Expert in pain management, the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, and community-based patient care.
Gifted clinician, educator, and scholar.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Amidst the current U.S. Opioid Epidemic, education regarding pain management, risk reduction, and harm reduction are more pertinent and urgent than ever before. With over a decade of experience in health professional education, Dr. Durham is an engaging and dynamic speaker who has addressed every audience on these topics - from small groups of high school students, to keynote addresses and national platform presentations.

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CONSULTING

Dr. Durham’s experience in pain management and community-based patient care is an asset to patients, healthcare providers, health systems, and industry alike. She offers a wide array of consultant activities including:

Review of individual patient medication profiles and provision of patient-specific pharmacotherapeutic recommendations
Expertise on practice management, national guideline compliance, and risk reduction for health care providers and health systems
Expertise on prescribing, dispensing, and the usage of healthcare technology for pharmaceutical and technological industries
Development of online and live educational programs for all healthcare settings
Expert opinion and case reviews

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Melissa J. Durham, Pharm.D., APh, MACM

Melissa J. Durham is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Southern California (USC) Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, completed a residency in Community-based Pharmacy Practice, and has a Master of Academic Medicine degree, all from USC.

Dr. Durham is a clinical pharmacist at the USC Pain Center, where she established and runs a pharmacist-led pain medication management service for patients with a variety of complicated chronic nononcologic pain conditions. She is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with chronic pain through patient-centered and compassionate care. The value of her unique practice model has been recognized and published both nationally and internationally. Dr. Durham is also a practicing community pharmacist and provides a valuable and unique perspective of a clinician who is both a prescriber and a dispenser – a perspective that is valuable to patients, providers, health systems, and industry alike.

Dr. Durham is a sought-after speaker on the topics of pain management, risk reduction and harm reduction, and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. She is originally from Central California and resides in Los Angeles.