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
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 163
Self-collected vaginal specimens for human papillomavirus testing and guidance on screening exit: An update to the American Cancer Society cervical cancer screening guideline.
Perkins RB, Wolf AMD, Church TR, Elkin EB, Skates SJ, Etzioni RD, Guerra CE, Herzig A, Hoffman RM, Oeffinger KC, Raoof S, Shih YT, Walter LC, Zeigler-Johnson C, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Smith RA| | PubMed
Utilization of More Than One Minimally Invasive Overactive Bladder Therapy Among Older Adults; a National Medicare Study.
Shatkin-Margolis A, Crow A, Wang L, Nseyo U, Walter L, Covinsky K, John Boscardin W, Suskind AM| | PubMed
Associations of frailty with survival, hospitalization, functional decline, and toxicity among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Lee HJ, Boscardin J, Walter LC, Smith AK, Cohen HJ, Giri S, Williams GR, Presley CJ, Singhal S, Huang LW, Velazquez AI, Gubens MA, Blakely CM, Mulvey CK, Cheng ML, Sakoda LC, Kushi LH, Quesenberry C, Liu R, Fleszar-Pavlovic S, Eskandar C, Cutler E, Mercurio AM, Wong ML| | PubMed
Cannabis Use Among Older Adults.
Pravosud V, Lum E, Vali M, Cohen BE, Hoggatt KJ, Byers AL, Austin PC, Walter LC, Hasin D, Zaman T, Keyhani S| | PubMed
Specialist Practices for Managing Persons Living with Dementia and Urinary Incontinence.
Chawla SA, Harrison KL, Walter LC, Yank V, Wang L, Suskind AM| | PubMed
Understanding frailty and the role of patient-centered care for older adults with gynecologic cancer.
Cham S, Kumar A, Walter LC, Lichtman S, Tew WP| | PubMed
External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults.
Avelino-Silva TJ, Lee SJ, Covinsky KE, Walter LC, Deardorff WJ, Boscardin J, Campora F, Szlejf C, Suemoto CK, Smith AK| | PubMed
Do Not Wait to Consider Life Expectancy Until After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.
Age Self Care, a program to improve aging in place through group learning and incremental behavior change: Preliminary data.
Nguyen T, Tang B, Harrison KL, Stadler S, Walter LC, Hoepke K, Aronson L, Allison TA| | PubMed
Function, cognition, and quality of life among older adults with lung cancer who live alone: A prospective cohort study.
Singhal S, Walter LC, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Shi Y, Cohen HJ, Presley CJ, Kushi LH, Giri S, Magnuson A, Williams GR, Velazquez AI, Lee HJ, Sakoda LC, Quesenberry CP, Falvey JR, Van Dyk KM, Wong ML| | PubMed
Risk factors and associated outcomes of postoperative delirium after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Gutierrez RD, Smith EJT, Matthay ZA, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Iannuzzi JC| | PubMed
How older men live with stress urinary incontinence: Patient experience and navigation to treatment.
Screening for lung cancer: 2023 guideline update from the American Cancer Society.
Wolf AMD, Oeffinger KC, Shih TY, Walter LC, Church TR, Fontham ETH, Elkin EB, Etzioni RD, Guerra CE, Perkins RB, Kondo KK, Kratzer TB, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Dahut WL, Smith RA| | PubMed
Improving older adults' telehealth through a novel community-academic partnership: Preliminary data.
Neumann AV, Gonzalez A, Walter LC, Rivera J| | PubMed
Multi-level Factors Influencing Decisions About Stopping Surveillance Colonoscopy in Older Adults: a Qualitative Study.
Schifferdecker KE, Ramesh NP, Walter LC, Calderwood AH| | PubMed
Association of Life Expectancy With Surveillance Colonoscopy Findings and Follow-up Recommendations in Older Adults.
Calderwood AH, Tosteson TD, Wang Q, Onega T, Walter LC| | PubMed
TReating Incontinence for Underlying Mental and Physical Health (TRIUMPH): a study protocol for a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, 3-arm trial to evaluate the multisystem effects of pharmacologic treatment strategies for urgency-predominant urinar
Huang AJ, Walter LC, Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Kornblith E, Schembri M, Chang A, Subak LL| | PubMed
Patient-identified Treatment Attributes Among Older Men With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Look at What Matters to Patients Making Treatment Decisions.
Hampson LA, Shaw NM, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore RL, Cooperberg MR, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Elaine Allen I, Dohan D| | PubMed
The relationship between frailty, incontinence severity, and treatment decisions for men with post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence: a mixed methods analysis.
Jones CP, Shaw NM, Mena J, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Dohan D, Hampson LA| | PubMed
Patient decision-making for surgical treatment of post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence: a mixed-methods exploratory pilot study.
Shaw NM, Nik-Ahd F, Jones C, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore R, Cooperberg MR, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Hampson LA| | PubMed
Cognitive Impairment is Common in a Veterans Affairs Population with Peripheral Arterial Disease.
Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC| | PubMed
The epidemiology of preexisting geriatric and palliative conditions in older adults with poor prognosis cancers.
