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:
- 2018 Top Stories in Primary Care: New Practice Guidelines on Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Association of Concomitant Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors or Memantine With Cognitive Decline in Clinical Trials of Alzheimer's Disease
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: On Responding to the Opioid Crisis
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: Top 10 Updates in EBM
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: Stroke
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: Mindful Engagement With Our Work: Skills to Address Burnout, Resilience, and Wellbeing
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: Fibromyalgia: It’s a Pain in My Neck
- Reports From the AAFP FMX Conference: Common Skin Infections
- Association of Statin Exposure With Histologically Confirmed Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis
- Association of Osteoporosis Medication Use After Hip Fracture With Prevention of Subsequent Nonvertebral Fractures