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Tessa Walters, MD, Anesthesiology, Palo Alto, CA, VA Palo Alto Heath Care

TessaLorrellWaltersMD

Anesthesiology • Palo Alto, CA

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Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 2001 - 2004
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2001
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1999
  • Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges
    Harvard-Radcliffe CollegesA.B., Chemistry, Cum Laude, 1991 - 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2004 - 2011
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Teaching Scholar Stanford Department of Anesthesiology, 2013
  • August “Resident of the Month,” Department of Anesthesiology Stanford University Medical Center, 2013
  • Stanford Medical Scholars Traveling Fellowship American Federation for Aging Research Fellowship, 1995
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A randomized comparison of long-axis and short-axis imaging for in-plane ultrasound-guided femoral perineural catheter insertion  
    Mariano ER, Kim TE, Funck N, Walters T, Wagner MJ, Harrison TK, Giori N, Woolson S, Ganaway T, Howard SK, J Ultrasound Med, 1/1/2013
  • West Nile virus sends a signal,  
    J.T. Finn and T.L. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 7/23/2000
  • Suspicious outbreaks of disease: will we recognize a bioterrorist attack?  
    T.L. Walters, CISAC Monitor, Fall, 7/1/2000
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Stanford Solutions: Step 2 
    S. Kush, R. Zeiger, T. Walters, and D. WebsterPlanetMed Publishing, Stanford, CA1999

Abstracts/Posters

  • Design and implementation of a custom anesthesia outcomes database as a component of Perioperative Surgical Home. Poster Presentation—Lead Author
    Walters T, ASA Annual Meeting, 10/1/2013
  • Refining anesthetic care: a postoperative pilot program at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital.Poster Presentation—Lead Author
    Walters T, ASA Annual Meeting, 10/1/2011
  • Diethyldithiocarbamate causes nigral cell loss and dopamine depletion with nontoxic doses of MPTP
    T.L. Walters, I. Irwin, K. Delfani, J.W. Langston, and A.M. Janson, Experimental Neurology, 3/1/1999
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Lectures

  • Perioperative Care of the Trauma Patient 
    Stanford University - 1/1/2014
  • VA Chief Resident Rotation: Perioperative Surgical Home Leadership 
    1/1/2014
  • High-yield review for the written boards. 
    6/1/2005
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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Tessa Walters, Dr. Tessa Walters, MD, Dr. T Walters, Dr. Tessa Lorrell Walters