Melissa Kaye Merrill, NPCritical Care Medicine in Indianapolis, IN

Melissa K. Merrill, NP, is a nurse practitioner at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is part of a Critical Care-Internal Medicine-Transitionalist outpatient team that provides personalized care to high-risk, complex chronic patients that are in need of close monitoring after a hospitalization or acute rehab admission.

Melissa provides post-discharge, episodic, or longitudinal, condition-specific care to patients. She will work with your entire care team to ensure a safe transition into the outpatient setting.

Melissa and her team will assist with connecting patients to a primary care provider that will take over all long-term management and coordination of a patient's care. Melissa and her team will help you navigate the sometimes difficult to understand healthcare system.

Melissa has a special interest in cardiac conditions.

Melissa was the 2020 Ascension Medical Group Flame Award recipient. This award is awarded annually to the Advanced Practice Provider who has represented the Ascension missions and values as witnessed by their actions of stewardship, wisdom, and creativity with a notable spirit of service to their community and vulnerable populations.

When not caring for patients, Melissa enjoys spending time with her husband, two children, and puppy. She loves animals and wishes she could adopt all the dogs in the world.