Tsang M, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Wong ML, Walter LC, Smith AK| | PubMed
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
"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
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
Colonoscopy utilization and outcomes in older adults: Data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Association of Breast Density With Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Aged 65 Years or Older by Age Group and Body Mass Index.
Function-related Indicators and Outcomes of Screening Mammography in Older Women: Evidence from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Cohort.
Zhang D, Abraham L, Demb J, Miglioretti DL, Advani S, Sprague BL, Henderson LM, Onega T, Wernli KJ, Walter LC, Kerlikowske K, Schousboe JT, O'Meara ES, Braithwaite D, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium| | PubMed
Understanding the Health Characteristics and Treatment Choices of Older Men with Stress Urinary Incontinence.
Hampson LA, Suskind AM, Breyer BN, Lai L, Cooperberg MR, Sudore RL, Keyhani S, Allen IE, Walter LC| | PubMed
Characteristics Associated With Functional Changes During Systemic Cancer Treatments: A Systematic Review Focused on Older Adults.
Loh KP, Lam V, Webber K, Padam S, Sedrak MS, Musinipally V, Grogan M, Presley CJ, Grandi J, Sanapala C, Castillo DA, DiGiovanni G, Mohile SG, Walter LC, Wong ML| | PubMed
Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors.
Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A| | PubMed
Individualizing Surveillance Mammography for Older Patients After Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and International Society of Geriatric Oncology Consensus Statement.
Freedman RA, Minami CA, Winer EP, Morrow M, Smith AK, Walter LC, Sedrak MS, Gagnon H, Perilla-Glen A, Wildiers H, Wildes TM, Lichtman SM, Loh KP, Brain EGC, Ganschow PS, Hunt KK, Mayer DK, Ruddy KJ, Jagsi R, Lin NU, Canin B, LeStage BK, Revette AC, Schonberg MA, Keating NL| | PubMed
Examining the Interfacility Variation of Social Determinants of Health in the Veterans Health Administration.
Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Christensen L, Abdelrahman S, Chapman W, Keyhani S| | PubMed
Expanding Beyond Maximum Grade: Chemotherapy Toxicity over Time by Age and Performance Status in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in CALGB 9730 (Alliance A151729).
Wong ML, Gao J, Thanarajasingam G, Sloan JA, Dueck AC, Novotny PJ, Jatoi A, Hurria A, Walter LC, Miaskowski C, Cohen HJ, Wood WA, Feliciano JL, Stinchcombe TE, Wang X| | PubMed
Cancer Screening in Older Adults: Individualized Decision-Making and Communication Strategies.
Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society.
Fontham ETH, Wolf AMD, Church TR, Etzioni R, Flowers CR, Herzig A, Guerra CE, Oeffinger KC, Shih YT, Walter LC, Kim JJ, Andrews KS, DeSantis CE, Fedewa SA, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Saslow D, Wender RC, Smith RA| | PubMed
Mammography use in relation to comorbidities and functional limitations among older breast cancer survivors.
Do what you love. Love what you do. Dr. Arti Hurria's trailblazing transdisciplinary legacy.
Carpenter CR, Mody L, Lundebjerg NE, Walter LC, Schmader KE, High K| | PubMed
Cores for geriatric oncology infrastructure in the Cancer and Aging Research Group: Biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design (the analytics core).
Sedrak MS, Li D, Walter LC, Mustian K, High KP, Canin B, Mohile SG, Dale W, Sun CL| | PubMed
Geriatric oncology health services research: Cancer and Aging Research Group infrastructure core.
Contribution of patient, physician, and environmental factors to demographic and health variation in colonoscopy follow-up for abnormal colorectal cancer screening test results.
Partin MR, Gravely AA, Burgess JF, Haggstrom DA, Lillie SE, Nelson DB, Nugent SM, Shaukat A, Sultan S, Walter LC, Burgess DJ| | PubMed
Overactive Bladder Is Strongly Associated With Frailty in Older Individuals.
Suskind AM, Quanstrom K, Zhao S, Bridge M, Walter LC, Neuhaus J, Finlayson E| | PubMed
The Timed Up and Go Test as a Measure of Frailty in Urologic Practice.
Pangilinan J, Quanstrom K, Bridge M, Walter LC, Finlayson E, Suskind AM| | PubMed
Predictors of the multidimensional symptom experience of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Wong ML, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Dunn LB, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Wright F, Levine JD, Walter LC, Cartwright F, Miaskowski C| | PubMed
Frailty and the Role of Obliterative versus Reconstructive Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A National Study.
Suskind AM, Jin C, Walter LC, Finlayson E| | PubMed
Functional Outcomes After Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Nursing Home Residents.
Suskind AM, Walter LC, Zhao S, Finlayson E| | PubMed
Impact of age and comorbidity on treatment of non-small cell lung cancer recurrence following complete resection: A nationally representative cohort study.
Wong ML, McMurry TL, Stukenborg GJ, Francescatti AB, Amato-Martz C, Schumacher JR, Chang GJ, Greenberg CC, Winchester DP, McKellar DP, Walter LC, Kozower BD| | PubMed
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 2.2016.
