David Matthew Walker MD

Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director of Quality & Safety for PEM; Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Student Education

Biographical Info

I joined the Yale PEM faculty in 2008, having completed my pediatrics training at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and a PEM fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. My academic career is based on investigations and interventions targeted at improving the quality of pediatric emergency care globally. I authored the first review of global pediatric emergency care and co-authored the first textbook chapter on PEM in the developing world for the 19th Edition of Nelson Pediatrics. I serve as a member and/or officer for the international EM sections of ACEP and SAEM. I have been an invited speaker at many international conferences on the topics of global PEM. I am also the recipient of a 2010-2011 Fulbright Scholar Grant. I worked clinically and lectured at the College of Medicine of the University of Malawi and its associated teaching hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre from January to June 2011. While there I piloted the feasibility of a pediatric trauma registry. I am currently involved in efforts to expand research in that area.

International Activity

• Fulbright US Scholar
  Blantyre, Malawi (2011)
  Fulbright US Scholar, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and University of Malawi College of Medicine
• Haiti (2010)
  Post-earthquake disaster relief, Carrefour, Haiti
• Singapore (2010)
  Invited lecturer and session moderator, International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2010)
• Spain (2009)
  Oral and poster research presentations, The Fifth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress, Valencia, Spain
• India (2009)
  Invited speaker, seminar on topics in pediatric emergency medicine, Emergency Medicine fellowship, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi, India
• India (2009)
  Visiting instructor, Emergency Medicine fellowship, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Calcutta, India
• Qatar (2008)
  Invited speaker, Fourth International Trauma, Disaster & Emergency Medicine Conference, Doha, Qatar
• India (2008)
  Visiting instructor, Emergency Medicine fellowship, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Kozhihode, India
• India (2008)
  Visiting instructor, Emergency Medicine fellowship, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, India
• India (2008)
  Keynote speaker, Indian Medical Association, Emergency Medicine Week, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Kozhihode, India
• India (2008)
  Invited lecture series, Calicut Medical College, Kozhikode, India
• United States (2008)
  Oral and poster research presentations, International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM 2008), San Francisco, CA
• South Africa (2007)
  Invited speaker, Conference on Emergency Medicine in the Developing World, Cape Town, South Africa
• Eritrea (2007)
  Pediatric emergency medicine curriculum development, Orotta Hospital, Asmara, Eritrea
• Philippines (2006)
  Invited lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, The Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Education & Training

B.A.

Yale University (1996)

Resident

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pediatrics (2002 - 2005)

Fellow

Children's National Medical Center, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2005 - 2008)

Honors & Recognition

• Fulbright US Scholar
  US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (01/2011)
• Faculty Travel Award
  Yale Global Health Initiative (2010)
• Fellow of the Year
  Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC (2008)
• Honorable Mention for Clinical Research by a Subspecialty Fellow
  Children’s National Medical Center Research Day, Washington, DC (2008)
• Fellow of the Year
  Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC (2007)

Professional Service

• Vice Chair, International Emergency Medicine Interest Group, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) (2009)
• Member, Education Committee, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2009)
• Member, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) (2008)
• Member, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2005)
• Member, Academic Pediatric Association (APA) (2005 - 2009)
• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (2002)
• Member, American Medical Association (AMA) (1997 - 2005)