Louise Walter, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

The Division of Geriatrics has doubled in size under her leadership and is now consistently ranked as one of the top Geriatrics Programs in the US by US News and World Report.

Dr. Walter is a clinician-researcher who is a national leader in evaluating the real-world harms and benefits of cancer screening in older patients. Dr. Walter received her MD from Stanford University in 1995. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatrics at UCSF. Dr. Walter joined the UCSF faculty in July 2001, and she is a geriatrician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Dr. Walter has transformed our approach to cancer screening in older adults. She has developed novel methodology demonstrating the fundamental importance of life expectancy rather than age in determining benefits and harms of cancer screening. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach that assumes screening is appropriate for everyone above or below a certain age, her research has taken a patient-centered approach that considers the effect of life expectancy and patient preferences on benefits and harms of screening. Virtually every cancer screening guideline cites her research. Further, her studies of older adults in poor health documented the extent to which screening can lead to clinical harm. This research changed national VA quality indicators and convinced California state auditors to abandon their mandatory mammography policy for health plans that care for frail older adults. Her approach also forms the basis for the management of other chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes) in older adults and the surveillance of cancer risk factors (e.g., colon polyps) and cancer recurrence in older adults. She was elected into the American Society for Clinical Research in 2012.

Dr. Walter is Principal Investigator of several foundation grants and Co-Investigator on several NIH and PCORI grants to study the harms and benefits of cancer screening and surveillance in older adults. She completed a K24 mentoring award from the National Institute on Aging and now leads the Career Development Core (REC) for the UCSF Pepper Center. She also is Associate Director for the UCSF CTSI K Scholars Program as well as the Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program. Dr. Walter is strongly committed to mentoring the next generation of clinical investigators and leaders in aging as evidenced by her receipt of the 2010 UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Mentoring Award and her receipt of the Society of General Internal Medicine's Research Mentor of the Year Award in 2013.

In addition, Dr. Walter is Director of the San Francisco VA’s Geriatrics Health Services Research and Development Program to Improve Care for Veterans with Complex Comorbid Conditions. She also is Director of Evaluation for the UCSF Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program funded by HRSA.

• Association of Life Expectancy With Surveillance Colonoscopy Findings and Follow-up Recommendations in Older Adults.
  JAMA internal medicine 2023 Calderwood AH, Tosteson TD, Wang Q, Onega T, Walter LC
• 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 urinary incontinence in ambulatory older women.
  Trials 2023 Huang AJ, Walter LC, Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Kornblith E, Schembri M, Chang A, Subak LL
• Patient-identified Treatment Attributes Among Older Men With Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Qualitative Look at What Matters to Patients Making Treatment Decisions.
  Urology 2023 Hampson LA, Shaw NM, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore RL, Cooperberg MR, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Elaine Allen I, Dohan D
• The relationship between frailty, incontinence severity, and treatment decisions for men with post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence: a mixed methods analysis.
  Translational andrology and urology 2023 Jones CP, Shaw NM, Mena J, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Dohan D, Hampson LA
• Patient decision-making for surgical treatment of post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence: a mixed-methods exploratory pilot study.
  Translational andrology and urology 2023 Shaw NM, Nik-Ahd F, Jones C, Breyer BN, Walter LC, Sudore R, Cooperberg MR, Baussan C, Quanstrom K, Allen IE, Hampson LA
• Cognitive Impairment is Common in a Veterans Affairs Population with Peripheral Arterial Disease.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2022 Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• The epidemiology of preexisting geriatric and palliative conditions in older adults with poor prognosis cancers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Tsang M, Gan S, Boscardin WJ, Wong ML, Walter LC, Smith AK
• Change in four measures of physical function among older adults during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2022 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
• "You have to be sure that the patient has the full picture": Adaptation of the Best Case/Worst Case communication tool for geriatric oncology.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2022 Wong ML, Nicosia FM, Smith AK, Walter LC, Lam V, Cohen HJ, Loh KP, Mohile SG, Ursem CJ, Schwarze ML
• Breast biopsy patterns and findings among older women undergoing screening mammography: The role of age and comorbidity.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2021 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 …
• Colonoscopy utilization and outcomes in older adults: Data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Calderwood AH, Tosteson TD, Walter LC, Hua P, Onega T
• Predictors of Regret among Older Men after Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment Decisions.
