Melissa Urrea

Melissa Urrea currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Herself Health, a position held since September 2024. Melissa has extensive experience in medical leadership roles, including Vice President of Medical Affairs at Optum and Senior Executive Medical Director at naviHealth, where responsibilities included clinical leadership, strategic direction, and management of clinical relationships. Previous roles involved new business development and stakeholder support as Executive and Interim Executive Medical Director. Melissa's career began in 2002 as an author, with the publication of the fiction novel "Thin Yellow Line." Educational credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin and dual Doctor of Medicine degrees from The University of Texas Medical Branch.