Terri R. Fried

Professor of Medicine
Co–Director; The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Section of Geriatrics

Research Interests

Dr. Fried is a graduate of the Harvard Fellowship Training Program in Geriatrics and Clinical Effectiveness. She is the recipient of a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award, a VA Career Development Award, a VA Merit Award, and the 2004 American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award. She is the Director of the Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core for the Yale Pepper Center. The long–term goal of Dr. Fried’s research is to improve treatment decision-making for older persons. It seeks to enhance the frequency and quality of shared decision–making in order to provide patients with care that best meets their treatment preferences. In order to achieve this goal, her research has focused on a) expanding the treatment choices available to older persons for their care, b) eliciting their preferences for these different options, and c) identifying barriers to honoring patients’ preferences.

Community of Science Expertise

Selected Recent Publications

• Fried TR, van Doorn C, O’Leary JR, Tinetti ME, Drickamer MA. Older persons’ preferences for site of terminal care. Ann Intern Med. 1999;131:109-111.
• Fried TR, van Doorn C, O’Leary JR, Tinetti ME, Drickamer MA. Older persons’ preferences for site of terminal care. Ann Intern Med. 1999;131:109-111.
• Fried TR, Bradley EH, Towle VR, Allore H. Understanding the treatment preferences of seriously ill patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1061-1066 (with editorial).
• Fried TR, Bradley EH, Towle VR. Patient preferences: integrating treatments and outcomes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2002;57:S348-S354.
• Fried TR, Bradley EH. What matters to older seriously ill persons making treatment decisions? A qualitative study. J Pall Med. 2003;6:237-244.
• Fried TR, Bradley EH, Towle VR. Valuing the outcomes of treatment: Do patients and their caregivers agree? Arch Intern Med 2003;163:2073-2078.
• Fried TR, Bradley EH, O’Leary J. Prognosis communication in serious illness: perceptions of patients, caregivers, and clinicians. J Am Geriatric Soc 2003;58:1398-1403.
• Fried TR, Byers AL, Gallo WT, Van Ness PH, Towle VR, O’Leary JR, Dubin JA. Prospective study of health status preferences and changes in preferences over time in older adults. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:890-895.
• Fried TR, McGraw S, Agostini JV, Tinetti ME. Views of older persons with multiple morbidities on competing outcomes and clinical decision-making. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008;56:1839–1844.
• Fried TR, O’Leary JR. Using the experiences of bereaved caregivers to inform patient- and caregiver-centered advance care planning. J Gen Intern Med 2008;23:1602-7.

Contact

Mailing Address
Section of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

E-mail
terri.fried@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-932-5711, ext. 5412

Fax
203-937-4932