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 more...

Education

• M.D., University of Michigan, 1978

Selected Publications

• 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.
• Tinetti ME, McAvay G, Chang SS, Newman AB, Fried TR, Fitzpatrick AL, Satterfield S, Peduzzi P. Contribution of multiple chronic diseases to universal health outcomes in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011; 59: 1686-1691.
• Tinetti ME, McAvay G, Chang SS, Newman AB, Fried TR, Fitzpatrick AL, Satterfield S, Peduzzi P. Contribution of multiple chronic diseases to universal health outcomes in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011; 59: 1686-1691.

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