Curriculum Vitae

LORENZO GILES WALKER, M.D.
2001 Solar Drive #275
Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 485-7764
fax (805) 485-7664


CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION:

1978  B.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
1982  M.D. Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:

Internship and Residencies:
1982-1983 Intern in Surgery, New England
Deaconess - Harvard Surgical Service, Boston MA
1983-1984 Assistant Resident in Surgery, New England
Deaconess - Harvard Surgical Service, Boston MA
1985-1988 Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard
Combined Orthopaedic Residency, Boston MA
Fellowships:
1988-1989 Fellow in Hand and Microvascular Surgery
U.C.L.A. Medical School, Los Angeles CA

MEMBERSHIPS:

1987-Present Orthopaedic Overseas
1990-Present Ventura County Medical Society
1991-Present International Society of Aquatic Medicine
1992-Present California Medical Association
1992-Present California Orthopaedic Association
1992-Present American Medical Association
1992-Present UCLA Digitarians
1993-Present Western Orthopaedic Association
1995-Present Los Angeles Area Hand Club
1995-Present American Society for Surgery of the Hand
1995-Present Arthroscopy Association of North America
1996-Present American Association for Hand Surgery
1997-Present International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

1983 National Board of Medical Examiners
1983 Massachusetts License Registration Number 52014 (Inactive)
1988 California License Registration Number G62014
1990 California Approved Supervisor of Physician Assistants
Registration Number SA18604
1992 Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
1993 Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery
1993 Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
1994 California Qualified Medical Examiner #905946

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1982-1984 Clinical Fellow in Surgery
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
1984-1985 Clinical Instructor in Community Medicine
Tufts University Medical School, Boston MA
1985-1988 Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard University Medical School, Boston MA
1988-Present Assistant Clinical professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
U.C.L.A. Medical School, Los Angeles CA

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1984-1985 Emergency Room Physician
Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport MA
J.B. Thomas Hospital, Peabody MA
1989-Present Staff Physician, Director Hand Clinic (1990-1993)
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo, CA
1990-Present Staff Physician
St. John's Regional Medical Center, Oxnard CA
1994-Present Staff Physician
Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura CA
1996-Present Staff Physician, Attending/Hand Clinic
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1984 Cruise Ship Physician. Norwegian Caribbean Lines, Miami FL
1985 Volunteer Physician, Cambodian Refugee Camp, Phanat Nikom, Thailand

HONORS:

1977 Alpha Epsilon Delta, Philomathean Society, Onyx Honor Society
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1978 Cum Laude. Gwendolyn Brooks Award, Dean's List with Academic Distinction, Finalist for "Spoon Award"
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1994 American Heart Association (Ventura County Chapter)
Certificate of Appreciation
1995 Selected for Marquis Who's Who in America

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:

1990-1992 Consultant Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

PUBLICATIONS:

Walker LG, Glick H
Bilateral spontaneous quadriceps ruptures,
American Journal of Orthopardics 18(8):867-871, 1989
 
Walker LG, Meals RA:
Tendinitis, diagnosis and treatment
Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine 6(5):24-54, 1989
 
Walker LG, Glick H:
Bilateral spontaneous quadriceps ruptures,
Practical Issues for the Orthopaedic Resident 1(2):8-9, 1989
 
Walker LG
Bennett's fracture
Surgical Rounds for Orthopaedics 3(3):79-80, 1989
 
Walker LG:
Makeshift skinhook for hand surgery
American Journal of Orthopaedics 18(9):994, 1989
 
Walker LG, Meals RA:
Painless osteoid osteoma of the phalanx,
Orthopaedics 12(5):774, 1989
 
Duncan G, Walker LG:
Essex Lopresti fractures
Surgical Rounds in Orthopaedics 4(2):46-48, 1990
 
Duncan GJ, Walker LG:
Herbert screw fixation of scaphoid fractures: Indications and technique
Contempory Orthopaedics 21(4):384-388, 1990
 
Walker LG, Lovallo J, and Simmons BP:
Pediatric herpetic hand infections.
Journal of Hand Surgery 15A(1):176-180, 1990
 
Walker LG, Lesavoy MA:
Spontaneous rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the long finger proximal to the lumbrical origin.
Journal of Hand Surgery 15A(3):484-486, 1990
 
Walker LG, Meals RA:
Pathalogic fracture of the proximal ulna through a bone graft donor site.
Journal of Hand Surgery 15A(3):781-784, 1990
 
Walker LG, Sledge CB:
Total hip replacement in ankylosing spondylitis.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 262:198-205, 1991
 
Walker, LG:
Flexor pollicis longus rupture in rheumatoid arthritis secondary to sesamoid attrition.
Journal of Hand Surgery 18A(6):990-1, 1993
 
Walker, LG:
Avascular necrosis of the capitate,
Journal of Hand Surgery 18A(6):1129, 1993 (Letter)
 
Walker, LG:
Stabilization of the distal radioulnar joint after ulnar styloid nonunion using Mitek anchors.
American Journal of Orthopaedics 23(9):769-772, 1994
 
Walker, LG:
Painful olecranon physeal nonunion in an adult weightlifter, a case report and review of the literature.
Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research 331:125-8, 1995
 
Walker, LG:
Classification and differential diagnosis of nontraumatic fingernail deformities - Part I.
Contemporary Orthopaedics 31(4):241-4, 1995
 
Walker, LG:
Classification and differential diagnosis of nontraumatic fingernail deformities - Part II.
Contemporary Orthopaedics 31(5):304-8, 1995
 
Walker, LG:
Classification and differential diagnosis of nontraumatic fingernail deformities - Part III.
Contemporary Orthopaedics 31(6):353-7, 1995
 
Ellman, H, Walker, LG:
Complications of shoulder arthroscopy.
Techniques in Orthopaedics 12(1):64-75, 1997
 
Walker, LG:
Avoiding Pitfalls of Shoulder Arthroscopy, Arthroscopy Association of North America.
Correspondence Newsletter, ppg. 3-6, May 15, 1997.
 
