Leo M. Cooney, MD
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics); Section Chief, Geriatrics
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical Group
Internal Medicine: Geriatric Medicine: Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center | Rheumatology
Research Interests
Geriatric medicine; assistance in elderly independence; resource utilization; transitional care models of care for nursing home residents more...
Education
- M.D., Yale University, 1969
Selected Publications
- Cooney LM, Kennedy GJ, Hawkins KA. Who can stay at home? Assessing the capacity to choose to live in the community. Arch Int Med 2004164:357–360.
- Inouye SK , Bogardus ST , Baker DI, Leo–SummersL, Cooney LM. The hospital Elderly Life Program: a model of care to prevent cognitive and functional decline in hospitalized elderly patients. J Am Geriatrics Soc. 2000.48:1697–1706.
- Inouye S, Bogardus S, Charpentier P, Leo–Summers L, Acampora D, Holford TR, Cooney LM. A Clinical Trial of a Multicomponent Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients. The New England Journal Of Medicine. 340:9, 669–675, 1999.
