James Walter
Section of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730
Training
| Degree | Year | Institution | Area |
| BS | 1970 | Holy Cross College | Liberal Arts |
| MSW | 1972 | Fordham University | Social Service |
| MD | 1979 | Harvard University | |
| Residency | 1981 | Michael Reese Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Residency | 1983 | The University of Chicago | Emergency Medicine |
Dr. Walter’s academic and clinical interests are currently focused on prehospital care, collaboration with community-based physicians, and patient safety.
Adult emergency medicine, especially patient education, patient safety, quality improvement, and systems/operational issues in emergency department care.
- Lenhardt R, Catrambone C, McDermott M, Walter J, Williams S, Weiss K. Improving pediatric asthma care through surveillance: the Illinois Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative. Pediatrics 2006;117:96-105
- Lenhardt R, Catrambone C, McDermott M, Walter J, Weiss K. Asthma emergency department visit: treating a crisis in the midst of uncontrolled disease. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (accepted for publication, 2007)
- Sandoval E, Smith S, Walter J, Brown S, Hickner J. A comparison of frequent and infrequent visitors to an urban emergency departments. Journal of Emergency Medicine ( accepted for publication, 2008)