Sharon K Inouye, MD
Professor
Geriatric Medicine
Contact Information
| Office: | |
| Phone: | 617-971-5390 |
| Fax: | (617) 971-5309 |
| Email: | sinouye@bidmc.harvard.edu |
| Address: | 330 Brookline Ave Boston, MA 02215 |
Advanced Degree And Training
| Year | Institution | Area or Rank |
| 1981 | University of California San Francisco | MD |
| 1981 | UCSF- Moffitt Hospitals San Francisco CA | Intern Internal Medicine |
| 1982 | Harvard-Beth Israel Hospital; Boston MA | Resident II Internal Med |
| 1983 | UCSF Primary Care Program; San Francisco CA | Resident III Internal Med |
| 1984 | UCSF Primary Care Program; San Francisco CA | Admin Chief Res |
| 1985 | Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford CA | Postdoc Fellow Gen Int Me |
| 1987 | Yale University School of Medicine | Postdoc Fellow Geriatrics |
| 1989 | Yale University; New Haven CT | MPH with distinction |
Research Lab Team Members
| Tamara Fong PhD | Edward Marcantonio MD |
Major Research Theme
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In 2005, Dr. Inouye launched the Aging Brain Center at Hebrew SeniorLife, bringing together investigators from throughout BIDMC and Harvard Affiliates. This center focuses on examining risk factors, pathophysiology (through neuroimaging, laboratory markers, neuropathologic studies), intervention strategies and clinical trials, and broader societal implications including costs, policy, and caregiver issues for conditions associated with cognitive impairment in older persons. Dr. Sharon K. Inouye holds the Milton and Shirley F. Levy Family Chair and is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). She is the Director of the Aging Brain Center, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, MA. Currently, she is directing the Successful AGing after Elective Surgery (SAGES) study, an $11 million Program Project on Delirium funded by the National Institute on Aging. The purpose of the study is to examine long-term outcomes of delirium. Her over 150 publications, including over 110 peer-reviewed original articles, have focused on applying clinical epidemiologic approaches to prevent delirium and functional decline in hospitalized older patients. Her work includes the development of an instrument for identification of delirium, the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), which is now the most widely used standard in the field. In addition, Dr. Inouye has examined predisposing and precipitating factors leading to delirium. Based on this work, Dr. Inouye developed a multicomponent intervention strategy to prevent delirium, called the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). This strategy has been shown to be cost-effective and is now undergoing national and international dissemination. |
Publications
External Recognition
| Dr. Inouye has been awarded many of the highest accolades in her field, including the American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award (1998), Donaghue Investigator Award (1998-2003), Midcareer Award from the National Institute on Aging (1999-2005), election to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2002), the Ewald W. Busse Research Award in Biomedical Sciences (Gerontological Society of America, 2003), the UCLA David H. Solomon award (2005), the 2005 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (Arnold P. Gold Foundation), election to the Yale Society of Distinguished Teachers (2005), election to the Association of American Physicians (AAP) (2007), and the 2010 Edward Henderson Award from the American Geriatrics Society. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1991. |
Major Collaborative Activities
| Dr. Inouye will be able to create new linkages and strengthen the relationship between the Harvard Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, HRCA, BIDMC, and all of the affiliated Harvard hospitals through the Aging Brain Center. The program will serve to address the important research area of cognitive aging as well as develop critical interdisciplinary linkages across the Harvard system. |
Investigator's Lab Web Site
| Research Lab URL | None listed |
| Harvard Catalyst Site: | Inouye Harvard Catalyst Web Site |
