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Terri Fried, MD, is the Humana Foundation Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Section Chief of Geriatric Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. She completed her medical training at Harvard University and has held leadership roles in geriatrics since 1996. Her research focuses on improving decision-making for older adults with chronic conditions, emphasizing patient preferences, advance care planning, and reducing polypharmacy through deprescribing. Dr. Fried leads efforts to enhance communication between clinicians and patients/caregivers to align care with individual priorities. She holds affiliations with the Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center and the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
Education: MD from Harvard University (1988), BA in Biochemistry from Harvard-Radcliffe (1984), residency at Rhode Island Hospital, and fellowship in geriatrics/clinical effectiveness at Harvard Medical School.
Research Interests: Decision-making for advanced illness, caregiver support, deprescribing frameworks, and cultural adaptation of care interventions. Key areas include improving communication around prognosis, reducing unnecessary treatments, and addressing caregiver burden in dementia care.
Publications (selected): 73+ peer-reviewed articles on topics like antibiotic stewardship in home care, patient priorities care models, and palliative care integration for heart failure patients. Recent work emphasizes culturally tailored interventions for Chinese American dementia caregivers and the impact of specialist palliative care on end-of-life outcomes.
Awards: Recognized with the Mason F. Lord Lecture Award (Johns Hopkins), VISN 1 Geriatric Service Line Award (VA), and multiple visiting professorships. Her work has advanced national standards for geriatric care communication and deprescribing protocols.
Labs/Teams: Leads the Fried Lab focused on clinical research to improve decision-making processes for older adults. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across Yale's Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and the Dorothy Adler Center.