University of California San Francisco

Louise Walter, MD
Louise Walter, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine; Chief, Division of Geriatrics

Address

490 Illinois Street, #81H
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

Email: [email protected]
Fax: 415-514-8192

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California, San Francisco Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2018
    University of California, San Francisco Fellowship Geriatric Medicine 2001
    University of California, San Francisco Certificate Advanced Training in Clinical Research 1999
    University of California, San Francisco Residency Internal Medicine 1998
    Stanford University M.D. Medicine 1995
    Stanford University B.S. Biological Sciences 1990

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Recipient of Named Professorship: The Helen Hoh Wu and Laurene Wu McClain Professor of Geriatrics UCSF 2022
    Elected into Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) 2019
    Elected into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society UCSF Medical Student Class of 2016 2016
    Outstanding Research Mentor of the Year Society of General Internal Medicine 2013
    Elected into American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2012
    Academic Senate Distinction in Faculty Mentoring Award UCSF 2010
    Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award American Geriatrics Society 2009

    Collaboration Interests

    I am interested in:

    • policy change

    Grants and Funding

    • Midcareer Mentoring Award for Patient-Oriented Research in Aging | NIH | 2011-09-30 - 2019-05-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Prostate-Specific Antigen Practices and Outcomes in the Elderly | NIH | 2009-07-01 - 2015-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 159
    1. Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
      Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Loh KP, Cohen HJ, Zeng S, Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Magnuson A, Mohile SG, Wong ML| | PubMed
    2. "You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture": Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool for geriatric oncology.
      Wong ML, Nicosia FM, Smith AK, Walter LC, Lam V, Cohen HJ, Loh KP, Mohile SG, Ursem CJ, Schwarze ML| | PubMed
    3. Breast biopsy patterns and findings among older women undergoing screening mammography: The role of age and comorbidity.
      Advani S, Abraham L, Buist DSM, Kerlikowske K, Miglioretti DL, Sprague BL, Henderson LM, Onega T, Schousboe JT, Demb J, Zhang D, Walter LC, Lee CI, Braithwaite D, O'Meara ES, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium| | PubMed
    4. Colonoscopy utilization and outcomes in older adults: Data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry.
      Calderwood AH, Tosteson TD, Walter LC, Hua P, Onega T| | PubMed
    5. Predictors of Regret among Older Men after Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment Decisions.
      Hampson LA, Suskind AM, Breyer BN, Cooperberg MR, Sudore RL, Keyhani S, Allen IE, Walter LC| | PubMed
    6. Mammography adherence in relation to function-related indicators in older women.
      Zhang D, Abraham L, Sprague BL, Onega T, Advani S, Demb J, Miglioretti DL, Henderson LM, Wernli KJ, Walter LC, Kerlikowske K, Schousboe JT, Chrischilles E, Braithwaite D, O'Meara ES, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium| | PubMed
    7. Assessment of Frailty and Association With Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms and Serious Adverse Events Among Men Using Drug Therapy.
      Bauer SR, Walter LC, Ensrud KE, Suskind AM, Newman JC, Ricke WA, Liu TT, McVary KT, Covinsky K| | PubMed
    8. Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
      Wong ML, Shi Y, Smith AK, Miaskowski C, Boscardin WJ, Cohen HJ, Lam V, Mazor M, Metzger L, Presley CJ, Williams GR, Loh KP, Ursem CJ, Friedlander TW, Blakely CM, Gubens MA, Allen G, Shumay D, Walter LC| | PubMed
    9. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 1.2021.
      Dotan E, Walter LC, Browner IS, Clifton K, Cohen HJ, Extermann M, Gross C, Gupta S, Hollis G, Hubbard J, Jagsi R, Keating NL, Kessler E, Koll T, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Misra S, Moon D, O'Connor T, Owusu C, Rosko A, Russell M, Sedrak M, Siddiqui F, Stella A, Stirewalt DL, Subbiah IM, Tew WP, Williams GR, Hollinger L, George GV, Sundar H| | PubMed
    10. Examining the association of social risk with heart failure readmission in the Veterans Health Administration.
      Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Christensen L, Chapman W, Austin PC, Byers AL, Keyhani S| | PubMed