Dr. Melissa Byrne attended Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine where she received her osteopathic medicine degree. Dr. Byrne holds a Master’s of Public Health from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Following graduation from her anesthesiology residency at the University of Michigan, she took a position at a private practice in Williamsburg, Virginia, before returning to Michigan Medicine for fellowship training in regional and ambulatory anesthesia. She remained on faculty at Michigan Medicine for eight years.
She joins UVA as an Anesthesiology Associate Professor and
Director of Perioperative Ultrasound. Previously, she was a teaching faculty member, Associate Program Director for the Core Residency Program, and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Education at Michigan Medicine.
Dr. Byrne is currently teaching POCUS nationally for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Her research interests include curriculum design and implementation related to POCUS in graduate medical education. She is a first author on a recent publication on POCUS in clinical practice and is a contributing author on the ASRA Pain Medicine expert panel, which provides recommendations on POCUS education and training for regional anesthesiologists and pain physicians. Her other passions include her family. Dr. Byrne is the wife of a Navy Reserves (now UVA) emergency medicine physician, and the mother of four incredible children.