  The Journal of urology 2021 Hampson LA, Suskind AM, Breyer BN, Cooperberg MR, Sudore RL, Keyhani S, Allen IE, Walter LC
• Mammography adherence in relation to function-related indicators in older women.
  Preventive medicine 2021 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 …
• Assessment of Frailty and Association With Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms and Serious Adverse Events Among Men Using Drug Therapy.
  JAMA network open 2021 Bauer SR, Walter LC, Ensrud KE, Suskind AM, Newman JC, Ricke WA, Liu TT, McVary KT, Covinsky K
• Changes in older adults' life space during lung cancer treatment: A mixed methods cohort study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 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 …
• NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 1.2021.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 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…
• Examining the association of social risk with heart failure readmission in the Veterans Health Administration.
  BMC health services research 2021 Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Christensen L, Chapman W, Austin PC, Byers AL, Keyhani S
• Association of Breast Density With Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Aged 65 Years or Older by Age Group and Body Mass Index.
  JAMA network open 2021 Advani SM, Zhu W, Demb J, Sprague BL, Onega T, Henderson LM, Buist DSM, Zhang D, Schousboe JT, Walter LC, Kerlikowske K, Miglioretti DL, Braithwaite D, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
• Function-related Indicators and Outcomes of Screening Mammography in Older Women: Evidence from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Cohort.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2021 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 …
• Understanding the Health Characteristics and Treatment Choices of Older Men with Stress Urinary Incontinence.
  Urology 2021 Hampson LA, Suskind AM, Breyer BN, Lai L, Cooperberg MR, Sudore RL, Keyhani S, Allen IE, Walter LC
• Characteristics Associated With Functional Changes During Systemic Cancer Treatments: A Systematic Review Focused on Older Adults.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2021 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
• Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A
• Individualizing Surveillance Mammography for Older Patients After Treatment for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Multidisciplinary Expert Panel and International Society of Geriatric Oncology Consensus Statement.
  JAMA oncology 2021 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, …
• Examining the Interfacility Variation of Social Determinants of Health in the Veterans Health Administration.
  Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2021 Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Christensen L, Abdelrahman S, Chapman W, Keyhani S
• 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).
  The oncologist 2020 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
• Cancer Screening in Older Adults: Individualized Decision-Making and Communication Strategies.
  The Medical clinics of North America 2020 Kotwal AA, Walter LC
• Cancer Screening Among Older Adults: a Geriatrician's Perspective on Breast, Cervical, Colon, Prostate, and Lung Cancer Screening.
  Current oncology reports 2020 Kotwal AA, Walter LC
• Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2020 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, …
• Mammography use in relation to comorbidities and functional limitations among older breast cancer survivors.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2020 Zhang D, Advani S, Zhu Z, Dang L, Walter LC, Braithwaite D
• Screening Mammography Outcomes: Risk of Breast Cancer and Mortality by Comorbidity Score and Age.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2020 Demb J, Abraham L, Miglioretti DL, Sprague BL, O'Meara ES, Advani S, Henderson LM, Onega T, Buist DSM, Schousboe JT, Walter LC, Kerlikowske K, Braithwaite D, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
• Development of a patient decision aid for the management of superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in adults with a limited life expectancy.
  BMC medical informatics and decision making 2020 Junn A, Shukla NR, Morrison L, Halley M, Chren MM, Walter LC, Frosch DL, Matlock D, Torres JS, Linos E
• Lipid metabolic differences in cows producing small or large milk fat globules: Fatty acid origin and degree of saturation.
  Journal of dairy science 2019 Walter L, Shrestha P, Fry R, Leury BJ, Logan A
• Do what you love. Love what you do. Dr. Arti Hurria's trailblazing transdisciplinary legacy.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2019 Carpenter CR, Mody L, Lundebjerg NE, Walter LC, Schmader KE, High K
• Cores for geriatric oncology infrastructure in the Cancer and Aging Research Group: Biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design (the analytics core).
