MELISSA D’ANDREA

MD Resident/Fellow

Melissa.dandrea@arizona.edu

Melissa Marie D’Andrea, is a third-year resident in the integrated vascular surgery residency program at the University of Arizona-Tucson College of Medicine. She did her medical school training at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

Her specialty involves taking care of patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia, aortic aneurysms, dialysis access problems, venous insufficiency, and the broad range of vascular disease. Her research over the years has consisted of the following topics: reducing health disparities in patients with peripheral arterial disease, comorbid depression effect on amputation outcomes, predictors of long-term mortality after AAA repair, statin and antiplatelet compliance in patients who underwent major vascular surgery, ultrasound criteria in renal artery stenosis of transplant patients, and blunt cerebrovascular injury outcomes. She also dedicates some of her time to the GME Spanish Language/Healthcare Disparities Distinction Track offered by the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI).