Alka C. Walter, MBBS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Current Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
- Medical Director of Family and Community Medicine OB Services
- International Family Medicine Clinic Provider
Education
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Christian Medical College and Brown Hospital, Ludhiana, India
- Residency in General Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
- Residency in Family Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine , Department of Family Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Research Interests
- Immigrant Clinic Initiative
- Improving care and outcomes in pregnancy care at the Family Medicine Clinic,
- Prenatal Clinic at the Free Medical Clinic
- Obstetrics Curriculum (9024)
- Dissertation, 2004
Licenses & Certifications
- State of Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
- Controlled Substances License, U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, Iowa
- Iowa State Controlled Substance Act Registration, Iowa Board of Pharmacy, Iowa
- Family Medicine Board Certification, American Board of Family Medicine, Iowa
- Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, American Heart Association, Iowa
- Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Instructor, American Academy of Family Physicians, Iowa
- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, American Academy of Pediatrics, Iowa
- Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Instructor, American Academy of Family Physicians, Iowa
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Selected Publications
- Barr, E Walter, A Wendt, L & Rysavy, M. (2022, 12 21). Postpartum contraception counseling and uptake in an uninsured population. Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology 11(2) :1-15. doi: 10.17077/2154-4751.31854
- Kuppachi S, Walter A, Naina H, Suneja M. Systemic Racism and the International Medical Graduate: Are We Complicit? South Med J. 2023 Apr;116(4):376-378. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001533. PMID: 37011590.
- Shaw N, Leslie V, Walter A, Connett M. Does the King-Devick test accurately diagnose sport-related concussion in adults? Evidence-Based Practice, 2023. DOI: 10.1097/EBP.0000000000001890
- Welder E, Powers J, Walter A, Bedell D, Shen W. Providing Prenatal Care for Patients with Limited Medical Insurance Coverage. J Community Health, 2022 Dec 4; 47(6):974-980. doi: 10.1007/s10900-022-01330. Epub 2022 Aug 20.
- Alexander, P. & Walter, A. (2009). Transport of a patient with massive traumatic epistaxis using a cricket helmet and posterior nasal packing. Ear Nose Throat Journal 88 (6) 967-968.
- Alexander, P., Walter, A. & Verghese, G. (2005). Cherry pip bezoars causing acute intestinal obstruction presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 24 (6) 273-274.
- Walter, A., Hayward, E. & Ray, B. E. (2020). Chapter 22: Care of the Surgical patient. In Ray, B. E., Wilbur, J. K. & Graber, M. A. (Eds.) Graber and Wilbur’s Family Medicine Examination and Board Review. (5th), pp. 662-692. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.