Barbara Jo McGarry, MD

Barbara Jo McGarry is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Family Medicine Residency. Dr. McGarry's areas of interest include Curriculum Development, Evidence-Based Medicine, Chronic Disease Management, and Practice Management.

She earned her MD from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in 1988 and completed her BA in Biological Sciences through Rutgers University's Henry Rutgers Honors Program in 1984. She furthered her education with a residency and fellowship in Family Medicine Academic Teaching Skills at the Department of Family Medicine, RWJMS, from 1991 to 1992, as well as a residency at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/St. Peter’s Family Medicine Residency from 1988 to 1991.

She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, initially certified in 1991 and recertified in 1997 and 2004.

Awards, Honors, and Community Service
 

• Volunteer Preceptor, Promise Clinic for medically indigent, 2004-present
• Member, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group Board of Governors, 2007-present
• Recipient, RWJMS Family Medicine Residency Teaching Award, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012
• Chief Resident, UMDNJ-RWJMS Family Medicine Residency, 1990-1991

Selected Publications
 

• Song, M, McGarry, B, Roemheld-Hamm, B. "What interventions reduce falls among elderly patients in nursing care facilities?" Evidence Based Practice, Family Practice Inquiries Network, 15(8) August 2012
   
• Nordin, T, McGarry, B, Roemheld-Hamm, B. "What is the best way to diagnose developmental dysplasia in the hip in newborns?" Evidence Based Practice, Family Practice Inquiries Network, 12(10) October 2009
   
• Nguyen, B, McGarry, B, Roemheld-Hamm, B. "Treatments for Chronic Prostatitis" Evidence Based Practice, Family Practice Inquiries Network, 12(7) July 2009
   
• McGarry BJ, Kalyan P. "Are Beta-Blockers Effective in Neuromediated (Vasovagal) Syncope?" Evidence Based Practice, Family Practice Inquiries Network, 11(6) June 2008
   
• McGarry BJ, Frankel HM. "Effect of Progressive Hyperthermia on Systemic and Pulmonary Circulation in the Rat" J. Therm. Bio II, (1986)
   
• Heath, C, Sulik, S. "Primary Care Procedures in Women’s Health," 2010. Author of chapters on Workup of Vaginitis.
   
• Tallia, AF, Editor. "Swansons Family Practice Review, A Problem-Oriented Approach," 2004. Author of chapters on HTN, DM, Enuresis, Sinusitis, Dermatitis, Acne, Thyroid disease, Anemia, and Headache.
   
• McGarry BJ, Editor. "Managing Patients with Difficult Headaches, Case Studies for the Primary Care Physician," UMDNJ - RWJMS CME Monograph (2/98)