LouiseChristieWalterMD

Geriatrics • San Francisco, CA

Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine and San Francisco VA

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Office
4150 Clement St
Va Medical Center 181G
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone+1 415-221-4810

Fax+1 415-750-6641

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 1998 - 2001
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Associations of frailty with survival, hospitalization, functional decline, and toxicity among older adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Howard J Lee Jr, John Boscardin, Louise C Walter, Alexander K Smith, Harvey J Cohen
The Oncologist. 2024-12-09
Age Self Care, a program to improve aging in place through group learning and incremental behavior change: Preliminary data.
Tracy Nguyen, Belinda Tang, Krista L Harrison, Susanne Stadler, Louise C Walter
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-11-28
Do Not Wait to Consider Life Expectancy Until After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.
Nancy Li Schoenborn, Louise C Walter
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2024-11-11

Journal Articles

Individualizing Surveillance Mammography for Older Patients After Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Eric P Winer, Louise C Walter, Mina S Sedrak, Tanya M Wildes, Stuart M Lichtman, Kathryn J Ruddy, JAMA Oncology
Interpersonal Trauma and Aging-Related Genitourinary Dysfunction in a National Sample of Older Women
Louise Walter, MD, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Press Mentions

Prostate Cancer: Has Active Surveillance Solved the Problem of Overtreatment?November 18th, 2024
Older Men Increasingly Overtreated for Prostate Cancer, Study SuggestsNovember 11th, 2024
Older Men Increasingly Overtreated for Prostate Cancer, Study SuggestsNovember 11th, 2024
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Grant Support

Prostate-Specific Antigen Practices And Outcomes In The ElderlyNational Cancer Institute2009–2012
Midcareer Mentoring Award For Patient-Oriented Research In AgingNational Institute On Aging2011

Committees

Author, Guideline Development Group, American Cancer Society 2015 - Present