Mel Ramage

Mel Ramage, MSN, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, LCAS, is Director of the North Carolina Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Network and a family nurse practitioner specializing in perinatal substance use. She co-founded and served as Medical Director of Project CARA, a nationally recognized integrated outpatient perinatal substance use program, and continues to provide addiction medicine care. Her work focuses on evidence-based treatment access during pregnancy, trauma-informed care, and system-level strategies to reduce substance-related maternal morbidity and mortality.