Pharmacy Preceptors

Mary E. Regan, PharmD, BCPS

Mary is the Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer - Inpatient Services for the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in the Boston Metro-North region. In addition to providing direction for clinical pharmacy programs across the Pharmacy Enterprise, she also serves as ACPE administrator, has oversight responsibilities for the PGY1 pharmacy residency program and manages relationships with area schools of pharmacy related to student training rotations. CHA is a nationally recognized health care system comprised of the CHA Cambridge Hospital, CHA Somerville Campus, CHA Everett Hospital, the Cambridge Public Health Department, and more than 20 primary care / ambulatory care sites.

Prior to working at the CHA, Mary was a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Critical Care at Boston Medical Center, a 514-bed academic medical center affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine for 4 years. At CHA now for 18 years, Mary has served in prior roles of Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Critical Care and Manager of Inpatient Clinical Pharmacy Services. She is a member of the CHA medical staff.

Mary’s education background includes a B.S. degree in Biology and a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Providence College in 1992. She obtained a B.S. degree in Pharmacy followed by a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 1997 from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Mary completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency at the University of Maryland Medical System in 1998. She has been board certified in pharmacotherapy since 2006.

Gail M. Sanchez, PharmD, BCPS

Gail M. Sanchez, PharmD, BCPS received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed a post graduate year one (PGY-1) pharmacy residency at the University of Maryland Medical System. She worked at Boston Medical Center for 14 years where she served as manager for the internal medicine pharmacists and director of the PGY-1 residency program before joining the team at Cambridge Health Alliance in April 2015. Currently, she provides direct patient care to the internal medicine and family medicine services along with being responsible for developing and managing the PGY-1 pharmacy residency program at CHA. Gail is a member of the CHA medical staff and has been board certified in pharmacotherapy since 2005.

Gail has been involved with transitions of care for more than 15 years and has several publications in this arena. Highlights include:

• Served as a co-investigator with Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge) and conducted the post discharge telephone calls for patients randomized to the intervention group. (Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, Greenwald JL, Sanchez GM, et al. A Reengineered Hospital Discharge Program to Decrease Rehospitalization. Ann Intern Med 2009;150:178-187).
• Determined that a pharmacist telephone intervention as part of a comprehensive discharge protocol has a positive impact on patients during the transition of care process by reducing the incidence of unplanned hospital utilization. (Sanchez GM, Douglass MA, Mancuso MA. Revisiting Project Re-Engineered Discharge (RED): The Impact of a Pharmacist Telephone Intervention on Hospital Readmission Rates. Pharmacotherapy 2015;35(9):805–812).
• Served as a technical expert for the Re-Engineered Visit (REV) for Primary Care. This is an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) project to conduct exploratory research on how to prevent hospitalizations as a counterpart to Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge).

Please don’t hesitate to contact Gail via email with any questions pertaining to the PGY-1 residency program. Thank you!