Mary Elizabeth Tinetti, MD
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine; Director, Program on Aging; Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at Yale

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupSchool of Public Health: Secondary Faculty
Internal Medicine: Geriatric 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
Education
- M.D., University of Michigan, 1978
Selected Publication
- Tinetti ME, McAvay G, Fried TR, Allore HG, Salmon J, Foody JM, Bianco L, Ginter S, Fraenkel L. Variable priorities in the face of competing outcomes: The tradeoff among cardiovascular events, medication symptoms, and fall injuries. J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1409-1416, 2008.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- John M. Eisenberg Award (2009), Society for General Internal Medicine
Articles

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...

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...
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...

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...

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 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...
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...
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,...
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...



