Inpatient Clinical Social Worker
Duke University Hospital
n/a
Chapel Hill, NC
Melissa Walker is a Clinical Social Worker at Duke University Hospital. She is dually licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist Associate. Melissa’s experience in Medical Social Work includes supporting patients and families in skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, memory disorders, and maternal substance use. Melissa graduated with a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a member of the Substance Use and Addictions Specialist Program. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from The University of Texas at Austin, and an Associate Degree in Social Work from Austin Community College.
Melissa currently works as a member of the Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal consult team, also known as Project COMET (Caring for Patients with Opioid Misuse through Evidence-based Treatment) providing psychosocial support and assistance with transition to MOUD treatment in the community, and on Duke's Level I Trauma Center Service, providing trauma-focused counseling and psychosocial support to patients and their loved ones
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Monday, April 18, 2022
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET