Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, FAAHPM 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. She also serves as the Program Director for the Online Master of Science and Graduate Certificate Program in Palliative Care through the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. McPherson has a master’s degree in Instructional Systems Development, and a second master’s degree in Distance Education and e-Learning.
Dr. McPherson has maintained a practice in hospice and palliative care (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 also developed one of the first and few palliative care pharmacy residencies in the U.S.
Dr. McPherson serves on the Board of the Hospice Network of Maryland, and was founding president of the American Society of Pain Educators. McPherson is a Fellow in the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the American Society of Pain Educators. She is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy, a Certified Diabetes Educator and a Certified Pain Educator. She has received many honors for her work, including the American Pharmacists Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Specialized Practice, the Maryland Pharmacists Association Innovative Practice Award, and the Maryland Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists W. Purdum Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. McPherson has received many 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.
