Gwenesta B. Melton, MD

Dr. Melton graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. Internal Medicine training was completed at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio,TX.  A Rheumatology fellowship followed and was finished at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Upon completion of her military obligation she joined the Lafayette Clinic of Fayetteville, N.C. in private practice and recently retired. She is board certified in both internal medicine and rheumatology.

Dr. Melton is a fellow and committee member of the American College of Rheumatology. She is Co-Founder, Vice President and Co- Chair of Advocacy for the Association of Women in Rheumatology. As a former President of the North Carolina Rheumatology Association and current Board Member she still represents the state of North Carolina for ACR, Association of Women in Rheumatology and the North Carolina Rheumatology Association in Washington D.C. and her state. 

Educating physicians, physician assistants and medical students, Dr. Melton was a rheumatology clinical staff preceptor for Southern Regional Health Center, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Harnett Health,  and Southeastern Regional Health - UNC for family physicians and Internal Medicine residents. She will continue consulting and teaching about rheumatology. Leisure time is spent tracking walking tours of Europe and North America. Family time is shared with her husband, a nephrologist and a grown daughter, son-in-law and grandson.