Dr. Trost enjoys working in Student Health because it allows her to focus on her medical interests – women’s health, family planning, sports medicine, dermatology, travel medicine, and eating and body image concerns. She enjoys being a primary care provider for students because of the unique opportunities to help newly independent health care consumers navigate a complex health care system. At Student Health she oversees the International Travel Clinic and is a medical provider for Duke Center for Eating Disorders. In her free time, Melanie enjoys biking, kayaking, reading, gardening and playing with her family. Dr. Trost attended Medical School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her residency in Family Medicine here at Duke University. She spends her time working for Duke Student Health and has been working conjointly with the DCED since 2004.