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Specialties
Board Certification
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American Board of Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine (Geriatric Medicine)
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Patient Rating
Patients consistently describe Dr. Farrell as knowledgeable, thorough, and deeply caring. Many comments emphasize his attentive listening, clear explanations, and willingness to spend time answering questions while following through on recommended care. Reviewers also praise the efficient, well-coordinated practice and supportive staff, saying they feel fortunate to have him as their primary physician.
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The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Internal Medicine
-Professor (Clinical) Department of Family Medicine & Public Health -Adjunct Associate Professor |
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| Academic Divisions |
Geriatrics
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Family Medicine
American Board of Family Medicine (Geriatric Medicine)
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Education history
| Research Fellow | Geriatrics - Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital | Research Fellow |
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| Fellowship | Geriatrics - Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital | Fellow |
| Residency | Family Medicine - Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island | Resident |
| Internship | Family Medicine - Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island | Intern |
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Massachusetts Medical School | M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Philosophy - Dartmouth College | A.B. |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Ouellet J, Sanders N, Farrell TW, Ben R, Brown M, Soares S, Tinetti M (2025). Alignment of the ACGME Milestones for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Residents with a Curriculum in Priorities-Aligned Decision-Making. Academic Medicine.
- Timothy W Farrell MD, AGSF, Beth B Hogans MS Biomath, MD, PhD, Lauren Moo MD, Robin Jump MD, PhD, Alayne Markland DO, MSc, Cathy Alessi MD, Steven Barczi MD, Taissa Bej MS, Robert A Bonomo MD, Jorie Butler PhD, G Paul Eleazer MD, FACP, AGSF, Pamela Flinton MLS, MAAL, AHIP, Randall W Rupper MD, MPH, Mark A Supiano MD, AGSF, Marianne Shaughnessy PhD, AGPCNP-BC, GS-C, FAAN, on behalf of the GRECC Directors Association (2024). Impact of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers: Incubators of innovation in geriatrics. J Am Geriatr Soc, 72(11), 3315-3326.
- Brenner R, Cole L, Towsley GL, Farrell TW (2023). Adults without advocates and the unrepresented: A narrative review of terminology and settings. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 9, 1-8.
- Farrell TW, Hung WW, Unroe KT, Brown TR, Furman CD, Jih J, Karani R, Mulhausen P, Npoles AM, Nnodim JO, Upchurch G, Whittaker CF, Kim A, Lundebjerg NE, Rhodes RL (2022). Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(12), 3366-3377.
- Farrell TW, Greer AG, Bennie S, Hageman H, Pfeifle A (2022). Academic Health Centers and the Quintuple Aim of Health Care. Academic Medicine.
- Farrell TW, Volden TA, Butler JM, Eleazer GP, Rupper RW, Echt KV, Shaughnessy M, Supiano MA (2022). Age-friendly care in the Veterans Health Administration: Past, present, and future. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
- Farrell TW, Butler JM, Towsley GL, Telondis JL, Supiano KP, Stephens CE, Nelson NM, May AL, Edelman LS (2022). Communication disparities between nursing home team members. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(10), 5975.
- Ohtake P, Bennie S, Umland E, Shrader S, Hageman H, Blue A, Breitbach A, Farrell TW, Haas R, Greer A, Johnston K, Mauldin M, Nickol DR, Pfeifle A, Brandt B (2022). Organizational Structure and Resources of IPE Programs in the United States: A National Survey (accepted for publication 12/6/21). J Interprof Educ Pract, 26.
- Neuberger K, Brownson K, McCrary H, Beckstrom J, Darelli-Anderson A, Farrell TW, Brooke BS, Smith B (2022). Improving Healthcare Transitions of Surgical Care Through an Inter-Professional Education Elective . J Am Geriatr Soc, 70(3), E11-E14.
- Dassel K, Moye J, Edelman L, Catlin C, Farrell TW (2021). I worry about this patient EVERY day”: Geriatrics Clinicians’ Challenges in Caring for Unrepresented Older Adults. J Appl Gerontol.
- Farrell TW, Case G, Cantarini S, Holsti M, Hopf HW, Iwasa J, Keefe KA (2021). A soundboard approach to facilitate effective feedback to health professions trainees. .
- Major AB, Naik AD, Farrell TW (2021). Finding a voice for the accidentally unbefriended. JAMA Intern Med.
- Hart SE, Turner K, Farrell TW (2020). An interprofessional community-based complex care course grounded in social determinants of health. J Am Geriatr Soc.
- Farrell TW, Ferrante LE, Brown T, Francis L, Widera E, Rhodes R, Rosen T, Hwang U, Witt LJ, Thothala N, Liu SW, Vitale CA, Braun UK, Stephens C, Saliba D (2020). AGS Position Statement: Resource Allocation Strategies and Age-Related Considerations in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond. J Am Geriatr Soc.
