Kenneth Rockwood
| Kenneth Rockwood | |
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| Born | Newfoundland, Canada |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | MD: Memorial University of Newfoundland; MPA: Queen's University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Frailty Index, Clinical Frailty Scale |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Susan E. Howlett |
| 🏅 Awards |
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Kenneth Rockwood is a Canadian geriatrician and internist, known for his research in frailty, developing the cumulative deficits model of frailty[2] and frailty indicies with Arnold Mitnitski. He is a Professor of Medicine (Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and Neurology) and the Clinical Research Professor of Frailty and Aging at Dalhousie University.[3]
Early life and education
Rockwood grew up in Newfoundland, Canada.[4] He received his MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland and completed internal medicine training at the University of Alberta and geriatric medicine training at Dalhousie University.[4] He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Queen’s University.[5]
Career
Rockwood joined the faculty at Dalhousie University, serving as a clinician and academic. He is editor-in-chief of Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology.[4]
He is married to Susan E. Howlett, a professor in Pharmacology and Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie, with whom he has collaborated on work in geroscience and frailty.[6]
Research
Rockwood co-developed the Frailty Index with Arnold Mitnitski, quantifying aging-related vulnerability by counting accumulated health deficits.[7] He is the creator of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), most recently updated in 2020.[8] Originally developed to summarise the results of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, the CFS now sees widespread use as a frailty screening tool. Other instruments include, with Susan Howlett, a frailty index based on laboratory measures—the FI-Lab.[9]
Rockwood played a key research role in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA), a large national cohort that informed Canada’s understanding of dementia and frailty.[10]
Recognition
- Winner of the 2021 Ryman Prize[11][12]
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (2023).[13]
- Named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2024.[14]
- Recipient of the British Geriatrics Society President’s Medal (2024)[15]
Selected publications
- Kim DH, Rockwood K. “Frailty in Older Adults.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2024;391(6):538–548. doi:10.1056/NEJMra2301292.[16]
- Mitnitski A, Rockwood K. “Frailty in relation to the accumulation of deficits.” J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007;62(7):722–727.
- Rockwood K, Song X, MacKnight C, et al. “A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people.” CMAJ. 2005;173(5):489–495.
- Rockwood K, Howlett SE. “Fifteen years of progress in understanding frailty and health in aging.” BMC Med. 2018;16:220.
- Rockwood K. “Medical management of frailty: confessions of a gnostic.” CMAJ. 1997;157(8):1081-4.
References
- ↑ "Kenneth Rockwood – Google Scholar". Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ Rockwood, K (September 2016). "Conceptual Models of Frailty: Accumulation of Deficits". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32 (9): 1046–50. doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2016.03.020. PMID 27402367.
- ↑ "Dr Kenneth Rockwood". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Dr Kenneth Rockwood". University of Western Ontario. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "Dr Kenneth Rockwood – UBC". UBC Healthy Aging. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ Rockwood, K; Howlett, S E (2018). "Fifteen years of progress in understanding frailty and health in aging". BMC Med. 16 (1): 220. doi:10.1186/s12916-018-1223-3. PMC 6258409. PMID 30477486.
- ↑ Mitnitski, A; Rockwood, K (2007). "Frailty in relation to the accumulation of deficits". J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 62 (7): 722–727. doi:10.1093/gerona/62.7.722. PMID 17634318.
- ↑ Rockwood, K; Theou, O (2020-09-01). "Using the Clinical Frailty Scale in Allocating Scarce Health Care Resources". Can Geriatr J. 23 (3): 210–215. doi:10.5770/cgj.23.463. PMC 7458601 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32904824 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Howlett, SE; Rockwood, MR; Mitnitski, A; Rockwood, K (2014-10-07). "Standard laboratory tests to identify older adults at increased risk of death". BMC Med. 12. doi:10.1186/s12916-014-0171-9. PMC 4190374. PMID 25288274. Unknown parameter
|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Rockwood, K; McDowell, I (2001). "The Canadian Study of Health and Aging: organizational lessons from a national, multicenter, epidemiologic study". Int Psychogeriatr. 13: 233–237. doi:10.1017/S1041610202008177. PMID 11892971.
- ↑ "World-leading geriatrician and anti‑ageism campaigner wins the Ryman Prize". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "CFN Principal Investigator, Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, wins 2021 Ryman Prize". Canadian Frailty Network. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Medal Recipients". Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "Giant of geriatric medicine named to Order of Canada". Dalhousie University. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "Professor Ken Rockwood wins 2024 BGS President's Medal". British Geriatrics Society. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ Kim, Dae Hyun; Rockwood, Kenneth (2024). "Frailty in Older Adults". N Engl J Med. 391 (6): 538–548. doi:10.1056/NEJMra2301292. PMC 11634188 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 39115063 Check|pmid=value (help).
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