Melissa Weimer
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Biography
Dr. Weimer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine and has a clinical and research focus on substance use disorders treatment, particularly in the hospital setting. She also has fellowship training and years of experience in the management of complex pain, particularly for patients with concomitant opioid use disorders. She is the Medical Director of the Yale Addiction Medicine Consult Service (YAMCS), a multidisciplinary, hospital based program to address the substance use disorder needs of patients admitted to Yale New Haven Hospital.
Dr. Weimer has worked tirelessly on a local, state and national level to improve access to evidence based treatments for individuals with substance use disorder. Her work to expand addiction treatment in hospital settings started at Oregon Health & Science University where she worked with colleagues and community partners to create one of the nation's first hospital-based models to initiate addiction treatment while patients are hospitalized from a complication of their substance use. An experienced educator, she teaches health care students and professionals about substance use disorders and their treatment to promote the expansion of the addiction medicine workforce. She additionally serves as the Associate Program Director of the Yale Addiction Medicine Fellowship program.
Education & Training
- MCROregon Health & Science University (2012)
- General Medicine FellowshipOregon Health & Science University (2012)
- ResidencyOregon Health & Science University (2010)
- InternshipOregon Health & Science University (2008)
- DOVirginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2007)
- BAUniversity of Virginia, Religious Studies & Biology (2001)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Top Addiction Medicine Doc | Portland Monthly Magazine | 2017 |
Paper of the Month: A Chronic Opioid Therapy Dose Reduction Policy in Primary Care | Oregon Health & Science University | 2016 |
Top Addiction Medicine Doc | Portland Monthly Magazine | 2016 |
Top Addiction Medicine Doc | Portland Monthly Magazine | 2015 |
Founders' Award | Society of General Internal Medicine | 2013 |
Fellow Teaching Award | Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine | 2011 |
Extramural Research Loan Repayment Award | National Institute of Heath | 2011 |
Medical Honor Society Induction | Sigma Sigma Phi Osteopathic Medical Honor Society | 2007 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Ambulatory Opioid Stewardship Committee, Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2020 - Present |
Clinical Practice Guideline Oversight and Methodology Group, American Society of Addiction Medicine | Chair | 2020 - Present |
Recognizing and Eliminating disparities in Addiction through Culturally-Informed Healthcare (REACH) | Mentor | 2019 - Present |
Opioid Stewardship Committee, Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2019 - Present |
Multidisciplinary Infective Endocarditis Workgroup, Yale New Haven Hospital | Chair | 2019 - Present |
Cross-disciplinary Addiction Workgroup, Yale New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
American Society of Addiction Medicine | Alternate Region 1 Delegate | 2017 - 2019 |