Louise C. Walter, MD

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, B.S., 1990, Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, M.D., 1995, Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco (Advanced Training in Clinical Research Program), Certificate, 1999, Clinical Epidemiology

• 1989-1990
  Research Assistant, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
• 1992-1993
  Research Assistant, Department of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
• 1995-1998
  Medical Resident, University of California, San Francisco
• 1998-2001
  Fellow in Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco
• 2001-present
  Staff Physician, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• 2001-present
  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics Division, University of California, San Francisco

• 1990
  Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University
• 1990
  Scholastic Honors with Distinction, Stanford University
• 1995
  Dean's Award for Outstanding Community Service, Stanford University School of Medicine
• 1995
  Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine
• 1999
  Hartford/AFAR Pilot Grant: "Outcomes of Screening Mammography in Frail Elderly Women."
• 1999
  Journal of General Internal Medicine, top 10% of reviewers
• 2002
  VA Career Development Award in Health Services Research and Development

• 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.
• Walter LC, Covinsky KE. Cancer screening in elderly patients: A framework for individualized decision making. JAMA. 2001; 285:2750-2756.
• 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.
• Walter LC, Eng C, Covinsky KE. Screening mammography for frail older women: What are the burdens? J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16:779-784.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Book Chapters
• 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).
• 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.