Dr. McPherson has practiced hospice and palliative care as a clinical pharmacist her entire career. She is a professor at the University of Maryland and executive program director of the online Graduate Studies in Palliative Care (MS, PhD) program. She has served as a resource to medical staff for pain and symptom consultations, opioid conversion calculations, methadone dosing and other medication-related issues. McPherson is particularly interested in assuring patients with a serious illness receive goal-concordant medication therapy. She has authored five books including the popular “Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide to Effective dosing” and numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters.
Director At Large
Mary Lynn McPherson
PharmD PhD BCPS FAAHPM

Director At Large
Mary Lynn McPherson
PharmD PhD BCPS FAAHPM
2023 - 2026
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, MD
Disclosures: None