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2019 Sedrak MS, Li D, Walter LC, Mustian K, High KP, Canin B, Mohile SG, Dale W, Sun CL
• Geriatric oncology health services research: Cancer and Aging Research Group infrastructure core.
  Journal of geriatric oncology 2019 Wong ML, Lichtman SM, Morrow GR, Simmons J, Hargraves T, Gross CP, Lund JL, Lowenstein LM, Walter LC, McDermott CL, Mohile SG, Cohen HJ
• Having an Adult Child in the United States, Physical Functioning, and Unmet Needs for Care Among Older Mexican Adults.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2019 Torres JM, Rudolph KE, Sofrygin O, Wong R, Walter LC, Glymour MM
• Validation of Administrative Measures of Social and Behavioral Risk in Veterans Affairs Medical Records.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Wray CM, Vali M, Abraham A, Zhang A, Walter LC, Keyhani S
• Are We Choosing Wisely? Older Adults' Cancer Screening Intentions and Recalled Discussions with Physicians About Stopping.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Kotwal AA, Walter LC, Lee SJ, Dale W
• Examining the Utility of 30-day Readmission Rates and Hospital Profiling in the Veterans Health Administration.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2019 Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Lopez L, Austin PC, Byers A, Keyhani S
• Moonstone: a novel natural language processing system for inferring social risk from clinical narratives.
  Journal of biomedical semantics 2019 Conway M, Keyhani S, Christensen L, South BR, Vali M, Walter LC, Mowery DL, Abdelrahman S, Chapman WW
• The Association Between Race and Frailty in Older Adults Presenting to a Nononcologic Urology Practice.
  Urology 2019 Washington SL, Porten SP, Quanstrom K, Jin C, Bridge M, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Suskind AM
• The NCCN Older Adult Oncology Panel Remembers Arti Hurria.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2019 Dotan E, Walter LC
• Leadership Lessons: Developing Mentoring Infrastructure for GEMSSTAR Scholars.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019 Carpenter CR, Hurria A, Lundebjerg NE, Walter LC, Mody L
• Functional Status and Survival After Breast Cancer Surgery in Nursing Home Residents.
  JAMA surgery 2018 Tang V, Zhao S, Boscardin J, Sudore R, Covinsky K, Walter LC, Esserman L, Mukhtar R, Finlayson E
• Interpersonal trauma and aging-related genitourinary dysfunction in a national sample of older women.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2018 Gibson CJ, Lisha NE, Walter LC, Huang AJ
• Comorbidity Assessment in the National Cancer Database for Patients With Surgically Resected Breast, Colorectal, or Lung Cancer (AFT-01, -02, -03).
  Journal of oncology practice 2018 Wong ML, McMurry TL, Schumacher JR, Hu CY, Stukenborg GJ, Francescatti AB, Greenberg CC, Chang GJ, McKellar DP, Walter LC, Kozower BD
• Characteristics Associated With Physical Function Trajectories in Older Adults With Cancer During Chemotherapy.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2018 Wong ML, Paul SM, Mastick J, Ritchie C, Steinman MA, Walter LC, Miaskowski C
• Age, comorbidity, life expectancy, and pulmonary nodule follow-up in older veterans.
  PloS one 2018 Wong ML, Shi Y, Fung KZ, Ngo S, Elicker BM, Brown JK, Hiatt RA, Tang VL, Walter LC
• Urinary Incontinence in a National Cohort of Older Women: Implications for Caregiving and Care Dependence.
  Journal of women's health (2002) 2018 Yang E, Lisha NE, Walter L, Obedin-Maliver J, Huang AJ
• Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2018 Wolf AMD, Fontham ETH, Church TR, Flowers CR, Guerra CE, LaMonte SJ, Etzioni R, McKenna MT, Oeffinger KC, Shih YT, Walter LC, Andrews KS, Brawley OW, Brooks D, Fedewa SA, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Siegel…
• Individualizing PSA Monitoring Among Older Prostate Cancer Survivors.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2018 Shi Y, Fung KZ, John Boscardin W, Ngo S, Freedland SJ, Wong ML, Walter LC
• Family History and Breast Cancer Risk Among Older Women in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Cohort.
