Duke chaplains, in partnership with the rest of the health care team, provide spiritual and religious care for patients, families, caregivers, visitors, and staff throughout the Duke University Health System.

Our patient care services include:

• 24-hour on-call chaplain for emergent spiritual care
• Weekday spiritual care by chaplains assigned to each inpatient area
• Multi-faith chapel for meditation, prayer, and reflection
• Weekly religious and spiritual health programming
• Access to community chaplains and associates from many religions and spiritual paths

Through clinical pastoral care, chaplains manifest the spiritual dimension of Duke Medicine’s mission, facilitate collaboration between the Duke University Medical Center and Duke Divinity School, and strengthen the relationship between the health system and religious communities at large.

We operate independent departments at each of our inpatient medical centers:

• Duke University Medical Center
• Duke Raleigh Hospital
• Durham Regional Hospital

Adjunct Community Chaplaincy Pool

Our Multi-Faith Relations Coordinator and members of the department have developed a resource pool of community religious leaders, chaplains, and representatives of world religions and spiritual paths who have volunteered to respond to specific requests for care.

Please contact Chaplain Annette Olsen at 919-684-2834 or olsen007@mc.duke.edu if you have questions, special requests for additional chaplain services, or wish to discuss ways to participate in this voluntary care.