Gayle Hudgens

Gayle Hudgins retired as a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Experiential Education in the University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy in 2017. After serving as the director of the Montana Geriatric Education Center and the Montana Geriatric Workforce Enhancement program from 2007-2017, she continues working with the project in the roles of pharmacy faculty and evaluator. She also continues to coordinate and teach in the Gerontology minor at UM. In her career as a pharmacy educator, Gayle provided consultant services in a variety of settings, including the original Hospice of Missoula which became the Partners in Home Care hospice program. As a member of the hospice care team during those years, she had the pleasure of working with Ira Byock, MD, and many other dedicated professionals. Given her life’s work and family experience with her mother receiving hospice care, Gayle is an ardent supporter of hospice services at the end of life.