University of California San Francisco

Louise Walter, MD

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]

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

Mentoring and Training Narrative

Dr. Walter has completed the UCSF Mentor Development Program. She is interested in mentoring faculty, fellows, residents and students interested in clinical outcomes research in aging. Specifically, her research is focused on the use and outcomes of cancer screening in older adults.

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 10
  1. Colorectal cancer screening: An update to the American Cancer Society guideline, 2026.
    Wolf AMD, Hoffman RM, Walter LC, Zeigler-Johnson C, Church TR, Guerra CE, Elkin EB, Etzioni R, Herzig A, Oeffinger KC, Perkins RB, Raoof S, Tina Shih YC, Skates SJ, Kratzer TB, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Smith RA| | PubMed
  2. Mortality and Generalizability of the National Lung Screening Trial.
    Rustagi AS, Vali M, Graham FJ, Lum E, Walter LC, Byers AL, Hoggatt KJ, Cohen BE, Keyhani S| | PubMed
  3. Frailty and Days at Home After Ovarian Cancer Surgery- A Patient-Centered Outcome for Older Adults.
    Cham S, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Walter LC, Chen LM, Lai JC, Finlayson E, Covinsky KE, Wright AA| | PubMed
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Specialist Practices for Managing Persons Living with Dementia and Urinary Incontinence.
    Chawla SA, Harrison KL, Walter LC, Yank V, Wang L, Suskind AM| | PubMed
  9. 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
  10. 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