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. Reply: To PMID 25443902.
      Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Walter LC| | PubMed
    2. Statin medications are associated with a lower probability of having an abnormal screening prostate-specific antigen result.
      Shi Y, Fung KZ, Freedland SJ, Hoffman RM, Tang VL, Walter LC| | PubMed
    3. Lag time to benefit for preventive therapies--reply.
      Lee SJ, Leipzig RM, Walter LC| | PubMed
    4. Screening mammography in older women: a review.
      Walter LC, Schonberg MA| | PubMed
    5. A framework for crafting clinical practice guidelines that are relevant to the care and management of people with multimorbidity.
      Uhlig K, Leff B, Kent D, Dy S, Brunnhuber K, Burgers JS, Greenfield S, Guyatt G, High K, Leipzig R, Mulrow C, Schmader K, Schunemann H, Walter LC, Woodcock J, Boyd CM| | PubMed
    6. Probability of an abnormal screening prostate-specific antigen result based on age, race, and prostate-specific antigen threshold.
      Espaldon R, Kirby KA, Fung KZ, Hoffman RM, Powell AA, Freedland SJ, Walter LC| | PubMed
    7. Senior adult oncology, version 2.2014: clinical practice guidelines in oncology .
      Hurria A, Wildes T, Blair SL, Browner IS, Cohen HJ, Deshazo M, Dotan E, Edil BH, Extermann M, Ganti AK, Holmes HM, Jagsi R, Karlekar MB, Keating NL, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, O'Connor T, Rugo HS, Rupper RW, Silliman RA, Stirewalt DL, Tew WP, Walter LC, Weir AB, Bergman MA, Sundar H| | PubMed
    8. Incorporating lag time to benefit into prevention decisions for older adults.
      Lee SJ, Leipzig RM, Walter LC| | PubMed
    9. Disability during the last two years of life.
      Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE| | PubMed
    10. Patient-reported problems after office procedures.
      Linos E, Wehner MR, Frosch DL, Walter L, Chren MM| | PubMed