  JAMA internal medicine 2018 Braithwaite D, Miglioretti DL, Zhu W, Demb J, Trentham-Dietz A, Sprague B, Tice JA, Onega T, Henderson LM, Buist DSM, Ziv E, Walter LC, Kerlikowske K, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
• Mortality and Functional Outcomes After Minor Urological Surgery in Nursing Home Residents: A National Study.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Suskind AM, Zhao S, Walter LC, Boscardin WJ, Finlayson E
• Contribution of patient, physician, and environmental factors to demographic and health variation in colonoscopy follow-up for abnormal colorectal cancer screening test results.
  Cancer 2017 Partin MR, Gravely AA, Burgess JF, Haggstrom DA, Lillie SE, Nelson DB, Nugent SM, Shaukat A, Sultan S, Walter LC, Burgess DJ
• Overactive Bladder Is Strongly Associated With Frailty in Older Individuals.
  Urology 2017 Suskind AM, Quanstrom K, Zhao S, Bridge M, Walter LC, Neuhaus J, Finlayson E
• The Timed Up and Go Test as a Measure of Frailty in Urologic Practice.
  Urology 2017 Pangilinan J, Quanstrom K, Bridge M, Walter LC, Finlayson E, Suskind AM
• Predictors of the multidimensional symptom experience of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2017 Wong ML, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Dunn LB, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Wright F, Levine JD, Walter LC, Cartwright F, Miaskowski C
• Frailty and the Role of Obliterative versus Reconstructive Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A National Study.
  The Journal of urology 2016 Suskind AM, Jin C, Walter LC, Finlayson E
• Functional Outcomes After Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Nursing Home Residents.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Suskind AM, Walter LC, Zhao S, Finlayson E
• Impact of age and comorbidity on treatment of non-small cell lung cancer recurrence following complete resection: A nationally representative cohort study.
  Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2016 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
• NCCN Guidelines Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 2.2016.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 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, …
• Barrett's Esophagus Commonly Diagnosed in Elderly Men with Limited Life Expectancy.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Ko MS, Fung KZ, Shi Y, Espaldon R, Shergill A, Walter LC
• Author Reply.
  Urology 2016 Suskind AM, Finlayson E, Walter LC
• Preoperative Frailty Is Associated With Discharge to Skilled or Assisted Living Facilities After Urologic Procedures of Varying Complexity.
  Urology 2016 Suskind AM, Jin C, Cooperberg MR, Finlayson E, Boscardin WJ, Sen S, Walter LC
• Age and Prostate-Specific Antigen Level Prior to Diagnosis Predict Risk of Death from Prostate Cancer.
  Frontiers in oncology 2016 MacKintosh FR, Sprenkle PC, Walter LC, Rawson L, Karnes RJ, Morrell CH, Kattan MW, Nawaf CB, Neville TB
• Clinician Factors Associated With Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Older Veterans With Limited Life Expectancy.
  JAMA internal medicine 2016 Tang VL, Shi Y, Fung K, Tan J, Espaldon R, Sudore R, Wong ML, Walter LC
• An Individualized Approach to Cancer Screening Decisions in Older Adults: A Multilevel Framework.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Breslau ES, Gorin SS, Edwards HM, Schonberg MA, Saiontz N, Walter LC
• Benefits and Harms of Screening Mammography by Comorbidity and Age: A Qualitative Synthesis of Observational Studies and Decision Analyses.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2016 Braithwaite D, Walter LC, Izano M, Kerlikowske K
• Impact of frailty on complications in patients undergoing common urological procedures: a study from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement database.
  BJU international 2016 Suskind AM, Walter LC, Jin C, Boscardin J, Sen S, Cooperberg MR, Finlayson E
• Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society.
