Dr. Lynn McNicoll is Associate Professor of Medicine and is Director of Education for the Division of Geriatrics. After completing a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at Yale University in 2002, Dr. McNicoll joined the faculty of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is also the Director of Quality Management and Outcomes for the Department of Medicine and Director of the Scholarly Concentration Program overall as well as the Scholarly Concentration in Aging. She specializes in quality improvement initiatives in the hospital setting and improving care for hospitalized older persons. She was a consultant for Healthcentric Advisors, the Quality Improvement Organization of Rhode Island, from 2004 to 2018 specifically in hospital- and nursing home-related matters. She is an expert consultant for the American Geriatric Society CoCare: Ortho Initiative aiming to disseminate the Geriatrics-Surgery Co-Management Care Model. She is the North American representative for AO Trauma Orthogeriatrics and co-chair of the Fragility Fracture Network SIG on Peri-Operative Care.
| Van Grootven, Bastiaan, McNicoll, Lynn, Mendelson, Daniel A, Friedman, Susan M, Fagard, Katleen, Milisen, Koen, Flamaing, Johan, Deschodt, Mieke. "Quality indicators for in-hospital geriatric co-management programmes: a systematic literature review and international Delphi study." BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 3, 2018, pp. e020617. |
| Harris D, McNicoll L, Epstein-Lubow G, Thomas KS. "Association between anxious symptoms and sleeping medication use among US older adults." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 33, no. 2, 2017, pp. e307-e313. |
| Dosa D, Intrator O, McNicoll L, Cang Y, Teno J. "Preliminary derivation of a Nursing Home Confusion Assessment Method based on data from the Minimum Data Set." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 55, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1099-105. |
| McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Ely EW, Gifford D, Inouye SK. "Detection of delirium in the intensive care unit: comparison of confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit with confusion assessment method ratings." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, no. 3, 2005, pp. 495-500. |
| Pisani MA, Redlich CA, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Friedkin RJ, Inouye SK. "Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia." Critical care medicine, vol. 33, no. 6, 2005, pp. 1371-6. |
| McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Siegel MD, Inouye SK. "Delirium in the intensive care unit: occurrence and clinical course in older patients." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 51, no. 5, 2003, pp. 591-8. |
| Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. "Screening for preexisting cognitive impairment in older intensive care unit patients: use of proxy assessment." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 51, no. 5, 2003, pp. 689-93. |
Delirium
Hospitalized Care for older persons
Intensive care for older persons
Quality improvement
Falls
Pressure Ulcers
Geriatric-Surgical Co-Management
Brief Methodological Report: McNicoll L, Pisani MA, Ely EW, Gifford D, Inouye SK. Detection of Delirium in the ICU: Comparison of the CAM-ICU with CAM Ratings. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(3):495-500.
Letter to the Editor: Nachamie H, McNicoll L, Dosa D. Generalizability and First-Line Therapy Associated with Tramadol/Acetaminophen Studied for Osteoarthritis Add-on Therapy for Refractory Pain. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005;53(1):165.
Review Article: Pisani M, McNicoll L, Inouye SK. Cognitive Impairment in the ICU. Clinics in Chest Medicine: Nonpulmonary critical care. Dec 2003;24(4):727-37.
Original Article: Pisani M, Redlich C, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Inouye SK. Under-Recognition of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment by Physicians in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients Chest 2003;124(6:2267-74..
Brief Methodological Report: Pisani M, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for Pre-existing Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessments. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(5):689-93.
Original Article: McNicoll L, Pisani M, Zhang Y, Ely EW, Siegel M, Inouye SK. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Occurrence and Clinical Course in Older Persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(5):591-8.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | MD | McGill University |
| Bryant University Medicine Leadership Academy Course | Bryant, Medicine | 2017-2017 | |
| AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar | AAMC, Medicine | 2015-2015 | |
| Patient Safety Executive Development Ptogram | Harvard university , Quality | 2010-2010 |
2001 GSA Clinical Medicine Person-In-Training Award - GSA
2003 "Top Doctor" For Older Women in Rhode Island
2003 Lifespan Barnett Fain Quality Improvement Award
2004 "Top Doctor" For Geriatric Medicine in Rhode Island
2004 Best Paper Section of Neurology and Behavioral Sciences Award - AGS
2006 New Investigator Award - AGS
2007-2018 Best Doctors in America Listing
2007 Lifespan Barnett Fain Quality Improvement Award – Awarded to the best quality improvement project within the Lifespan organization, given to the Pneumonia Vaccine Committee at the 2007 Lifespan Annual Meeting in Providence, RI. I was the physician consultant for this project.
2012 Top Doctors as recognized by the US News and World Report
2012 American Geriatrics Society Fellow
2012 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
2015 Teaching Award – Department of Medicine
2017 Spark Award – Women’s Health Council of RI Karen Rosene Montella, MD Spark
Award for Innovation in Women’s Health in Rhode Island.
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Besdine, Richard | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Cizginer, Sevdenur | Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Clinician Educator |
| De Palo, Vera | Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Defillo, Julio | Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator |
| Dosa, David | Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Golijanin, Dragan | Associate Professor of Surgery |
| Gravenstein, Stefan | David S. Greer Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Director, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Klipfel, Adam | Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator |
| Levy, Mitchell | Professor of Medicine |
| Martin, Edward | Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator |
| Mujahid, Nadia | Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator |
| Nanda, Aman | Professor of Medicine |
| Raza, Sakeena | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator |
| Schleinitz, Mark | Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Shield, Renee | Clinical Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Teno, Joan | Adjunct Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Vrees, Matthew | Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery |
American Geriatrics Society
Gerontological Society of America
American Medical Director's Association
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Healthcentric Advisors of Rhode Island
AO Trauma
FFN - Fragility Fracture Network
