Dr. Louise Christie Walter M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
4150 Clement St Va Medical Center 18 San Francisco CA, 94121About
Dr. Louise Walter practices Geriatric Medicine in San Francisco, CA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Walter works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1995
Stanford University School of Medicine 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mortality risk stratification in chronic kidney disease: one size for all ages?
- Being old and doing time: functional impairment and adverse experiences of geriatric female prisoners.
- New-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer.
- Evolution of medication use in Jerusalem elders: Results from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study.
- Prediction of mortality in community-living frail elderly people with long-term care needs.
- Screening mammography in older women. Effect of wealth and prognosis.
- Caregiving behind bars: correctional officer reports of disability in geriatric prisoners.
- 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".
- Colorectal cancer screening in the elderly: the need for informed decision making.
- Impact of cognitive impairment on screening mammography use in older US women.
- Recognizing dementia as a terminal illness in nursing home residents: Comment on "Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia".
- Lack of follow-up after fecal occult blood testing in older adults: inappropriate screening or failure to follow up?
- Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in the elderly patient.
- Long-term outcomes following positive fecal occult blood test results in older adults: benefits and burdens.
- Cost-effectiveness of oral bisphosphonates for osteoporosis at different ages and levels of life expectancy.
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