Merri Pendergrass, M.D., Ph.D.
Company
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
Occupation
Vice President, National Practice Leader Medco Diabetes Therapeutic Resource Center Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
Dr. Merri Pendergrass is the National Practice Leader for the Medco Diabetes Therapeutic Resource Center. In this role, Dr. Pendergrass is responsible for setting the strategic direction for Medco’s activities related to diabetes and its related conditions. This includes leadership and training oversight of Medco’s diabetes specialist pharmacists, research activities, and enhancing the practice of the pharmacy care provided to patients with diabetes. Immediately prior to joining Medco in the winter of 2008, Dr. Pendergrass served as the Director of the Diabetes Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pendergrass is currently board certified in internal medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism. She is the author of numerous publications on diabetes pathophysiology and treatment, and she has lectured extensively nationally and internationally. She serves on editorial boards for leading journals including Diabetes Care and Nature Clinical Practice, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Pendergrass currently is on the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and maintains a clinical practice in diabetes and endocrinology. Dr. Pendergrass earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, her doctorate from the University of Texas, and her medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She completed her internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship at the University of Texas.