Dr. Melissa Gennarelli, MD

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Get to know Internist Dr. Melissa Gennarelli, who serves patients in Valhalla, New York.

An experienced Internal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Gennarelli works with patients at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.

The flagship of WMCHealth, Westchester Medical Center is a 415-bed academic hospital, one of three hospitals located on the network’s Valhalla, NY campus. Founded in 1917, Westchester Medical Center is the regional hub of tertiary and quaternary care and is the primary referral facility for other hospitals, serving as a lifeline for more than 2.4 million people in the Hudson Valley. Westchester Medical Center’s mission includes providing the highest quality care for all residents of the Hudson Valley, regardless of their ability to pay, providing a network that ensures access to a coordinated continuum of care for its community.

Dr. Gennarelli has over 22 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from New York Medical College in 1999. 

She continued her education with an Internal Medicine residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which she completed in 2003. She also completed a fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York. 

Dr. Gennarelli has a focus on clinical practice and residency training. Additionally, she is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She has worked with Westchester Medical Center since 2003.

Internal Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. They care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in education and research.

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