Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE
Professor and Executive Director, Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Research Interests
- Pain management
- palliative care
- education in pain and palliative care, and
- appropriate use of medications in pain and palliative care
Research Approaches
- educational and clinical research
Publications
- Tjia J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Blatchford PJ, Kendrick RB, Prince-Paul M, McPherson ML, Sloan JA, Somers TJ, Abernethy AP, Furuno JP. Perceptions of Statin Discontinuation among Patients with Life-limiting Illness. J Palliat Med. In press.
- McPherson ML. Methadone safety guidelines for hospice and palliative care. AAHPM Quarterly, 2016, 17(2):8-9.
- McPherson ML. Pharmacist-driven, patient-centered interventions in pain management. Pharmacy Today, September 2016, 43.
- Stewart D, McPherson ML. Take each pill with a grain of salt: A review of abuse-deterrent opioid formulations and place in therapy. Maryland Pharmacist, Spring 2016, 19-24.
- Rennick A, Atkinson T, Cimino N, Strassels SA, McPherson ML, Fudin J. Variability in opioid equivalence calculations. Pain Medicine 2016;17:892-898.
- Herndon C, Wahler R, McPherson ML. Beers criteria, the minimum data set, and hospice. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016;64(7):1519-1520.
- Malotte KL, McPherson ML. Identification, assessment, and management of pain in patients with advanced dementia. Mental Health Clinician 2016;6(2):XXX. DOI: 10.9740/mhc.2016.03.XXX.
- Afrane M, Holmes H, McPherson ML. Commonly prescribed medications among patients in hospice care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 2015 Aug 9, pii: 1049909115598928. [Epub ahead of print]
