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Mary Tinetti, MD

Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
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Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Biography

Dr. Tinetti is the Gladys Philips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and a professor at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Her current research and clinical focus is on clinical decision-making for older adults in the face of multiple health conditions, measuring the net benefit and harms of commonly used medications, and the importance of cross-disease universal health outcomes. She is leading a national effort,(Patient Priorities Care) to develop and test an approach to health care that aligns clinical care and decision-making with the specific health priorities of older adults with multiple conditions. This initiative involves: 1) helping older adults identify the health goals they most desire in the face of tradeoffs and the health care they are willing and able to receive (their healthcare preferences)to achieve these goals; and 2) guiding clinicians to translate these goals and preferences into care decisions. She is evaluating the feasibility of this approach in clinical practice and its effect on patient-reported outcomes and healthcare utilization. She also chairs a group of advisors helping health systems be Age-Friendly. Dr. Tinetti’s work is funded by the NIH and several foundations. She has published over 250 original peer-reviewed articles. She has served on several national advisory committees including the FDA, NCQA, NQF. Dr. Tinetti has received numerous awards and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

Last Updated on February 14, 2024.

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Education & Training

Fellow
University of Rochester and Monroe Hospital (1984)
Resident
University of Minnesota (1981)
MD
University of Michigan (1978)

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    1981

Research

Overview

Many of the most frequent health conditions that cause morbidity and compromised functioning and quality of life among older persons result from combinations of medical, psychological, social, environmental, and other factors. The focus of my work has been on the assessment, management, and prevention of multifactorial geriatric health conditions such as falls, immobility, and dizziness. Observational studies and randomized controlled trials are conducted in various settings including the home, hospital, nursing home and outpatient clinics. The research projects are interdisciplinary including nursing, rehabilitation, epidemiology, biostatistics, medicine, and other disciplines.


Other ongoing projects include determining the contribution of multiple conditions to death; mapping disease-specific health outcomes onto a set of universal health outcomes; determining the prevalence and effects of the co-occurrence of competing health conditions; and determining the disease-specific and universal health outcomes associated with treating one disease in the face of the co-occurrence of another disease that worsens with treatment of the first disease (therapeutic competition). I am leading a national effort to develop and test an approach to health care that realigns primary and specialty care to focus on the health priorities of older adults with multiple conditions.

  • Multimorbidity in older adults (Variable priorities in the face of competing outcomes: The tradeoff among cardiovascular events, medication symptoms, and fall injuries.)
  • Universal outcomes as a common metric across multiple diseases among elders.
  • Aligning clinical-decision-making and care with the health priorities of older adults with multiple chronic conditions

Medical Research Interests

Accidental Falls; Decision Making; Geriatrics; Risk Factors

Research at a Glance

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Frequent collaborators of Mary Tinetti's published research.

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Activities

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    Appointments and Promotions Committee, Epidemiology and Public Health

    12/31/2015 - PresentCommitteesMember
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    ADGAP Board of Directors

    12/31/2012 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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    HCSRN-OAIC AGING Initiative Steering Committee

    12/31/2013 - PresentCommitteesMember
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    National Committee on Quality Assurance

    12/31/2013 - PresentCommitteesMember
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    Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Advancing Age Friendly Health Systems

    12/31/2015 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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Honors

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    Kent Award

    07/23/2017National AwardGerontological Society of America
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    Honorary Doctorate

    03/09/2012International AwardLeuven University, Belgium
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    Distinguished Alumni Award

    11/11/2011National AwardUniversity of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program.
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    Edward Henderson Award

    05/14/2011National AwardThe American Geriatrics Society
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    Atlantic Philanthropies Health and Aging Fellowship

    01/01/2011, 01/01/2010National Award
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