Dr. AbdulRasheed Muhammad

Dr. AbdulRasheed Muhammad brings 40 years of professional experience across chaplaincy, clinical social work, supervision, and behavioral health program management. His career includes medical military assignments at Walter Reed, Madigan Army Medical Centers, and the U.S. Army Public Health Command, and he has worked in a range of clinical settings both before and during his military service.

Prior to military service he served as a social work supervisor and social worker in multiple environments, including outpatient substance abuse treatment as well as inpatient and outpatient mental health and dual diagnosis programs. He has served in national strategic roles for the Army, including planning and training on suicide awareness and prevention programs.

He has been a macro-level licensed clinical social worker in Michigan since 1986, and his scholarly work includes co-authoring Diversity in Human Interaction: The Tapestry of America (2004, Oxford University Press) and contributing to the VA/DOD Integrated Mental Health Strategy leadership efforts related to chaplains' roles; he also published an article in the Journal for Healthcare Chaplaincy in March 2013. Dr. Muhammad currently serves part-time as a mental health chaplain with the Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Administration at the VA San Diego Healthcare System in La Jolla, CA, and he is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social Work at Capella University.

He works with issues such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem, drawing on a long career that blends clinical expertise, program leadership, and chaplaincy.