Laura J. Veach, Ph.D.

Laura J. Veach, Ph.D., is a Professor of Surgery – Trauma of the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Veach developed specialized services for hospitalized trauma patients, including violently injured youth, while also instituting trauma-informed counselor and addiction specialist training. She is a core faculty member of the School of Medicine’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program and the founding director of the Addiction Research & Clinical Health Master’s degree program for the school.