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Heather Brennan Congdon, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, FNAP is the Assistant Dean for Shady Grove and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. After earning her PharmD degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, she completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency with emphasis in Community Care from the University of Maryland.

Between 2003 and May 2007, Dr. Congdon was a faculty member at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Eastern Division Campus. At WVU, she was instrumental in setting up various programs for the School, including an Ambulatory Care practice site, specializing in Anticoagulation and Diabetes Management. She also became very involved with interprofessional training of healthcare students in rural, WV.

Dr. Congdon rejoined the University of Maryland in May 2007. As Assistant Dean, she is responsible for the oversight of the distance pharmacy campus located in Rockville, MD. In addition, Dr. Congdon serves as a Co-Director for the University of Maryland Center for Interprofessional Education, as well as the Chair of the Committee on Collaboration, Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education Strategies at the Universities at Shady Grove, a committee that has developed various didactic, clinical and community service interprofessional activities. Clinically, Dr. Congdon works at Mercy Health Clinic, providing Medication Therapy Management and Diabetes Education as part of an interprofessional team to underserved, uninsured patients. In this role, she has been part of HRSA’s Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC) for the past 4 years. This HSRA PSPC team has won various awards including the “Life Saving Patient Safety Award” and well as the “Performance Award”. Further, this strong collaboration also won the American Diabetes Association Promising Practice Award in 2011 at the 4th Disparities Partnership Forum.