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Francis O.  Walker, M.D.

Francis O. Walker, M.D.

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Appointment:
336-716-4101
Office:
336-716-7548
Clinical Specialties
Electromyography, Botulinum Toxin
Education & Training
  BAIndiana University-Bloomington1974
  MDIndiana University School of Medicine1978
ResidencyNeurologyU Iowa Hosps & Clinics1981
InternshipInternal MedicineU Iowa Hosps & Clinics1979
FellowshipU Iowa Hosps & Clinics1982
  University of Michigan Medical School1983
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology , Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology , Neurology , Neuromuscular Medicine
NPI Number
1639155724
Francis O.  Walker, M.D.

Francis O. Walker, M.D.

Contact Information
Appointment:
336-716-4101
Office:
336-716-7548
Research Interests
drugs/therapeutic agents pharm , rare diseases
Recent Publications
Walker FO, Cartwright MS, eds. . In: Neuromuscular ultrasound. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011: .


Walker FO. Basic principles of ultrasound. In: Walker FO, Cartwright MS, eds. Neuromuscular ultrasound. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011: 1-23.


Walker FO. Interventional ultrasound. In: Walker FO, Cartwright MS, eds. Neuromuscular ultrasound. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011: 150-165.


Walker FO. Future directions in neuromuscular ultrasound. In: Walker FO, Cartwright MS, eds. Neuromuscular ultrasound. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011: 177-186.


Cartwright MS, Yoon JS, Lee KH, Deal N, Walker FO. Diagnostic ultrasound for traumatic radial neuropathy. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2011; 90(4):342-343.


Walker FO, Cartwright MS. Neuromuscular ultrasound: emerging from the twilight [editorial]. Muscle Nerve. 2011; 43(6):777-779.


Cartwright MS, White DL, Demar S, Wiesler ER, Sarlikiotis T, Chloros GD, Yoon JS, Won SJ, Molnar JA, Defranzo AJ, Walker FO. Median nerve changes following steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve. 2011; 44(1):25-29.


Wetzel HH, Gehl CR, Dellefave-Castillo L, Schiffman JF, Shannon KM, Paulsen JS, Hunt V, Walker F, et al. Suicidal ideation in Huntington disease: the role of comorbidity. Psychiatry Res. 2011; 188(3):372-376.


Cartwright MS, Walker FO, Griffin LP, Caress JB. Peripheral nerve and muscle ultrasound in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve. 2011; 44(3):346-351.


Kieburtz K, McDermott MP, Voss TS, Corey-Bloom J, Deuel LM, Dorsey ER, Factor S, Geschwind MD, Hodgeman K, Walker F, et al. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of latrepirdine in Huntington disease. Arch Neurol. 2010; 67(2):154-160.




Yoon JS, Walker FO, Cartwright MS. Ulnar neuropathy with normal electrodiagnosis and abnormal nerve ultrasound. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010; 91(2):318-320.


Anderson KE, Gehl CR, Marder KS, Beglinger LJ, Paulsen JS, Hunt V, Walker F, et al. Comorbidities of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in Huntington's disease. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2010; 198(5):334-338.


Beglinger LJ, O'Rourke JJ, Wang C, Langbehn DR, Duff K, Paulsen JS, Hedges P, McCusker E, Hunt V, Walker F, et al. Earliest functional declines in Huntington disease. Psychiatry Res. 2010; 178(2):414-418.


Walker FO, Alter KE, Boon AJ, Cartwright MS, Flores VH, Hobson-Webb LD, Hunt CH, Primack SJ, Shook SJ. Qualifications for practitioners of neuromuscular ultrasound: position statement of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Muscle Nerve. 2010; 42(3):442-444.


Hyson HC, Kieburtz K, Shoulson I, McDermott M, Ravina B, de Blieck EA, Cudkowicz ME, Ferrante RJ, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. Safety and tolerability of high-dosage coenzyme Q10 in Huntington's disease and healthy subjects. Mov Disord. 2010; 25(12):1924-1928.


Walker FO. Assessing muscle function at the bedside: can we do better? [editorial]. Muscle Nerve. 2010; 42(4):466-468.


Quaid KA, Swenson MM, Sims SL, Harrison JM, Moskowitz C, Stepanov N, Suter GW, Caress J, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. What were you thinking?: individuals at risk for Huntington Disease talk about having children. J Genet Couns. 2010; 19(6):606-617.


Cartwright MS, Shin HW, Passmore LV, Walker FO. Ultrasonographic reference values for assessing the normal median nerve in adults. J Neuroimaging. 2009; 19(1):47-51.


Chloros GD, Cartwright MS, Walker FO, Wiesler ER. Sonography and electrodiagnosis in carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis, an analysis of the literature [letter]. Eur J Radiol. 2009; 71(1):141-143.


