Louise Walter serves as Acting Associate Chief of Staff for the Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care Service Line at SFVAHCS

Louise Walter, MD has been selected to serve as Acting Associate Chief of Staff for the Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care Service Line at SFVAHCS. Dr. Walter is a Professor of Medicine, Section Chief for Geriatrics at SFVAHCS and Chief of the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. She is a clinician-researcher who is a national leader in evaluating the real-world risks and benefits of cancer screening in older persons. After receiving her MD from Stanford University, she completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in Geriatrics at UCSF.

Dr. Walter joined the UCSF faculty based at SFVAHCS in July 2001, where she has been a primary care geriatrician in the San Francisco VA Geriatrics Clinic for over 20 years.  She also is passionate about training the next generation of health care professionals to conduct high-impact research, teaching and clinical care focused on improving the health and well-being of older persons. She is Associate Director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute Career Development (K Scholars) Program, Director of the San Francisco VA's Geriatric Health Services Research and Development Program to Improve Care for Veterans with Complex Comorbid Conditions, and the Core Leader of the Research Education Component for the UCSF Older Americans Independence "Pepper" Center for Aging Research.