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:
- Vaginal Pessary in Women With Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Initiating and Intensifying Antihypertensives Associated With Short-Term Fall Risk in Older Adults
- Inappropriate Prescribing in Elderly Patients With Diabetes
- Anticholinergic Meds and Cognition
- Anticholinergic Use and Cognition and Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Older Adults
- Incorporating Long-Term Prognosis in the Care of Older Adults
- What Level of Vitamin D Is "Just Right?"
- Does Strength Training Affect Mortality?
- Frailty Is Associated With 1-Year Postoperative Mortality
- High-Dose Vitamin D Treatment Does Not Prevent Functional Decline