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Randall Walker, MD, Infectious Disease, Rochester, MN

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Infectious Disease Rochester, MN

Healthcare Associated Infections, Transplant/Immunocompromised States, International Health, Travel & Tropical

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical School

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  • Office

    200 1st St Sw
    Rochester, MN 55905
    Phone+1 507-284-2511

Summary

  • Hospital-based care of Surgical infections: 30 years of experience at US News #1 Hospital, preventing, diagnosing and managing infectious complications of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery (including LVAD), thoracic surgery, oncologic surgery, and transplant surgery.
    Other infections in immune compromised hosts, including Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant recipients, cancer chemotherapy, and disease modifying agents for autoimmune diseases.
    Regularly cover inpatient services, including ICU ID cases, for 7 to 12 consecutive days, 8 am to 6 pm in house, with pager call in evenings, to optimize continuity of care through weekends.
    8 years of experience as Quality Chair for Transplant Center performing ~ 1000 Transplant procedures per year.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 1982 - 1985
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
    Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 1979
  • University of Notre Dame
    University of Notre DameBA, Preprofessional Studies, 1971 - 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1980 - 2025
  • WI State Medical License
    WI State Medical License 2013 - 2023
  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 1998 - 2003
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1987 - 2002
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Innovation Award: Medical Reading Enhancer Mayo Department of Medicine, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection Reduces Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection Frequency  
    Raymund R Razonable, Pritish K Tosh, Randall C Walker, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)  
    Kauffman CA, Freifeld AG, Andes DR, Baddley JW, Herwaldt L, Walker RC, Alexander BD, Anaissie EJ, Benedict K, Ito JI, Knapp KM, Lyon GM, Marr KA, Morrison VA, Park BJ,..., Transpl Infect Dis, 1/1/2014
  • Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome following CHOP chemotherapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma  
    Edwards MJ, Walker R, Vinnicombe S, Barlow C, MacCallum P, Foran JM, Ann Oncol, 1/1/2001
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections in left ventricular assist device recipients.
    Riaz T, Nienaber JJC, Baddour LM, Walker RC, Park SJ, Sohail M, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/12/2013
  • Impact of Prior Voriconazole Exposure on Frequency of Mixed Fungal Infections in Patients with Invasive Mucormycosis.
    Abidi MZ, Sohail MR, Cummins N, Wilhelm M, Wengenack N, Brumble L, Shah H, Hata D, McCullough A, Wendel A, Vikram HR, Kusne S, Lahr BD, Walker RC, 24th European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain, 1/10/2013
  • Combination antifungal therapy is not associated with improved survival in patients with invasive mucormycosis.
    Abidi MZ, Sohail MR, Cummins NW, Wilhelm MP, Wengenack NL, Brumble L, Shah H, Hata DJ, McCullough A, Wendel A, Kusne S, Lahr BD, Walker RC, Infectious Diseases Society of America Session 183, Fungal Infections, San Francisco, CA, 1/5/2013
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Lectures

  • Infections in Long-Term Survivors of Porcine-to-Primate Cardiac Xenotransplantation. 
    Glasgow, Scotland - 1/1/2003
  • "Meet the Professor-CMV Infection in Transplantation" 
    Denver, CO - 1/1/1998
  • EBV-Induced Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD). 
    Chicago, IL - 1/1/1997
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Other

  • The flouroquinolones and their appropriate use in treatment of genitourinary tract infections. 
    Wright A, Walker R, Barrett D, AUA Update Series, American Urological Association, Inc., Lesson 7
    1/1/1993