Mary C. DiBartolo

Mary C. DiBartolo, PhD, MBA, RN-BC, CNE, is a Professor in the Department of Nursing at Salisbury University, where she has held faculty positions since 1997. She serves as the Fulton Endowed Professor of Geriatric Nursing and Edmond J. Safra Nursing Faculty Scholar in Parkinson's Disease. Additionally, she is a Faculty Educator at the Integrace Institute at Copper Ridge, providing dementia care training on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Her education includes a PhD in Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (2001), an MBA from Salisbury University (1987), and a BSN from Towson State University (1981). She maintains certifications in Gerontological Nursing and Nurse Education.

DiBartolo's research focuses extensively on gerontological challenges, including:

• Innovative care models for Alzheimer's/dementia and Parkinson's patients
• Caregiver support systems and behavioral interventions
• Alcohol use disorders in older adults
• End-of-life care education
• NCLEX success predictors and nursing curriculum development

She employs creative pedagogical approaches like standardized patient simulations and film-based learning.

Her publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary focus on geriatric care innovation, nursing education reform, and community health integration, with consistent output in top nursing journals spanning clinical practice, education methodology, and health policy.

Awards & Honors:

• Distinguished Faculty Award, Salisbury University (2016)
• Fulton Endowed Professor of Geriatric Nursing (2016)
• Lucy Tull Distinguished Nursing Faculty Award (2014)
• Edmond J. Safra Nursing Faculty Scholar in Parkinson's Disease

DiBartolo teaches diverse courses including Adult Health Nursing, Nursing Research, Issues in Aging, and Health Care Management. She founded and hosts the community health education series Focus on Health on PAC14, producing over 240 episodes on public health topics since 2002.