Bridget R Durkin, MD, MBE
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Medical Director, Addiction Medicine Consult Team, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, White Building, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674020702
Education:
AB (Classics)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MBE (Bioethics)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
AB (Classics)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
MBE (Bioethics)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Internal Medicine & Primary Care Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Education & Leadership Track, 2018-2021.
Addiction Medicine Fellow, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, 2021-2022.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2023.
Internal Medicine & Primary Care Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Education & Leadership Track, 2018-2021.
Addiction Medicine Fellow, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, 2021-2022.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2023.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2021.
American Board of Addiction Medicine, 2023.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2024.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine, 2021.
American Board of Addiction Medicine, 2023.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2024.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Substance Use DisorderMedical Ethics
Symptom Management in Serious Illness
Polysubstance Withdrawal
Medetomidine Withdrawal
Selected Publications
Ann A. Soliman, MD, Jennifer M. Olenik, MD, Alana Sagin, MD, MSEd, Bridget Durkin, MD, MBE: Qualitative Study of Preclinical Medical Student Reflections on Required Palliative Care Experience Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 70(3): 287-294, September 2025.Bridget Durkin: “Managing the Clinical and Ethical Challenges of Naloxone in Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients.” Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care. Poster Presentation. Montreal, Canada Mar 2023.
Maley JH, et al: “Six-Month Impairment in Cognition, Mental Health, and Physical Function Following COVID-19-Associated Respiratory Failure.” Critical Care Exploration 4(4), Mar 2022.