Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, UCSF
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Louise.Walter@ucsf.edu Box 181G VAMC, San Francisco, CA 94121-0520 |
| EDUCATION | |
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Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.S., 1990, Biology
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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1989-1990 |
Research Assistant, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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1992-1993 |
Research Assistant, Department of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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1995-1998 |
Medical Resident, University of California, San Francisco |
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1998-2001 |
Fellow in Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco |
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2001-present |
Staff Physician, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
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2001-present |
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Division, University of California, San Francisco |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1990 |
Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University |
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1990 |
Scholastic Honors with Distinction, Stanford University |
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1995 |
Dean's Award for Outstanding Community Service, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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1995 |
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine |
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1999 |
Hartford/AFAR Pilot Grant: "Outcomes of Screening Mammography in Frail Elderly Women." |
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1999 |
Journal of General Internal Medicine, top 10% of reviewers |
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2002 |
VA Career Development Award in Health Services Research and Development |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Pine ZM, Walter LC, Chren MM. Functional status before hospitalization in acutely ill older adults: validity and clinical importance of retrospective reports. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2000;48:164-169. | |
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Walter LC, Covinsky KE. Cancer screening in elderly patients: A framework for individualized decision making. JAMA. 2001; 285:2750-2756. | |
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Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS, Fortinsky RH, Covinsky KE. Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year mortality in older adults after hospitalization. JAMA. 2001;285:2987-2994. | |
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Walter LC, Eng C, Covinsky KE. Screening mammography for frail older women: What are the burdens? J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16:779-784. | |
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Covinsky KE, Eng C, Lui L, Sands LP, Sehgal AR, Walter LC, Wieland D, Eleazer G, Yaffe K. Reduced employment in caregivers of frail elders: Impact of ethnicity, patient clinical characteristics and caregiver characteristics. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2001;56A:M707-713. | |
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Walter LC, Lui L, Eng C, Covinsky KE. Risk of hip fracture in disabled community-living older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:50-55. | |
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Walter LC, DeGarmo P, Covinsky KE. Older age and female sex are associated with inadequate reach of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. Am J Medicine 2004;116:174-178. | |
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Walter LC, Lindquist K, Covinsky KE. Relationship between health status and use of screening mammography and Papanicolaou smears among women older than 70 years of age. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:681-688. | |
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Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE. Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure. JAMA. 2004;291:2466-2470. | |
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Carey EC, Walter LC, Lindquist K, Covinsky KE. Development and validation of a functional morbidity index to predict mortality in community-dwelling elders. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19:1027-1033. | |
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Book Chapters: | |
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Walter LC, Johnston CB. Geriatric Disorders in Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition. Tierney LM, Saint S, Whooley MA, Ed. Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, New York, NY; 2002. Updated 2004 (in press). | |
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Walter LC. Principles of Screening in Older Adults in Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Fifth Edition. Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME, Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY; 2003. |
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1/15/05 |
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