James Walter
Section of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730

Training

DegreeYearInstitutionArea
BS1970Holy Cross CollegeLiberal Arts
MSW1972Fordham UniversitySocial Service
MD1979Harvard University 
Residency1981Michael Reese HospitalInternal Medicine
Residency1983The University of ChicagoEmergency Medicine

Academic Interests

Dr. Walter’s academic and clinical interests are currently focused on prehospital care, collaboration with community-based physicians, and patient safety.


Clinical Interests

Adult emergency medicine, especially patient education, patient safety, quality improvement, and systems/operational issues in emergency department care.


Representative Publications

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. 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)