Melissa Shaughnessy, D.O. joined the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in 2015 and currently splits her time as a Senior Consultant supporting the Office of Women's Health educational initiatives and serving as the Chief of Ambulatory Care Special Programs at the Orlando Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System overseeing Women's Health, Employee Occupational Health, and the Traveling Veteran Program.

Dr. Shaughnessy earned her Osteopathic Medical Degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Medicine in 2008 and completed her Family Medicine Residency and Women's Health Fellowship at Florida Hospital (Advent Health). She is Board Certified in Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and spends clinical time performing outpatient gynecology (GYN) procedures including placement of intrauterine devices (IUDs), implants, colposcopies, endometrial biopsies, and cervical cancer screening for women Veterans. She is passionate about education and preventative medicine, participating in various women's health mini-residencies and providing genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast, ovarian and Lynch Syndrome cancers.