- Farrell TW, Brown T, Francis L, Ferrante LE, Widera E, Rhodes R, Rosen T, Hwang U, Witt LJ, Thothala N, Liu SW, Vitale CA, Braun UK, Stephens C, Saliba D (2020). Rationing Limited Health Care Resources in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond: Ethical Considerations Regarding Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc.
- Rosenberg LJ, Butler JM, Caprio AJ, Rhodes RL, Braun UK, Vitale CA, Periyakoil VS, Farrell TW (2019). Results from a survey of American Geriatrics Society Members' Views on Physician-Assisted Suicide. J Am Geriatr Soc.
- Leiser CL, Smith KR, VanDerslice JA, Glotzback JP, Farrell TW, Hanson HA (2019). Evaluation of the Sex- and Age-Specific Effects of PM2.5 on Hospital Readmission in the Presence of the Competing Risk of Mortality in the Medicare Population of Utah 1999-2009. J Clin Med, 8, 2114.
- Farrell TW, Catlin C, Chodos AH, Naik AD, Widera E, Moye J (2019). Caring for unbefriended older adults and adult orphans: A clinician survey. Clin Gerontol, 44(4), 494-503.
- Sager Z, Catlin C, Connors H, Farrell T, Teaster P, Moye J (5/819). Making end-of-life care decisions for older adults subject to guardianship. 27(1), 1-33.
- Foley KT, Farrell TW, Salzman B, Colburn JL, Kumar C, Rottman-Sagebiel R, Wagner LM, Abrams J, Chang A (1/5/19). Learning to lead: Reflections from the Tideswell-AGS-ADGAP Emerging Leaders in Aging Program Scholars. J Am Geriatr Soc, 67(3), 434-436.
- Farrell TW, Luptak MK, Supiano KP, Pacala JT, De Lisser R (4/16/18). State of the science: Interprofesssional approaches to aging, dementia, and mental health. J Am Geriatr Soc, 66(S1), S40-S47.
- Farrell TW, Supiano KP, Wong B, Luptak MK, Luther B, Andersen TC, Wilson R, Wilby F, Yang R, Pepper GA, Brunker CP (11/28/17). Individual versus team performance in formulating care transition plans: A randomised study of traines from five professional groups. . J Interprof Care.
- Farrell, TW, Widera, E, Rosenberg, L, Rubin, CD, Naik, AD, Braun, U, Torke, A, Li, I, Vitale, C, amp Shega, J (11/22/16). AGS position statement: Making medical treatment decisions for unbefriended older adults. Advance online publication. Available: http://geriatricscareonline.org/ProductAbstract/treatment-decisions-unbefriended-older-adults/CL024. J Am Geriatr Soc.
- Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Farrell TW, Solberg L et al (10/24/16). Implementation of Care Management: An Analysis of Recent AHRQ Research. . Med Care Res Rev, 75(1), 46-65.
- American Geriatrics Society Ethics Committee (4/22/15). American Geriatrics Society care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults position statement. J Am Geriatr Soc, 63, 423-426.
- Farrell TW, Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Scammon D, Brunisholz K, Kim J, Day J, Gren L, Wallace S, Gunning K, Tabler J, Magill MK (2/8/15). Impact of an integrated transition management program in primary care on hospital readmissions. J Healthc Qual, 37(1), 81-92.
- Shield RR, Farrell TW, Campbell SE, Nanda A, Wetle T (10-7-14). Professional Development and Exposure to Geriatrics: Medical Student Perspectives From Narrative Journals. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 36(2), 144-160.
- Scammon DL, Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Day RL, Day J, Kim J, Waitzman NJ, Farrell TW, Magill MK (2013). Connecting the dots and merging meaning: using mixed methods to study primary care delivery transformation. Health Serv Res, 48(6 Pt 2), 2181-2207.
- Tabler J, Scammon DL, Kim J, Farrell T, Tomoaia-Cotisel A (4/30/14). Patient care experiences and perceptions of the patient-provider relationship: a mixed method study. Patient Exp J, 1(1), 75-87.
- Scammon DL, Tabler J, Brunisholz K, Gren LH, Kim J, Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Day J, Farrell TW, Waitzman NJ, Magill MK (2014). Organizational culture associated with provider satisfaction. J Am Board Fam Med, 27(2), 219-228.
- Farrell TW, Shield RR, Wetle T, Nanda A, Campbell S (2013). Preparing to care for an aging population: medical student reflections on their clinical mentors within a new geriatrics curriculum. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 34(4), 393-408.
- Nanda A, Farrell TW, Shield R, Tomas M, Campbell SE, Wetle T (2013). Medical students' recognition and application of geriatrics principles in a new curriculum. J Am Geriatr Soc, 61(3), 434-439.
- George P, Farrell TW, Griswold MF (2012). Hearing loss: help for the young and old. J Fam Pract, 61(5), 268-77.
- Shield RR, Farrell TW, Nanda A, Campbell SE, Wetle T (2012). Integrating geriatrics into medical school: student journaling as an innovative strategy for evaluating curriculum. Gerontologist, 52(1), 98-110.
