Capt. (Dr.) Melissa A. Buryk serves as the Director of Professional Education and Designated Institutional Official, overseeing the training of over 250 military officers in 16 Graduate Medical and Dental Education residency and fellowship programs and 14 Graduate Allied Health education specialty programs. Capt. Buryk also manages the Clinical Investigation Department including two regional Institutional Review Boards. In addition, she directs the Staff Education and Training Department, Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Center, Nursing Research Department, and Medical Library. Capt. Buryk is a practicing Pediatric Endocrinologist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
Capt. Buryk earned a bachelor’s degree in Oceanography with Distinction from the United States Naval Academy and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences. She completed residency in pediatrics at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and served as the Chief of Residents at the same program. She earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in 2014.
Capt. Buryk has served in several roles in nearly 20 years of active duty. Prior to her current assignment, she completed tours as a pediatric endocrinologist, associate program director, program director of the Pediatric Residency program and Academic Chair and Department Head of Pediatrics at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. She deployed in the USNS COMFORT in support of Continuing Promise 2015, serving as medical supply and logistics officer and general pediatrician.
Capt. Buryks’ awards include the, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with two gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. She was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society in 2006 and USU Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2023. She was the recipient of the Uniformed Services University National Faculty Teaching Award in 2022 as well as numerous local faculty awards.
Capt. Buryk has served on multiple national committees and councils. Most notably she has been a member of the Uniformed Services University FOCUS Faculty Development Program since its inception in 2017, having delivered more than 140 sessions to more than 1700 national faculty. She remains an active member of the faculty development community.
