Melissa Valdellon is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with the Gynecologic Surgical Oncology department. She graduated with her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and received her Master's of Science in Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She primarily works on the Acute Care Surgical Unit at UCSF Mission Bay providing comprehensive care to women with gynecologic malignancies. This includes post-operative management, chemotherapy, and symptom management. She works closely with OB/GYN residents by educating and training them with the focus on direct patient care. She was given the "Most Outstanding OB/GYN staff" award presented by the residents at their graduation banquet in 2013 and in 2017. She is also a recipient of the 2014 UCSF Mount Zion Symptom Management and Palliative Care Service Award as well as the 2017 UCSF​ ​Excellence​ ​in​ ​Oncology​ ​Nursing​ ​Award.