Layne Walker, MD

Education

Undergraduate School
Duke University

Medical School
Medical University of South Carolina

Interests and Career Goals

Integrated psychiatry in primary care, psychotherapy, nutrition in psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, public health and community psychiatry, including school-based mental health services

Favorite Pastimes

Gardening, cycling, antique-finding, swimming, party planning

Strengths of the Program

Quality of life in the Triangle, co-residents, Wellness Half Days, specialty interest tracks

Areas of Prior Research

Adolescents with chronic illness, lung cancer diagnosis and screening, brain stimulation, psychosocial interventions for chronic stroke, telehealth care models for people experiencing homelessness.

Publications/Abstracts

  • Adams C, Player M, Berini C, Perkins S, Fay J, Walker L, Buffalo E, Roach C, Diaz V. A Telehealth Initiative to Overcome Healthcare Barriers for People Experiencing Homelessness. Telemedicine and eHealth, In press. 
  • Tanner N, Pastis N, Walker A*, Yarmus L, Chen A, Mehta H, ... & Silvestri G. (2017). Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial of Bronchoscopy with Ultrathin Bronchoscope and Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound with Fluoroscopy vs Standard Bronchoscopy with Fluoroscopy for Biopsy of Pulmonary Lesions. Chest, 152(4), A1123.
  • Hill S, Maslow G, Walker L, Johnson S, & Shah N. (2014). Growing Pains “Determination of Transfer and Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Outpatient Clinics for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Blood, 124(21), 3518.

Poster Presentations

  • Christensen S, Howard S, Walker L, Barrett C, White C, Short B, Sahlem G, George M. Voice as a Biomarker for Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy. NYC Neuromodulation Online Conference; April 21, 2020; Virtual. 
  • Luna B, Tanner N, Walker A*, & Silvestri, G (2018). Utilization of FDG-PET Imaging Based on Pretest Probability in Lung Nodule Management: A Useful Tool or a Fool's Errand?. In D99. Clinically Informative Biomarkers in Lung Cancer: A Needle in a Haystack (pp. A7418-A7418). American Thoracic Society. 
  • Tanner N, Pastis N, Walker A*, Yarmus L, Chen A, Mehta H, ... & Silvestri G. Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial of Bronchoscopy with Ultrathin Bronchoscope and Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound with Fluoroscopy vs Standard Bronchoscopy with Fluoroscopy for Biopsy of Pulmonary Lesions. American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting; October 28 - November 1, 2017; Toronto, Canada.
  • Hill S, Maslow G, Walker L, Johnson S, & Shah N. Growing Pains “ Determination of Transfer and Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Outpatient Clinics for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). American Society of Hematology 56th Annual Meeting and Exposition; December 6-9, 2014; San Francisco, CA.