Mary Bridget Hart, MD, ABNM, ABIM

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

Dr. Mary Bridget Hart is Board-certified in Nuclear Medicine, Internal Medicine and by The Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, and has more than 25 years’ experience in her field. She recently joined the Radiology team at Florida Cancer Specialists. After completing medical school at Tufts University in Boston, she was trained at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center. She served 10 years as an officer in the US Army, predominantly as Assistant Chief of Nuclear Medicine at Walter Reed.  Her career includes 14 years at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, and she served as Chief of Nuclear Medicine at Orlando Health, and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando. She was recognized as a Top Physician in Orlando several times. Most recently she was Chief of Nuclear Medicine at The Bay Pines VAHCS. She has taught many physicians in training as a professor of Radiology and Cardiology at USF, a professor of Medicine at UCF, and Nova Southeastern Medical Schools. She is excited to contribute to Florida Cancer Specialists where she will help evaluate imaging exams which assist in the effective quality care of cancer patients. Her focus is Nuclear Medicine, specifically Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which accurately evaluates and locates cancer, helps direct successful treatment planning and closely follows the response of tumors to therapy. She was one of the first physicians in Florida to be trained at Duke University in Clinical PET, and was one of the first to introduce this vital technology in Florida. She spends her free time with family, and as a certified RYT 500 Yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance) and personal trainer (NASM), predominantly to health care workers. She looks forward to providing support to the Florida Cancer Specialists patients and physicians.