  JAMA 2015 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,…
• Capsule Commentary on Wolff, et al., A Look at Person- and Family-Centered Care Among Older Adults: Results from a National Survey.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Perissinotto CM, Walter LC
• Bridging the gap: determinants of undiagnosed or untreated urinary incontinence in women.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Duralde ER, Walter LC, Van Den Eeden SK, Nakagawa S, Subak LL, Brown JS, Thom DH, Huang AJ
• Treatment patterns for older veterans with localized prostate cancer.
  Cancer epidemiology 2015 Hoffman RM, Shi Y, Freedland SJ, Keating NL, Walter LC
• A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial for PSA Screening Decision Support Interventions in Two Primary Care Settings.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2015 Lewis CL, Adams J, Tai-Seale M, Huang Q, Knowles SB, Nielsen ME, Pignone MP, Walter LC, Frosch DL
• 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.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2015 Huang AJ, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Richter HE, Walter LC, Thom D, Stewart AL
• The burden of nocturia among middle-aged and older women.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Hsu A, Nakagawa S, Walter LC, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Thom DH, Lee SJ, Huang AJ
• Organizational predictors of colonoscopy follow-up for positive fecal occult blood test results: an observational study.
  Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2014 Partin MR, Burgess DJ, Burgess JF, Gravely A, Haggstrom D, Lillie SE, Nugent S, Powell AA, Shaukat A, Walter LC, Nelson DB
• Reply: To PMID 25443902.
  Urology 2014 Shi Y, Boscardin WJ, Walter LC
• Statin medications are associated with a lower probability of having an abnormal screening prostate-specific antigen result.
  Urology 2014 Shi Y, Fung KZ, Freedland SJ, Hoffman RM, Tang VL, Walter LC
• Lag time to benefit for preventive therapies--reply.
  JAMA 2014 Lee SJ, Leipzig RM, Walter LC
• Screening mammography in older women: a review.
  JAMA 2014 Walter LC, Schonberg MA
• A framework for crafting clinical practice guidelines that are relevant to the care and management of people with multimorbidity.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2014 Uhlig K, Leff B, Kent D, Dy S, Brunnhuber K, Burgers JS, Greenfield S, Guyatt G, High K, Leipzig R, Mulrow C, Schmader K, Schunemann H, Walter LC, Woodcock J, Boyd CM
• Probability of an abnormal screening prostate-specific antigen result based on age, race, and prostate-specific antigen threshold.
  Urology 2014 Espaldon R, Kirby KA, Fung KZ, Hoffman RM, Powell AA, Freedland SJ, Walter LC
• Senior adult oncology, version 2.2014: clinical practice guidelines in oncology .
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2014 Hurria A, Wildes T, Blair SL, Browner IS, Cohen HJ, Deshazo M, Dotan E, Edil BH, Extermann M, Ganti AK, Holmes HM, Jagsi R, Karlekar MB, Keating NL, Korc-Grodzicki B, McKoy JM, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, …
• Incorporating lag time to benefit into prevention decisions for older adults.
  JAMA 2013 Lee SJ, Leipzig RM, Walter LC
• Disability during the last two years of life.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Smith AK, Walter LC, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE
• Patient-reported problems after office procedures.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Linos E, Wehner MR, Frosch DL, Walter L, Chren MM
• Five-year downstream outcomes following prostate-specific antigen screening in older men.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Walter LC, Fung KZ, Kirby KA, Shi Y, Espaldon R, O'Brien S, Freedland SJ, Powell AA, Hoffman RM
• Talking about stopping cancer screening-not so easy.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Schonberg MA, Walter LC
• Every patient is an individual: clinicians balance individual factors when discussing prognosis with diverse frail elderly adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013 Thai JN, Walter LC, Eng C, Smith AK
• American Cancer Society lung cancer screening guidelines.
