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:
- Reports From the American Geriatrics Society 2019 Conference: The 4Ms of Age-Friendly Health Systems
- Mortality From Falls Among US Adults Aged 75 Years or Older
- Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Subsequent Falls Among Community-Dwelling High-Risk Older Adults After a Fall
- Association of Intraocular Cataract Lens Replacement With Circadian Rhythms, Cognitive Function, and Sleep
- Reports From the AMDA 2019 Conference: UTI and Cystitis
- Reports From the AMDA 2019 Conference: Trauma-Informed Care
- Reports From the AMDA 2019 Conference: Sepsis in the Nursing Home
- Association of Tramadol With All-Cause Mortality Among Patients With Osteoarthritis
- Effectiveness of Tai Ji Quan vs Multimodal and Stretching Exercise Interventions for Reducing Injurious Falls
- 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults