Dellara F. Terry MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Geriatrics
85 E. Concord St | (617) 640-9271laterry@bu.edu
Sections
Geriatrics
Biography
Dellara F. Terry, MD MPH is a geriatrician is at Boston Medical Center (BMC). She performs cognitive assessments in BMC’s geriatric primary care clinic. In addition to her clinical role, Dr. Terry serves as the Chief of Value Based Care for Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS). In this role she addresses opportunities to improve clinical care delivery and risk based contractual performance using a data driven approach.
Education
MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, Tufts University
Publications
Wang PG, Brisbon NM, Hubbell H, Pyhtila J, Meyer GS, Lai PY, Terry DF. Is the Gap Closing? Comparison of Sociodemographic Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Outcomes Between Two Temporal Waves of Admissions. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Apr; 10(2):593-602. PMID: 35199327.
Published on 5/1/2021Li SX, Del Carmen MG, Thompson RW, Cafiero-Fonseca ET, Rockett H, Ferris TG, Terry DF, Warner AS, Yu A, Wasfy JH. Evaluation of Hospitalizations Preventable with Idealized Outpatient Care and Continuity of Care. J Healthc Qual. 2021 May-Jun 01; 43(3):145-152. PMID: 32168121.
Published on 3/1/2021Bakshi S, Schiavoni KH, Carlson LC, Chang TE, Flaster AO, Forester BP, Kronenberg FR, Pu CT, Rowe JS, Terry DF, Wasfy JH, Bartels SJ, Sequist TD, Meyer GS, Mendu ML. The essential role of population health during and beyond COVID-19. Am J Manag Care. 2021 Mar; 27(3):123-128. PMID: 33720669.
Published on 3/26/2020Carlson LC, Kim J, Samuels-Kalow ME, Yun BJ, Terry DF, Weilburg JB, Lee J. Comparing neighborhood-based indices of socioeconomic risk factors and potentially preventable emergency department utilization. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 06; 44:213-219. PMID: 32291162.
Published on 10/1/2014Terry DF, Goldman L. Big data related to physicians. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Oct; 33(10):1877. PMID: 25288436.
Published on 3/1/2012Novak CJ, Hastanan S, Moradi M, Terry DF. Reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions: the pharmacist's role in care transitions. Consult Pharm. 2012 Mar; 27(3):174-9. PMID: 22421517.
Published on 2/16/2012Terry DF, Moisuk S. Medicare Health Support Pilot Program. N Engl J Med. 2012 Feb 16; 366(7):666; author reply 667-8. PMID: 22335752.
Published on 12/14/2009Sebastiani P, Montano M, Puca A, Solovieff N, Kojima T, Wang MC, Melista E, Meltzer M, Fischer SE, Andersen S, Hartley SH, Sedgewick A, Arai Y, Bergman A, Barzilai N, Terry DF, Riva A, Anselmi CV, Malovini A, Kitamoto A, Sawabe M, Arai T, Gondo Y, Steinberg MH, Hirose N, Atzmon G, Ruvkun G, Baldwin CT, Perls TT. RNA editing genes associated with extreme old age in humans and with lifespan in C. elegans. PLoS One. 2009; 4(12):e8210. PMID: 20011587.
Published on 4/1/2009Givens JL, Frederick M, Silverman L, Anderson S, Senville J, Silver M, Sebastiani P, Terry DF, Costa PT, Perls TT. Personality traits of centenarians' offspring. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Apr; 57(4):683-5. PMID: 19392961.
Published on 1/22/2009Chung WB, Hamburg NM, Holbrook M, Shenouda SM, Dohadwala MM, Terry DF, Gokce N, Vita JA. The brachial artery remodels to maintain local shear stress despite the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Apr; 29(4):606-12. PMID: 19164807.