  CA: a cancer journal for clinicians 2013 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, …
• 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.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2013 Lee SJ, Boscardin WJ, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Conell-Price J, O'Brien S, Walter LC
• Individualizing cancer screening in older adults: a narrative review and framework for future research.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Eckstrom E, Feeny DH, Walter LC, Perdue LA, Whitlock EP
• Addressing the aging crisis in U.S. criminal justice health care.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Williams BA, Goodwin JS, Baillargeon J, Ahalt C, Walter LC
• 80 is the new 60: implications of irrational exuberance regarding longevity on prostate cancer treatment decisions.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Freedland SJ, Walter LC
• Impact of age and comorbidity on non-small-cell lung cancer treatment in older veterans.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2012 Wang S, Wong ML, Hamilton N, Davoren JB, Jahan TM, Walter LC
• Senior adult oncology.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2012 Hurria A, Browner IS, Cohen HJ, Denlinger CS, deShazo M, Extermann M, Ganti AK, Holland JC, Holmes HM, Karlekar MB, Keating NL, McKoy J, Medeiros BC, Mrozek E, O'Connor T, Petersdorf SH, Rugo HS, …
• Impact of comorbidity on colorectal cancer screening cost-effectiveness study in diabetic populations.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Dinh TA, Alperin P, Walter LC, Smith R
• Medical center characteristics associated with PSA screening in elderly veterans with limited life expectancy.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 So C, Kirby KA, Mehta K, Hoffman RM, Powell AA, Freedland SJ, Sirovich B, Yano EM, Walter LC
• What is the right cancer screening rate for older adults.
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Walter LC
• Health services research is translational: lessons learned from VHA-funded research on cancer screening in older adults.
  Translational behavioral medicine 2011 Walter LC
• "Knowing is better": preferences of diverse older adults for discussing prognosis.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Ahalt C, Walter LC, Yourman L, Eng C, Pérez-Stable EJ, Smith AK
• Quality indicators for older adults: preventing unintended harms.
  JAMA 2011 Lee SJ, Walter LC
• Adverse events in older patients undergoing colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2011 Day LW, Kwon A, Inadomi JM, Walter LC, Somsouk M
• Cost-effectiveness of oral bisphosphonates for osteoporosis at different ages and levels of life expectancy.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Pham AN, Datta SK, Weber TJ, Walter LC, Colón-Emeric CS
• Clinical significance of postvoid residual volume in older ambulatory women.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Huang AJ, Brown JS, Boyko EJ, Moore EE, Scholes D, Walter LC, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Fihn SD
• A clinical index to stratify hospitalized older adults according to risk for new-onset disability.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Mehta KM, Pierluissi E, Boscardin WJ, Kirby KA, Walter LC, Chren MM, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Landefeld CS
• Long-term outcomes following positive fecal occult blood test results in older adults: benefits and burdens.
  Archives of internal medicine 2011 Kistler CE, Kirby KA, Lee D, Casadei MA, Walter LC
• Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in the elderly patient.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2011 Day LW, Walter LC, Velayos F
• Lack of follow-up after fecal occult blood testing in older adults: inappropriate screening or failure to follow up?
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Carlson CM, Kirby KA, Casadei MA, Partin MR, Kistler CE, Walter LC
• Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Kistler CE, Walter LC, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD
• Recognizing dementia as a terminal illness in nursing home residents: Comment on "Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia".
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Chang A, Walter LC
• Impact of cognitive impairment on screening mammography use in older US women.
  American journal of public health 2010 Mehta KM, Fung KZ, Kistler CE, Chang A, Walter LC
• Colorectal cancer screening in the elderly: the need for informed decision making.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2009 Hoffman RM, Walter LC
• 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".
  Archives of internal medicine 2009 Kao H, Walter LC
• Medication prescribing practices for older prisoners in the Texas prison system.
  American journal of public health 2009 Williams BA, Baillargeon JG, Lindquist K, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Whitson HE, Steinman MA
• Caregiving behind bars: correctional officer reports of disability in geriatric prisoners.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Hill T, Baillargeon J, Mellow J, Greifinger R, Walter LC
• Impact of age and comorbidity on colorectal cancer screening among older veterans.
  Annals of internal medicine 2009 Walter LC, Lindquist K, Nugent S, Schult T, Lee SJ, Casadei MA, Partin MR
• Prevalence and risk factors for depressive symptoms in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2008 Schane RE, Walter LC, Dinno A, Covinsky KE, Woodruff PG
• Screening mammography in older women. Effect of wealth and prognosis.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Sudore RL, Covinsky KE, Walter LC
• Prediction of mortality in community-living frail elderly people with long-term care needs.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2007 Carey EC, Covinsky KE, Lui LY, Eng C, Sands LP, Walter LC
• Maximizing informed cancer screening decisions.