Cartwright MS, Brown ME, Eulitt P, Walker FO, Lawson VH, Caress JB. Diagnostic nerve ultrasound in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B. Muscle Nerve. 2009; 40(1):98-102.






Cartwright MS, Passmore LV, Yoon J-S, Brown ME, Caress JB, Walker FO. Cross-sectional area reference values for nerve ultrasonography. Muscle Nerve. 2008; 37(5):566-571.


Frank S, Ondo W, Fahn S, Hunter C, Oakes D, Plumb S, Marshall F, Shoulson I, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. A study of chorea after tetrabenazine withdrawal in patients with Huntington disease. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2008; 31(3):127-133.


Yoon JS, Hong S-J, Kim B-J, Kim SJ, Kim JM, Walker FO, Cartwright MS. Ulnar nerve and cubital tunnel ultrasound in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89(5):887-889.


Yoon JS, Walker FO, Cartwright MS. Ultrasonographic swelling ratio in the diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Muscle Nerve. 2008; 38(4):1231-1235.


Walker FO. Huntington's disease. Lancet. 2007; 369(9557):218-228.


Cartwright MS, Shin HW, Passmore LV, Walker FO. Ultrasonographic findings of the normal ulnar nerve in adults. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88(3):394-396.


Walker FO. Huntington's disease. Semin Neurol. 2007; 27(2):143-150.


Beglinger LJ, Langbehn DR, Duff K, Stierman L, Black DW, Nehl C, Anderson K, Penziner E, Hunt V, Walker F, et al. Probability of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in Huntington's disease. Biol Psychiatry. 2007; 61(3):415-418.


Nichols WC, Marek DK, Pauciulo MW, Pankratz N, Halter CA, Rudolph A, Shults CW, Wojcieszek J, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. R1514Q substitution in Lrrk2 is not a pathogenic Parkinson's disease mutation. Mov Disord. 2007; 22(2):254-257.


Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Schultz SK, Moser DJ, McCaffrey RJ, Haase RF, Westervelt HJK, Langbehn DR, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. Practice effects in the prediction of long-term cognitive outcome in three patient samples: a novel prognostic index. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2007; 22(1):15-24.


Langbehn DR, Paulsen JS, Hedges P, McCusker E, Pearce S, Trent R, Abwender D, Como P, Hunt V, Walker F, et al. Predictors of diagnosis in Huntington disease. Neurology. 2007; 68(20):1710-1717.


Cartwright MS, Chloros GD, Walker FO, Wiesler ER, Campbell WW. Diagnostic ultrasound for nerve transection. Muscle Nerve. 2007; 35(6):796-799.




Smith R, Ferrario C, Walker F. Number of antihypertensive agents required to achieve goal blood pressure with an Olmesartan Medoxomil vs Atenolol based regimen [abstract]. J Hypertens. 2007; 25(Suppl 2):S240-S241.


Yoon JS, Kim BJ, Kim SJ, Kim JM, Sim KH, Hong SJ, Walker FO, Cartwright MS. Ultrasonographic measurements in cubital tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve. 2007; 36(6):863-855.


Ginn SD, Cartwright MS, Chloros GD, Walker FO, Yoon J-S, Brown ME, Wiesler ER. Ultrasound in the diagnosis of a median neuropathy in the forearm: case report. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2007; 2():article 23.


Wiesler ER, Chloros GD, Cartwright MS, Shin HW, Walker FO. Ultrasound in the diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel. J Hand Surg [Am]. 2006; 31(7):1088-1093.


Cartwright MS, Chloros GD, Walker FO, Wiesler ER, Campbell WW. Diagnostic ultrasound for nerve transection [abstract]. Ann Neurol. 2006; 60(5):636.


Shoulson I, Kieburtz K, Oakes D, Kayson E, Zhao H, Shinaman A, Romer M, Caress J, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. At risk for Huntington disease: the PHAROS (Prospective Huntington At Risk Observational Study) Cohort enrolled. Arch Neurol. 2006; 63(7):991-996.


Pankratz N, Pauciulo MW, Elsaesser VE, Marek DK, Halter CA, Wojcieszek J, Rudolph A, Shults CW, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. Mutations in DJ-I are rare in familial Parkinson disease. Neurosci Lett. 2006; 408(3):209-213.


Pankratz N, Pauciulo MW, Elsaesser VE, Marek DK, Halter CA, Rudolph A, Shults CW, Foroud T, Walker F, Hunt V, et al. Mutations in LRRK2 other than G2019S are rare in a North American-based sample of familial Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2006; 21(12):2257-2260.


Walker FO. Autonomic testing. In: Kimura J, ed. Peripheral nerve diseases. Edinburgh: Elsevier; 2006: 487-509.
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