Faculty

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Edward Walker
Professor
MD  
University of Washington, 1983
Medicine
MHA  
University of Washington, 2004
Health Administration
MM  
Catholic University of America, 1979
Music
BA  
Fordham University, 1975
Philosophy, Psychology
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (primary appt.)
Professor, OBGYN

Medical Director
University of Washington Medical Center

Cheryl M Scott/Group Health Cooperative Professor
University of Washington
, Health Services


Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Master of Health Administration Program

Dr. Walker's areas of interest include: organizational behavior, physician leadership development, emotional intelligence and personality type, organizational governance, change management, leadership theory, conflict management and negotiation, consultation-liaison psychiatry in primary care settings, somatization and chronic pain, medical and psychological effects of childhood maltreatment, rural mental health consultation and telemedicine.

Contact Information
Box:  356330
(voice)  206-598-6600
edwalker@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests

Clinical systems management, physician leadership training

  • HSERV 590   (Certificate in Medical Management)
    Leadership and Change Management
  • HSERV 590   (Certificate in Medical Management)
    Medical Practice Quality Measurement and Management
  • HSMGMT 560   (Executive MHA Program)
    Management Practice in Health Care and Public Health Organizations
  • HSMGMT 560   ()
    Management Practice in Health Care and Public Health Organizations
  • HSMGMT 590   (Executive MHA Program)
    Clinical Systems Management
  • HSMGMT 590
    Clinical Systems Management
Research Interests
Integration of mental health into primary and specialty care medical settings
Selected Publications

Walker EA, Gelfand A, Katon W, Koss M, Von Korff M, Bernstein D, Russo J: Adult health status of women HMO members with histories of childhood abuse and neglect. Am J Med 1999;107:332-9.

Walker EA, Unützer J, Rutter C, Gelfand A, Saunders K, Von Korff M, Koss M, Katon W: Costs of health care utilization by women HMO members with a history of childhood abuse and neglect. Arch Gen Psych 1999; 59:609-613.

Walker EA, Wolf, FM, Thielke S, Oberg L., Brock DM., Schaad DC: Formative evaluation of Web problem-based learning: Virtual primary care clinics in Human Behavior/Developmental Medicine. J Am Med Informatics Assoc 1999; 6(AMIA Fall Symposium Supplement).

Walker EA, Katon W, Russo J, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G, Bush T, Ludman E, Unützer J: Predictors of outcome in a primary care depression trial. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15:859-67.

Walker EA, Newman E, Dobie DJ, Ciechanowski P, Katon W. Validation of the PTSD checklist in an HMO sample of women. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2002 Nov-Dec;24(6):375-80.