Program Affiliations
Dr. Walker serves as the Cheryl M. Scott-Group Health Cooperative Endowed Professor of Health Administration. His 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.
Research Interests:
Integration of mental health into primary and specialty care medical settings
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Contact Information
campus box: 357660
voice: 206-543-9371
Education
MD University of Washington, 1983 (Medicine)
MM Catholic University of America, 1979 (Music)
BA Fordham University, 1975 (Philosophy, Psychology)
Teaching (Department of Health Services Courses)
- HSMGMT 510
(Executive MHA Program)
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management - HSMGMT 550
(Certificate in Medical Management)
Medical Practice Quality Measurement and Management - HSMGMT 567
(Executive MHA Program)
Clinical Systems Management - HSMGMT 567
Clinical Systems Management - HSMGMT 592
(Executive MHA Program)
Professional Development Assessment - HSMGMT 592
Professional Development Assessment
Recent Publications
Ciechanowski PS, Russo JE, Katon WJ, Walker EA. Attachment theory in health care: the influence of relationship style on medical students' specialty choice. Med Educ. 2004 Mar;38(3):262-70. PMID: 14996335
Bush T, Rutter C, Simon G, Von Korff M, Katon WJ, Walker EA, Lin E, Ludman E. Who benefits from more structured depression treatment? Int J Psychiatry Med. 2004;34(3):247-58. PMID: 15666959
Walker EA, Katon W, Russo J, Ciechanowski P, Newman E, Wagner AW. Health care costs associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in women. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003 Apr;60(4):369-74. PMID: 12695314
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. PMID: 12490338