Walker, LG:
Fingers of Speech
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Company Newsletter, Summer 1998

POSTER EXHIBITS:

1989 Walker LG, Sledge CB: "Total Hip Replacement in Ankylosing Spondylitis," American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 56th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV, February 10, 1989
  
1992 Walker LG: "Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization," American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 47th Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ, November 11, 1992
  
1992 Walker LG, Levere S, Meals RA, Seeger, L: "Manifestations of Metabolic Disease in Hand Radiographs," American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 48th Annual Meeting, Kansas City MO, September 29, 1993
  
1994 Walker LG: "Fingernail Deformity as a Manifestation of Systemic Disease," American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 49th Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 26, 1994
  
1998 Walker LG: "Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization," International Federation of Societies for Surgery f the Hand, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 25, 1998

ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED:

Walker LG, Sledge CB: total Hip Replacement in Ankyloging Spondylitis. Orthopaedic Transactions 13(3):585, 1989
 
Walker LG, Simmons BP, Lovallo JL: Pediatric Herpetic Hand Infections.  Infectious Diseases Digest 2:6-7, 1991
  
Walker LG, Simmons BP, Lovallo JL: Pediatric Herpetic Hand Infections.  Yearbook of Hand Surgery, 228-9, 1991
  
Walker LG, Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization.  Orthopaedic Transactions 18(3):890, 1994

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

1989 "Total Hip Replacement in Ankylosing Spondytlitis"
A.O.A. Residents Conference
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY, March 1989
  
1994 "Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization,"
Combined American and Hellenic Societies for Surgery of the Hand,
Corfu, Greece, June 1994
  
1994 "Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization,"
Western Orthopaedic Association, Long Beach CA, August 1994
  
1994 "Diagnosis and Treatment of Industrial Hand Injuries,"
California Academy of Physicians Assistants Annual Meeting, La Jolla CA, October 1995
 
1996 "Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization,"
American Association For Hand Surgery, Palm Desert CA, January 1996

EXTRAMURAL PRESENTATIONS:

1987 "Shoulder Instability"
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA
 
1988 "Skin and Soft Tissue Lesions of the Hand"
Combined Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Hand Rounds
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA
 
1988 "Photographic Tour of Boston"
A.O.A. Residents Conference (host)
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA April 1988
  
1988 "Brachial Plexus Injuries"
Combined Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Hand Rounds
U.C.L.A. Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
  
1989 "Microvascular Lateral Arm Flap in Hand Reconstruction,"
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, February 1989
  
1990 "Are Your Hands Healthy?"
Leisure Village Medical Lecture Series, Camarillo CA, September 1990
   
1990 "Common Hand Problems"
Advantage Program Medical Lecture Series
Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo CA, October 1990
  
1990 "Hand Trauma; an Overview,"
Emergency Physicians Conference,
Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo CA, November 1990
  
1991 Hand Cadaver Dissection
Clinical Seminars in Sports Medicine,
California State University, Northridge CA, March 1991
  
1991 "Digital Replantation," "The Medicine Cabinet,"
KADY-TV, Oxnard CA, January 1991
  
1992 "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,"
Employer Advisory Council, Hilton Hotel, Oxnard CA, January 1992
  
1993 "Lateral Epicondylitis and Radial Tunnel Syndrome,"
Northridge Hospital Hand Forum,
Northridge Hospital, Northridge CA, May 1993
  
1993 "Arthritis of the Hand,"
Arthritis Foundation of Ventura County Lecture Series,
St. John's Pleasant Valley HOspital, Camarillo CA, May 1993
  
1993 "Common Hand Problems,"
Buenaventura Medical Clinic Seminar
Buenaventura Medical Clinic, Ventura CA, May 1993
  
1993 "Hand and Wrist: Evaluation and Treatment,"
Gold Coast Medical Group Seminar, Oxnard CA, December 1993
  
1994 "Lateral Epicondylitis,"
Ventura County Physical Therapy Study Group
Camarillo CA, January 1994
  
1994 "Hand Surgery," "Doctor on Call,"
KADY-TV, Oxnard CA, April 1994
  
1994 "Rehabilitation after Surgery of the Hand,"
Hand Rehabilitation Specialists, Oxnard CA, April 1994
  
1994 "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,"
Fibromyalgia Information/Support Group, Camarillo CA, December 1994
  
1995 "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,"
State Compensation Insurance Fund (CA), Oxnard CA, January 1995
  
1995 "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,"
Interactive Seminar for Workers' Compensation Case Managers, Oxnard CA, June 1995
  
1996 "Treatment of Industrial Hand Injuries,"
Hand Therapy Special Group, Van Nuys CA, March 1996
  
1996 "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Workplace Epidemic,"
Workman's Compensation Workshop
Ventura County School Self Funding Authority, Camarillo CA, November 19, 1996

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS:

Walker LG: Revision of the Lateral Epicondyle Using Mitek Stabilization, Videotape, Saba Corporation/Mitek Products, July 1993