- Saffel-Shrier S, Gunning K, Van Hala S, Farrell T, Lehmann W, Miniclier N (2012). Residency redesign to accomodate growing trends in geriatrics: an RC-FM variance to establish a patient-centered medical home in an assisted living facility. Fam Med, 44(2), 128-131.
- Farrell TW, Campbell S, Nanda A, Shield R, Wetle T (2008). Evaluating geriatrics in the medical school curriculum: using student journals. Med Health R I, 91(12), 378-81.
- Farrell T, Tuya A (2008). Nutrition in the older adult. Med Health R I, 91(2), 65-66.
- Durand M, Kolpak A, Farrell T, Elliot NA, Shao W, Brown M, Volkert MR (2007). The OXR domain defines a conserved family of eukaryotic oxidation resistance proteins. BMC Cell Biol, 28(8), 13.
- Bennie S, Greer AG, Farrell TW, Hageman H, Pfeifle AL (). The Slow Creep Back: Threats and Opportunities for IPE Posed by COVID-19. (Epub ahead of print) J Allied Health.
Review
- Farrell TW (2011). Review of a geriatric health literacy workshop for medical students and residents. [Review]. J Am Geriatr Soc, 59(12), 2347-2349.
- Farrell TW (2011). Review of "depression in the elderly - simulated patient small group activity". [Review]. J Am Geriatr Soc, 60(1), 142-144.
Book Chapter
- Canham SL and Farrell TW (2024). "Age-friendly voices in the pursuit of an age-friendly ecosystem." Age-Friendly Ecosystems: Environments for Equitable Aging by Design. In Valerie Chang Greer, Linda S. Edelman (Eds.). Springer Nature.
Commentary
- Farrell TW, Ozbolt JA, Silvia J, George P (2013). Curbside consultation: caring for colleagues, VIPs, friends, and family members. Am Fam Physician, 87(11), 793-795.
Editorial
- Farrell TW (2023). Ageism as a barrier to eliciting what matters: A call for multigenerational action to confront the invisible "ism".
- Farrell TW, Francis L, Lundebjerg NE (2020). The later innings of life: Implications of COVID-19 resource allocation strategies for older adults.
Letter
- Varela AE, Rodriguez JE, Farrell TW (2022). Oral health is an integral component of age-friendly care [Letter to the editor]. J Am Geriatr Soc, 70(8), 2442-2444.
Report
- Bennie S, Blue A, Brandt B, Breitbach A, Carney P, Farrell TW, et al (2020). Organizational Models of Interprofessional Practice and Education in the United States: Results from a National Survey. https://nexusipe.org/informing/resource-center/organizational-models-interprofessional-practice-and-education-united: American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.
super nice and professional and also thorough
Dr. Farrell is precise and to the point. He provides excellent advice and listens carefully to my comments.
De. Farrell showed deep knowledge in his profession and much concern about my condition to help me recover the soonest possible.
Dr. Farrell listens to what I have to say. His instructions are easy to understand. He doesn't rush through the appointment. [NAME REMOVED]
On a scale of 1-10 Dr Farrell is a 12! Best doctor I've ever had.
Dr. Farrell is an amazing professional. He listens, works with my concerns, and offers thoughtful advice for next steps. I truly appreciate his willingness to efficiently and effectively address issues that help me be healthy.
I find Dr. Farrell and his staff very patient friendly. He always listens carefully to me and tries to speak in a manner that I can understand. I am hearing impaired, and although I wear hearing aids, I still require lip-reading to assist me. He knows that and is very accommodating.
Very thorough visit of my current health situation Very thorough and caring
definitely encourage others to inquire any openings in Dr. Farrell's practice.
I just started with him. I think is very good. I was recommended by my Son [NAME REMOVED]
Dr. Farrell is very attentive and kind. He always has good ideas on what needs to be done and when and is very helpful to see that what needs to be done gets done. I keep forgetting to get my immunizations when I go to the pharmacy so it gets done before you leave the exam room. Big help!
Dr. Farrell is an exemplary PCP. He is very knowledgeable, up to date, caring, happy, and kind. He is an excellent listener. And he is a very nice person. Both my wife and I are very lucky to have him as our physician.
Professional, competent, empathetic, friendly routine annual exam.
BEST DR!!!!
He is the best doc I have ever had
Dr Farrell is an excellent doctor, caring, a good listener, thorough and follows through.
Dr. Farrell is a very caring professional. I appreciate his demeanor and trust greatly his judgement.
Dr. Farrell, MD cares about my health, and vitality. He listens to my comments, answers my questions, gives me as much time as I need and runs an efficient, caring practice. I feel so lucky to have him as my primary physician.
Dr. Farrell is an amazing, professional doctor. He stays on top of all my health issues and provides helpful advice as needed. It is wonderful to have a doctor I trust to address my needs in an efficient manner.
Very good
Dr. Farrell, MD manages a geriatic medical practice. His staff is familiar with his procedures and evaluations and work flawlessly in supporting him. I feel fortunate to have him as my physician.
Keep up the great work