Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA, DMQ, FAAP, FACOP

Dr. Gold is Professor, of Adolescent Medicine, at Columbia University Medical Center; Professor, in the Department of Population & Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health and Medical Director, School Based Health Centers at New York Presbyterian Hospital. 

Dr. Gold serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Integrative Medicine and was a former board member of the American Academy for Medical Acupuncture. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture and holds a Doctorate in Medical Qi Gong. 

Dr. Gold has been a Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer since 2000 and has conduct numerous trainings on Motivational Interviewing (MI) and behavior change counseling for the health care setting with health care professionals.

Dr. Gold started using hypnosis in 1993 and has been teaching pediatric clinical hypnosis since 1996. With NICHD funding, Dr. Gold studied the effectiveness of MI for reducing sexual risk taking behaviors that lead to unintended pregnancy and STDs. She is Co-PI of a $3.6 million 5-year CDC and Office of Adolescent Health-funded study to modify and rigorously test her computer-assisted MI intervention to help young men avoid involvement in teen pregnancies. 

Dr. Gold has been training clinicians to provide adolescents long acting reversible contraceptive services and integrative health services within the school based health setting since 2014. Dr. Gold is the president and founder of Renaissance Research and Educational Consulting, Inc. (RRECI), a consulting firm offering health care professionals training, mentoring, and research consultation for various current life style and health-related issues.