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Dr Xaviour Walker

Contact Details

Email
xaviour.walker@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Geriatrician, Associate Dean Pacific
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB MPH DTM&H FRACP
Research summary
Healthy ageing, geriatrics, Pacific Island health, medical education
Teaching
  • MICN 2-6: Pacific Island mentor and tutor
  • MICN 4: Clinical teaching, lectures, tutorials and examiner
  • MICN 6: Clinical teaching, lectures and tutorials
Memberships
  • Associate Dean Pacific, Division of Health Sciences
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • American College of Preventive Medicine
  • American College of Physicians
  • Chair, Kiwi Leadership Network USA
  • Pacific Leadership Group
  • Older Persons Health course convenor
  • Takiala Pacific Leadership Network (chair)
  • University of Otago Senate
  • World Medical Association
Clinical
<ul> <li>Geriatrician and Internal Medicine Consultant</li> <li>Preventive Medicine and Public Health</li> </ul>

Research

Xaviour Walker is a graduate of the University of Otago Medical School and is triple American Board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

He completed his post graduate medical training from Harvard, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also received his Master’s in Public Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of California, Irvine.

He lectures internationally on healthy ageing, preventive medicine and public health. He has research interests in healthy ageing, geriatrics, tropical medicine, Pacific Island health and workforce and medical education.

Current research studies

Additional details

Honors and Prizes

  • 2014 - International Resident Leadership Award (Inaugural recipient) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada
  • 2014 - David Patton Scholarship in Preventive Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 2012 - Dr. Robert B. Ullian Award, Commitment to Exemplary Medical Service and Patient Care, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • 2012 - David Frommer M.D. Award, Senior Medical Resident who Exemplifies Traits of Dr. David Frommer Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • 2006 - Deans Prize for Greatest Contribution to the Medical Faculty, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2006 - Top Trainee Intern Teacher, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2006 - Certificate for Outstanding Service and Contribution Pacific Island Health Student Professional Students’ Association

Publications

March de Ribot, F., March de Ribot, A., Walker, X., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2023). Dementia and cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42, 450-454. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13208

Whitehead, J., Blattner, K., Miller, R., Crengle, S., Ram, S., Walker, X., & Nixon, G. (2023). Defining catchment boundaries and their populations for Aotearoa New Zealand's rural hospitals. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 14-23. doi: 10.1071/hc22133

Cheung, G., Bala, S., Lyndon, M., Ma'u, E., Rivera Rodriguez, C., Waters, D. L., Jamieson, H., Nada-Raja, S., … Walker, X. (2022). Impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on the health and psychosocial well-being of Māori, Pacific Peoples and New Zealand Europeans living in aged residential care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, 293-300. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13025

Alamri, Y., Walker, X., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2021). The case for junior doctor academic internships: A narrative review of the published literature. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 2021(12), 799-808. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S302441

Mehta, P., Lemon, G., Hight, L., Allan, A., Pandher, S. K., Brennan, J., Arumugam, A., Walker, X., & Waters, D. L. (2021). A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for identification and management of frailty. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 25(3), 382-391. doi: 10.1007/s12603-020-1549-3

DeCamp, M., Crump, J. A., Sugarman, J., Todd, T., Walker, X., & Ali, A. (2018). Existing and emerging ethical standards in global health education. In A. N. Arya & J. Evert (Eds.), Global health experiential education: From theory to practice. (pp. 114-131). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Walker, X., & Lamb, J. (2019). Treating the dysmetabolism underlying osteoporosis. In I. Kohlstadt & K. Cintron (Eds.), Metabolic therapies in orthopedics. (2nd ed.) (pp. 263-282). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315176079

Chapter in Book - Other

March de Ribot, F., March de Ribot, A., Walker, X., Jamieson, H., & Cheung, G. (2023). Dementia and cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42, 450-454. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13208

Journal - Research Article

Whitehead, J., Blattner, K., Miller, R., Crengle, S., Ram, S., Walker, X., & Nixon, G. (2023). Defining catchment boundaries and their populations for Aotearoa New Zealand's rural hospitals. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 14-23. doi: 10.1071/hc22133

Journal - Research Article

Cheung, G., Bala, S., Lyndon, M., Ma'u, E., Rivera Rodriguez, C., Waters, D. L., Jamieson, H., Nada-Raja, S., … Walker, X. (2022). Impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on the health and psychosocial well-being of Māori, Pacific Peoples and New Zealand Europeans living in aged residential care. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, 293-300. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13025

Journal - Research Article

Walker, X. J., Barnett, E. D., Wilson, M. E., Macleod, W. B., Jentes, E. S., Karchmer, A. W., … Chen, L. H. (2015). Characteristics of travelers to Asia requiring multidose vaccine schedules: Japanese encephalitis and rabies prevention. Journal of Travel Medicine, 22(6), 403-409. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12237

Journal - Research Article

Walker, X., Lee, J., Koval, L., Kirkwood, A., Taylor, J., Gibbs, J., … Celi, L. A. (2013). Predicting ICU admissions from attempted suicide presentations at an Emergency Department in Central Queensland. Australasian Medical Journal, 6(11), 536-541. doi: 10.4066/AMJ.2013.1730

Journal - Research Article

Alamri, Y., Walker, X., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2021). The case for junior doctor academic internships: A narrative review of the published literature. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 2021(12), 799-808. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S302441

Journal - Research Other

Mehta, P., Lemon, G., Hight, L., Allan, A., Pandher, S. K., Brennan, J., Arumugam, A., Walker, X., & Waters, D. L. (2021). A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines for identification and management of frailty. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 25(3), 382-391. doi: 10.1007/s12603-020-1549-3

Journal - Research Other

Walker, X. J., Waters, D. L., & Millar, N. (2020). New Zealand nursing homes (aged residential care facilities) and COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Nursing Home Research, 6, 38-39. doi: 10.14283/jnhrs.2020.9

Journal - Research Other

Wiley, E., Vozzella Hall, D., Hornung, T., Stocks, C., Roditis, K., Lim, J., … Walker, X., … Di Salvo, I. (2015). Beyond Chlor Hühner & Nürnberger Bratwürste: The case for physician and organised medical advocacy to promote health in trade agreement negotiations. World Medical Journal, 61(1), 35-41. Retrieved from https://www.wma.net/publications/world-medical-journal/

Journal - Research Other

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