Mary M. Bridgeman, PharmD, FASCP, FCCP, FNAP, BCPS, BCGP

Clinical Professor

Pharmacy Practice and Administration

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Practice Site: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

Education & Training

PharmD, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ (2006)
PGY-1 Specialty Residency, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ (2007)

Certifications

Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP), Board of Pharmacy Specialties (2011)
Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), Board of Pharmacy Specialties (2010)
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery, American Pharmacists Association (2006)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association (2006)
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association (2006)

Clinical Interests

Dr. Bridgeman’s personal areas of clinical interest include innovative solutions to foster excellence in interprofessional practice and care, ensuring safe and optimal medication use for hospitalized adults, management of diabetes, and use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, including collateral effects and harms reduction strategies

Research Interests

Dr. Bridgeman’s research is focused on optimization of medication use in the acute care hospital setting. Special emphasis interest areas include self-care and use of nonprescription medicines, environmental impact of medication use, management of diabetes, drug dosing considerations for individuals with chronic and end-stage kidney disease, use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes and collateral health effects attributed to cannabis use. Dr. Bridgeman is additionally interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning and evaluating impact of incorporation of novel teaching methods in the didactic and experiential curriculum. Dr. Bridgeman collaborates closely with basic science and clinical faculty across Rutgers University and various other institutions.

Publications

Other Academic/Clinical Appointment

Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor Department of Medicine Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Awards

Bowl of Hygeia award recipient, New Jersey Pharmacists Association (2022)
Fellow, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (2021)
Pharmacist Practitioner of the Year, New Jersey Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (2021)
Distinguished Practitioner & Fellow, Pharmacy Academy, National Academies of Practice (2019)
Patient Care Provider Award, Next-Generation Pharmacist Awards, Pharmacy Times and Parata (2018)
Fellow, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (2011)