Faculty

Mary Tinetti
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine; Section Chief, Geriatrics
- Office: (203) 688-5238
- Appt:(203) 688-6361
- Email: mary.tinetti@yale.edu
Denise Acampora
Lecturer in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Heather Allore
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Director, Yale Program on Aging Biostatistics Core
Research Interests:State transition models; experimental design; longitudinal methods; missing data methods; marginal structural models; latent class models; trajectory models; dynamic stochastic models; joint models
Dorothy Baker
Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Home care of older adults; Home-based clinical trials with older adults; Fall prevention; Preventing functional decline among hospitalized older adults; Preventing functional decline among community living older adults; Adherence; Dissemination strategies to translate research findings into clinical practice
Sandy Chang
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Clinical Interests:geriatrics syndromes (e.g., frailty), multi-morbidity, and cognitive and functional impairment
Leo Cooney, Jr
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Geriatric medicine; assistance in elderly independence; resource utilization; transitional care models of care for nursing home residents
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; rheumatology; mobility disorders
Nathalie De Rekeneire
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics)
Deputy Director, Center on Disability and Disabling Disorders
Research Interests:aging;disability;diabetes;inflammation
Margaret Drickamer
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Associate Professor of Nursing
Research Interests:Ethics and Dementia; Truth-telling in Alzheimer's disease; Decisional-capacity
Clinical Interests:Dr. Drickamer is a half–time clinician in the Yale New Haven Geriatric Practice and Medical Director at Arden House, a 360 bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, Whitney Center, a continuing care retirement community and the Home-Based Primary Care Program at VA Connecticut. She attends on the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit at Yale–New Haven Hospital and is active in housestaff teaching through their geriatric rotations and electives. She leads 2 medical student workshops on the cognitive and functional assessment of the geriatric patient
Terri Fried
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Treatment decision-making; preferences; advance care planning; multiple conditions
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional decline
Thomas Gill
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders
Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research
Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons
Clinical Interests:Memory loss; Dementia; Geriatric assessment; Depression; Frailty; Functional decline; Disability
Jacqueline Henchel
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Clinical Interests:geriatric assessment; functional decline; dementia
Grace Jenq
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Medical Director Inpatient Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Research Interests:Improving Transitions of Care; Enhancing Communication between Healthcare Providers; Simulation-Experiential Learning
Clinical Interests:Inpatient adult medicine; Geriatrics; Inpatient Operations, Quality, and Safety; Transitions of Care
Jennifer Kapo
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Chief, Palliative Medicine
Clinical Interests:palliative care.
Richard Marottoli
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:at-risk older drivers; driving cessation
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; dementia; functional decline; assessment of older drivers
Terrence Murphy
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:aging; Bayesian methods; spatial modeling; non-randomized interventional designs; multistate modeling
Peter Van Ness
Research Scientist in Medicine (Geriatrics) and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Co-Director, Biostatistics Core, Yale Program on Aging
Research Interests:analysis of categorical and longitudinal data; techniques for handling missing data; qualitative data analysis; measurement issues; gerontologic biostatistics
Carlos Vaz Fragoso
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Research Interests:Pulmonary function and sleep disorders in older adults
Lisa Walke
Associate Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs (Geriatrics)
Clinical Interests:Geriatric assessment; functional assessment; memory loss; depression; dementia; pre-operative geriatric assessment
Administrative & Clerical Staff
- Robbin Bonanno, Coordinator; Fellowship and Medical Student Education (203-688-9423)
- Carol Bonapace, Secretary, Adler Geriatric Assessment Center (203-688-5045)
- Eliza Kiwak, Sr. Administrative Assistant for Dr. Mary Tinetti (203-688-5230)
- Ellen Solomon, Sr. Administrative Assistant for Dr. Leo Cooney (203-688-2204)
- Meany Redd, Sr. Administrative Assistant, Yale Program on Aging (203 737-1800)

