Irene Hamrick MD, FAAFP, AGSF, CMD
Professor, Geriatrics Division; Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Martha Betty Semmons Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine; and Chief of the Office of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OhioDr. Irene Hamrick is a specialist in family and community medicine. After earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Western Carolina University, she attended East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina, and completed her residency and geriatric fellowship there. She remained at Brody as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine, where she served as Director of the Geriatric Division from 2008 to 2011 and Director of the Geriatric Fellowship from 2004 to 2010. She now is Chair of the Office of Geriatrics at the University of Cincinnati, Medical Director of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center VA Nursing Home, and Inaugural Section Chief of Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and Hospice Medicine at the Cincinnati VA.
Dr. Hamrick has been recognized for educational leadership, administration, and outstanding teaching and mentoring. Her research activities include health disparities in osteoporosis, falls, dementia, computer simulation for home safety, diabetes, and dehydration.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2024 Top Story in Primary Care: Is Altered Mental Status in Older Adults Always a UTI?
- Association of Deprescribing With Reduced Readmission to the Hospital
- Hearing Loss and Peripheral Neuropathy and Associations With Balance, and Survival in Older Primary Care Patients
- The Effect of Anxiety on All-Cause Dementia
- Antibiotics for Delirium in Older Adults With Pyuria or Bacteriuria
- Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Readmissions Following Deprescribing Among Hospitalized Older Adults
- Association Between Potentially Inappropriate Medications Prescription and Health-Related Quality of Life Among US Older Adults
- Association of Antihypertensive Medication Use With Fracture Risk in Older Veterans Health Administration Nursing Home Residents
- Association of Vision Impairment With Increased Prevalence of Falls Among Older US Adults
- Delirium and Incident Dementia Among Patients Admitted to Hospitals in New South Wales, Australia