North Am. , 56(5): 2023,987-1001


Daniel J Escobar, Maria Lanzi. Pouné Saberi, Ruby Love, Darren R Linkin, John J Kelly, Darshana Jhala, Valerianna Amorosa, Mary Hofmann, Jeffrey B Doyon Mitigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Nursing Home Through Serial Testing of Residents and Staff , Clin Infect Dis , 72(9): 2021,394–396


Amorosa VK and Garst R Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 and Emerging Variants , Infusion, 27(3): 2021,36-43


Xue Z, Coughlin R, Amorosa V, Quinn R, Schiavone P, Stoner N, Kinosian B, Compher C. Factors Associated With Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Cohort of Adult Home Parenteral Nutrition Patients. , J Parenter Enteral Nutr. , 44(8): 2020


Chida N, Brown C, Mathad J, Carpenter K, Nelson G, Schechter MC, Rebolledo PA, Fabre V, Cantillo DS, Longworth S, Amorosa V, Petrauskis C, Boulanger C, Cain N, Gupta A, McKenzie-White J, Bollinger R, Melia M. Developing an Assessment Framework for Essential Internal Medicine Subspecialty Topics. , J Grad Med Educ. , 10(3): 2018,331-335


Chida N, Brown C, Mathad J, Carpenter K, Nelson G, Schechter MC, Giles N, Rebolledo PA, Ray S, Fabre V, Cantillo DS, Longworth S, Amorosa V, Petrauskis C, Boulanger C, Cain N, Gupta A, McKenzie-White J, Bollinger R, Melia MT. Internal Medicine Residents' Knowledge and Practice of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis. , Open Forum Infect Dis. , 5(7): 2018


Gowda Charitha, Sheikh Umar, Maier Andrew W, Chang Kyong-Mi, Kaplan David E, Re Vincent Lo, Amorosa Valerianna K Strategies to Improve Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Veterans With Hepatitis B Infection , Fed Pract, 34(Suppl 4): 2017,S30-S39


Petersen T, Lee YJ, Osinusi A, Amorosa VK, Wang C, Kang M, Matining R, Zhang X, Dou D, Umbleja T, Kottilil S, Peters MG Interferon Stimulated Gene Expression in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients Treated with Nitazoxanide/Peginterferon-Alfa-2a and Ribavirin , AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses , 32(7): 2016,660-7


Hill A, Roberts T, Amorosa V, Pourmand K, Matthews G, Cooke G, Khan H, Cohn J Can HCV antigen testing replace HCV RNA analysis, for monitoring of DAA-based treatment for Hepatitis C? , AASLD: 2015


Gowda C, Sheikh U, Maier A, Chang KM, Kaplan DE, Lo Re III V, Amorosa V Identifying barriers and potential strategies to improve HCC surveillance for HBV-infected veterans , IDSA: 2015