Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD ’86, PhD, professor of practice, sciences, and health outcomes research at UMSOP, helped shape new international guidance that brings greater consistency and stronger evidence to opioid conversion calculations for adults with cancer. The consensus statement, endorsed by five leading oncology and palliative care organizations, provides clinicians with a shared framework for making one of the most challenging decisions in pain management.
For more than a decade, McPherson has advocated for an approach that combines evidence-based conversion tables with careful clinical judgment, emphasizing that safe opioid conversion is about more than mathematics. Learn how her research, teaching, and leadership helped influence a practice that improves patient safety and comfort around the world.
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