Mary O'Connor, MD

Mary O’Connor is a combined internal medicine-pediatrics primary care physician with an interest in education and transitional care for adolescents and young adults with complex or chronic medical conditions. Dr. O’Connor practices primary care pediatrics at RWJMS Pediatrics at 1 World’s Fair Dr in Somerset and internal medicine at the Clinical Academic Building in New Brunswick. Her educational roles include small group facilitator for Patient Centered Medicine and Health Equity (PCMHE), course director for the Internal Medicine Transition to Residency (TTR), and Internal Medicine Ambulatory Curriculum Director. She hopes to inspire more learners to pursue primary care.

Internal Medicine Residency Ambulatory Director

• Medical School: Rutgers NJMS

• Residency: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rutgers NJMS

• Dean’s Award for Education Nominee 2025

• Geriatrics Escape Room in Internal Medicine Residency AM Curriculum Enhancement (GERI-IM.RACE)

• A Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) plan to increase albuminuria screening in diabetic and hypertensive patients

• Melissa Mercincavage, Catherine Chen, Isabel Trenholm, Nishi J. Gonsalves, William J. Young, Michelle T. Bover Manderski, Manish S. Patel, Mary K. O’Connor, Daniel Gundersen, Cristine D. Delnevo, Michael B. Steinberg. Associations of demographic and tobacco use characteristics with young adults’ self-reported clinical encounters: Implications for cessation efforts. Preventive Medicine Reports, Volume 45, 2024.

• Marx, J, Bhalla, R, Bridgeman, M, O’Connor, M, Chen, C; (2024, May). Medication Reconciliation Preparation Within an Internal Medicine Transition to Residency Course: A Quality Improvement Project – Oral Presentation at SGIM 2024 Annual meeting – Boston, MA

• Raman Bhalla, MD; Mary Bridgeman, Pharm D; Mary O’Connor, MD; Catherine Chen, MD; Medication Reconciliation Preparation Within an Internal Medicine Transition to Residency Course: A Quality Improvement Project; SGIM Northeast Regional Conference 2023, New York, NY

• Raman Bhalla, MD; Mary O’Connor, MD; Mary Bridgeman, PharmD; Marc Sturgill, PharmD; Kristen Coppola, PhD; Catherine Chen, MD; Transition to Residency Program Grand Finale: Growth Through the Lens of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs); AMA Change Med-Ed Conference 2023, Chicago, IL

• Wong Kristin, Kapoor Vidhi, Tso Alan, O’Connor Mary, Convissar David, Kothari Neil, Traba Christin; Environments, Processes, and Outcomes - Using the LEPO Framework to Examine Medical Student Learning Preferences with Traditional and Electronic Resources; Medical Education Online, 26(1):1876316, 2021

• Pletcher Beth, O’Connor Mary, Swift-Taylor Mary Elizabeth, DallaPiazza Michelle; Adverse childhood experiences: a case-based workshop introducing medical students to trauma-informed care; MedEdPORTAL, 15:10803, 2019