Margaret Ann Drickamer MD
Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Associate Professor of Nursing

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupInternal Medicine: Geriatric Medicine
Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
Yale School of Nursing
Biography
A Graduate of Harvard / Radcliffe College and McGill School of Medicine, Dr. Drickamer completed a residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine and is boarded in both Geriatrics and in Hospice and Palliative Care. She is the Director of Education for the section of Geriatrics and is the fellowship director. She actively practices in home care, nrusing home and subactue care, out-patient and in-patient geriatric medicine. She has does qualitative research in and writes on both education and ethics.Education
- M.D., McGill University , 1981
Selected Publication
- Richman SM. Drickamer MA. Gynecologic care of elderly women. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2007:8(4):219-23.
Articles

Autumn 2008
A student’s warm heart and “amazing” smile
As the 96 members of the Class of 2008 processed to Old Campus for Commencement on May 26, they paused at the corner of...
Autumn 2001
Lessons in geriatric medicine
The care of elderly patients is far more complex than treatment of younger people, yet clinicians too often ignore this...
Fall/Winter 2004
Integrative medicine: student group bridges a gap in medical education
Medical students have a lot to learn, and not all of it is in today’s textbooks. One glaring omission in the...