  Archives of internal medicine 2007 Walter LC, Lewis CL
• Age affects outcomes in chronic kidney disease.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2007 O'Hare AM, Choi AI, Bertenthal D, Bacchetti P, Garg AX, Kaufman JS, Walter LC, Mehta KM, Steinman MA, Allon M, McClellan WM, Landefeld CS
• The relationship between self-rated health and mortality in older black and white Americans.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2007 Lee SJ, Moody-Ayers SY, Landefeld CS, Walter LC, Lindquist K, Segal MR, Covinsky KE
• When to refer patients with chronic kidney disease for vascular access surgery: should age be a consideration?
  Kidney international 2007 O'Hare AM, Bertenthal D, Walter LC, Garg AX, Covinsky K, Kaufman JS, Rodriguez RA, Allon M
• Evolution of medication use in Jerusalem elders: Results from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Study.
  Drugs & aging 2007 Steinman MA, Maaravi Y, Walter LC, Hammerman-Rozenberg R, Stessman J
• PSA screening among elderly men with limited life expectancies.
  JAMA 2006 Walter LC, Bertenthal D, Lindquist K, Konety BR
• Functional impairment, race, and family expectations of death.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Moody-Ayers SY, Walter LC, Covinsky KE
• New-onset diabetes and pancreatic cancer.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2006 Gupta S, Vittinghoff E, Bertenthal D, Corley D, Shen H, Walter LC, McQuaid K
• Older adults' attitudes about continuing cancer screening later in life: a pilot study interviewing residents of two continuing care communities.
  BMC geriatrics 2006 Lewis CL, Kistler CE, Amick HR, Watson LC, Bynum DL, Walter LC, Pignone MP
• Targeting screening mammography according to life expectancy among women undergoing dialysis.
  Archives of internal medicine 2006 Walter LC, Lindquist K, O'Hare AM, Johansen KL
• Being old and doing time: functional impairment and adverse experiences of geriatric female prisoners.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Sudore RL, Strupp HM, Willmott DJ, Walter LC
• Older adults' beliefs about physician-estimated life expectancy: a cross-sectional survey.
  BMC family practice 2006 Kistler CE, Lewis CL, Amick HR, Bynum DL, Walter LC, Watson LC
• Mortality risk stratification in chronic kidney disease: one size for all ages?
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2006 O'Hare AM, Bertenthal D, Covinsky KE, Landefeld CS, Sen S, Mehta K, Steinman MA, Borzecki A, Walter LC
• Screening for colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer in the elderly: a review of the evidence.
  The American journal of medicine 2005 Walter LC, Lewis CL, Barton MB
• Development and validation of a functional morbidity index to predict mortality in community-dwelling elders.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2004 Carey EC, Walter LC, Lindquist K, Covinsky KE
• Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure.
  JAMA 2004 Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE
• Relationship between health status and use of screening mammography and Papanicolaou smears among women older than 70 years of age.
  Annals of internal medicine 2004 Walter LC, Lindquist K, Covinsky KE
• Association of older age and female sex with inadequate reach of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.
  The American journal of medicine 2004 Walter LC, de Garmo P, Covinsky KE
• Risk of hip fracture in disabled community-living older adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2003 Walter LC, Lui LY, Eng C, Covinsky KE
• Screening mammography for frail older women: what are the burdens?
  Journal of general internal medicine 2001 Walter LC, Eng C, Covinsky KE
• Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year mortality in older adults after hospitalization.
  JAMA 2001 Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR, Palmer RM, Landefeld CS, Fortinsky RH, Covinsky KE
• Functional status before hospitalization in acutely ill older adults: validity and clinical importance of retrospective reports.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2000 Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Counsell SR, Pine ZM, Walter LC, Chren MM
• Immunogenicity of leukemia L1210 cells after neuraminidase treatment.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1972 Bekesi JG, St Arneault G, Walter L, Holland JF