Sharon Inouye MD
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (General Medicine) and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
Departments & Organizations
Internal Medicine: General Internal MedicineYale School of Nursing
Biography
Dr. Inouye’s studies are widely cited, and her work is regularly included in all reviews of the field. She is regularly invited to present her work at national and international forums, and has influenced many other investigators in the direction of their work. She was awarded one of the highest accolades in her field, the 1998 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, recognizing her contributions to geriatric medicine. Additionally, she received the Donaghue Investigator Award, K24 Midcareer Award from the National Institute on Aging, and the 2002 Novartis Visiting Professorship to Australia.
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Education
- M.D., University of Califoria-San Francisco , 1981
- M.P.H., Yale University , 1989
Selected Publication
- Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for preexisting cognitive impairment in older intensive care unit patients: use of proxy assessment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 51:689-693.
Articles
Fall/Winter 2004
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H. ’89, Karen B. Dorsey, M.D., Nina Kadan-Lottick, M.D., Peter T. Morgan, Ph.D., M.D., Margaret A. Pisani, M.D., M.P.H. ’01
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H. ’89, professor of medicine and director of the Yale K12 Mentored Clinical Research...
Summer 2004
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H. ’89, Susan E. Hardy, M.D.
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H. ’89, professor of medicine (geriatrics), associate clinical professor of nursing and...
Spring 1999
Donaghue Foundation selects five investigators for long-term support
Five researchers have been awarded $100,000-a-year, five-year grants from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue...
Summer 1998
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H.
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine, was presented the 1998 Otsuka/American Geriatrics...
Summer 2003
Charles A. Greer, Ph.D.
Charles A. Greer, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery and neurobiology and co-director of the Interdepartmental...
Autumn 2003
Fending off delirium
Taking daily walks and talking about current events can lower the risk of delirium in the elderly, according to a study...
Autumn 2002
A tool for predicting mortality among older patients, across populations
Any one of 10 conditions—ranging from congestive heart failure to major stroke to diabetes—suggests that geriatric...
Fall 1999 | Winter 2000
A new doctorate for doctors
As medicine seeks new ways to speed basic discoveries from the laboratory to bedside, there is growing concern that the...
Summer 1999
Yale researchers find ways to ward off delirium in hospitalized patients and eliminate home hazards for the elderly
In separate studies, Yale geriatricians have found two ways to help the elderly maintain their physical and cognitive...
Spring 1999
A simple test to predict presence of Alzheimer’s
Dementia often goes unrecognized in elderly people because tests for it are difficult and time-consuming. Yale...
Summer 2005
An unfinished agenda: keeping people healthy
Growing up in a small town in Arkansas, M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., never saw a physician until she went to college. But...
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