Melissa Young Szalay, MD
Owner and Medical Director of Timeless Youth MD
I completed my undergraduate studies at University of Pittsburgh, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree. I majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry and English Literature, graduating in the top 2% of my class and summa cum laude. I attended medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, graduating first in my class and summa cum laude. Following medical school, I completed an Orthopaedic Surgery residency at The Ohio State University Medical Center. I finalized my formal training with a one-year fellowship in Hand and Microvascular Surgery at State University of New York at Buffalo. I have been practicing full-time as a hand and upper extremity surgeon since 2000, and have practiced in Des Moines since 2010.