Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Baltimore, Maryland Bio: Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE, is Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore.
McPherson has a Master’s degree in Instructional Systems Development, and a Masters of Distance Education and e-Learning. She has maintained a practice in both hospice (local and national) and ambulatory care her entire career. Dr. McPherson teaches extensively in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum on pain management and end-of-life care, including didactic and experiential content. She has developed and serves as Program Director of the campus’ interprofessional Online Master of Science degree and Graduate Certificates in Palliative Care. She also developed one of the first and few palliative care pharmacy residencies in the US. Dr. McPherson serves on the Board of the Hospice Network of Maryland and is a trustee of the Society of Palliative Care Pharmacists. She is a Fellow in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the American Society of Pain Educators. She has received many honors for her practice, and awards for teaching including the Presidential Citation from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Professor of the Year many times from the School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland Baltimore Founder’s Week Teacher of the Year and the Robert Chalmers Distinguished Educator Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. She has written four books, including Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing, and many book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on pain management, palliative care, and other topics.