VanderWalde N, Jagsi R, Dotan E, Baumgartner J, Browner IS, Burhenn P, Cohen HJ, Edil BH, Edwards B, Extermann M, Ganti AK, Gross C, Hubbard J, Keating NL, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, O'Connor T, Rugo HS, Rupper RW, Shepard D, Silliman RA, Stirewalt DL, Tew WP, Walter LC, Wildes T, Bergman MA, Sundar H, Hurria A| | PubMed
Barrett's Esophagus Commonly Diagnosed in Elderly Men with Limited Life Expectancy.
Ko MS, Fung KZ, Shi Y, Espaldon R, Shergill A, Walter LC| | PubMed
Clinician Factors Associated With Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Older Veterans With Limited Life Expectancy.
Tang VL, Shi Y, Fung K, Tan J, Espaldon R, Sudore R, Wong ML, Walter LC| | PubMed
An Individualized Approach to Cancer Screening Decisions in Older Adults: A Multilevel Framework.
Breslau ES, Gorin SS, Edwards HM, Schonberg MA, Saiontz N, Walter LC| | PubMed
Benefits and Harms of Screening Mammography by Comorbidity and Age: A Qualitative Synthesis of Observational Studies and Decision Analyses.
Braithwaite D, Walter LC, Izano M, Kerlikowske K| | PubMed
Impact of frailty on complications in patients undergoing common urological procedures: a study from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database.
Suskind AM, Walter LC, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sen S, Cooperberg MR, Finlayson E| | PubMed
Environmental stress in the Gulf of Mexico and its potential impact on public health.
Singleton B, Turner J, Walter L, Lathan N, Thorpe D, Ogbevoen P, Daye J, Alcorn D, Wilson S, Semien J, Richard T, Johnson T, McCabe K, Estrada JJ, Galvez F, Velasco C, Reiss K| | PubMed
Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society.
Oeffinger KC, Fontham ET, Etzioni R, Herzig A, Michaelson JS, Shih YC, Walter LC, Church TR, Flowers CR, LaMonte SJ, Wolf AM, DeSantis C, Lortet-Tieulent J, Andrews K, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Saslow D, Smith RA, Brawley OW, Wender R, American Cancer Society| | PubMed
Capsule Commentary on Wolff, et al., A Look at Person- and Family-Centered Care Among Older Adults: Results from a National Survey.
Bridging the gap: determinants of undiagnosed or untreated urinary incontinence in women.
Duralde ER, Walter LC, Van Den Eeden SK, Nakagawa S, Subak LL, Brown JS, Thom DH, Huang AJ| | PubMed
Treatment patterns for older veterans with localized prostate cancer.
Hoffman RM, Shi Y, Freedland SJ, Keating NL, Walter LC| | PubMed
A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial for PSA Screening Decision Support Interventions in Two Primary Care Settings.
Lewis CL, Adams J, Tai-Seale M, Huang Q, Knowles SB, Nielsen ME, Pignone MP, Walter LC, Frosch DL| | PubMed
Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging questionnaire: a multidimensional measure of the impact of vaginal symptoms on functioning and well-being in postmenopausal women.
Huang AJ, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Richter HE, Walter LC, Thom D, Stewart AL| | PubMed
The burden of nocturia among middle-aged and older women.
Hsu A, Nakagawa S, Walter LC, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Thom DH, Lee SJ, Huang AJ| | PubMed
Organizational predictors of colonoscopy follow-up for positive fecal occult blood test results: an observational study.
Partin MR, Burgess DJ, Burgess JF, Gravely A, Haggstrom D, Lillie SE, Nugent S, Powell AA, Shaukat A, Walter LC, Nelson DB| | PubMed
American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines.
Wender R, Fontham ET, Barrera E, Colditz GA, Church TR, Ettinger DS, Etzioni R, Flowers CR, Gazelle GS, Kelsey DK, LaMonte SJ, Michaelson JS, Oeffinger KC, Shih YC, Sullivan DC, Travis W, Walter L, Wolf AM, Brawley OW, Smith RA| | PubMed
Time lag to benefit after screening for breast and colorectal cancer: meta-analysis of survival data from the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Denmark.
Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Conell-Price J, O'Brien S, Walter LC| | PubMed
Individualizing cancer screening in older adults: a narrative review and framework for future research.
Eckstrom E, Feeny DH, Walter LC, Perdue LA, Whitlock EP| | PubMed
Addressing the aging crisis in U.S. criminal justice health care.
Williams BA, Goodwin JS, Baillargeon J, Ahalt C, Walter LC| | PubMed
80 is the new 60: implications of irrational exuberance regarding longevity on prostate cancer treatment decisions.
Lack of follow-up after fecal occult blood testing in older adults: inappropriate screening or failure to follow up?
Carlson CM, Kirby KA, Casadei MA, Partin MR, Kistler CE, Walter LC| | PubMed
Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.
Kistler CE, Walter LC, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD| | PubMed
Recognizing dementia as a terminal illness in nursing home residents: Comment on "Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia".
Improvement of hospital care of elderly patients: thinking outside the (hospital) box: comment on "hospital at home for elderly patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure".