Bridget Reilly Durkin, MD
Hospice and Palliative Care
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Palliative Care - Inpatient Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
- Internal Medicine, 2021
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, National
- American College of Academic Addiction Medicine, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Addiction Medicine, National
- Citywide Hospital Workgroup to Improve Care for People who Use(d) Substances, Local
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
- Philadelphia County Medical Society, Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Tyler G. Boyce, Ashish P. Thakrar, MD, MS, Bridget R. Durkin, MD, MBE, Emily R. Casey, PharmD, BCPMP, Lin Xu, MS, Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP "Trends in Hospital and Intensive Care Unit Admissions for Medetomidine Withdrawal" , in review: 2026
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): 2025,287-294
Samantha Huo, MD; Kory London, MD; Lauren Murphy, MD; Emily Casey, PharmD; Philip Durney, MD; Maya Arora; Rita McKeever, MD; Abriana Tasillo, MD; Dennis Goodstein, PharmD; Brendan Hart, MD, PhD; Jeanmarie Perrone, MD "Notes from the Field: Suspected Medetomidine Withdrawal Syndrome Among Fentanyl-Exposed Patients — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2024–January 2025" , Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: 2025,266-268
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: 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): 2022