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Professor, Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy Practice and Science UMB School of Pharmacy
Director, Clinical and Educational Programs of Peter Lamy Center Drug Therapy and Aging
Dr. Brandt completed her PharmD and geriatrics residency training from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and most recently a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore. She is dually board certified as a geriatrics and psychiatric pharmacist as well as Professor within the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. Since joining the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy in 1999, she has expanded geriatric training opportunities (e.g. geriatrics pathway, accredited geriatrics residency, co-investigator on geriatric education consortium). In addition, she has worked on various interdisciplinary teams through numerous practice settings and currently provides clinical services at a continuing care retirement community as well as the Baltimore Veterans Affairs.
She is active in promoting optimal care for older adults and has affected this through her educational, clinical as well as healthcare policy work. She has directed projects such as Medication Use Safety Training for Seniors (www.mustforseniors.org), Assisted Living Medication Management and Safety (http://geri-ed.umaryland.edu/.) and Medication Therapy Management Standardized format development. Her public policy advocacy occurs on both a state and national level. She has worked with the Maryland Board of Pharmacy on the 2008 Maryland Assisted Living Regulations. In addition, she completed tenure at CMS as a special technical director in the Nursing Home Survey and Certification working on interpretive guidance regarding medication management in nursing homes. She continues to serve as a consultant to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and has been actively involved in the National Initiative to Improve Dementia Care in America’s Nursing Homes. Additionally, she is one of the authors for the American Geriatrics Society Beer’s 2012 List as well as AGS Multimorbidity Guiding Principles. She is the current President of the MD State Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and incoming President-Elect of National American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. She has been awarded the 2012 Maryland Society Healthy System Pharmacist’s Purdum Award, 2010 Daily Record Healthcare Hero and 2007 ASCP Leadership in Education Award.