Mary Elizabeth Tinetti MD

Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine; Section Chief, Geriatrics

Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

School of Public Health: Secondary Faculty

Internal Medicine: Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center | Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research Interests

Falls and injuries; Mobility; Clinical decision-making in the face of multiple health conditions; Harms and benefits of medications

Clinical Interests

Geriatric assessment; Falls and injuries; Dementia; Cognitive impairment

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Education

M.D., University of Michigan , 1978

Selected Publication

Tinetti ME, McAvay G, Chang SS, Newman AB, Ning Y, Fried TR, Yaffe K, Fitzpatrick AL, Harris T, Satterfield S, Peduzzi P. Effect of chronic diseases and disease-related symptoms and impairments on universal health outcomes in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011: 59: 1618-1627.

Latest Honor and Recognition

John M. Eisenberg Award(2009) , Society for General Internal Medicine

Articles

Winter 2010

Two faculty get “genius” grants

Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and professor of epidemiology and of...

Autumn 2003

Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 5th ed.

by Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., professor of medicine (geriatrics) and epidemiology, William R. Hazzard, M.D., John P. Blass,...

Spring 2007

Training physicians—new ways of teaching in a changing medical landscape

For the past 32 years, Yale faculty from the Department of Internal Medicine have taught at 10 hospitals throughout...

Winter 2008

Three faculty named to IOM in 2007

Three Yale faculty members were named to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in October, bringing the total from the...

Fall 2000 | Winter 2001

Mary Tinetti, noted for work on health issues of the elderly, assumes Crofoot Chair

Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., the new Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine, has devoted her career to the health of...

Autumn 2008

Jack A. Elias, M.D., Andrew D. Hamilton, Ph.D., Diane S. Krause, M.D., Ph.D., Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., Nancy H. Ruddle, Ph.D., Michael P. Snyder, Ph.D., Mary E. Tinetti, M.D.

Seven faculty members of the School of Medicine were elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering....

Autumn 2011

Mary E. Tinetti

Mary E. Tinetti, M.D., director of the Yale Program on Aging and the Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine...

Autumn 2008

Mapping the future of medicine

With its largest grant ever, Yale is assembling resources to help clinical scientists focus on ideas—and leave the red...

Winter 2009

Preventing falls in elderly patients

Teaching clinicians and older patients how to prevent falls can reduce the likelihood—by up to 11 percent—of falls that...

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