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Dr. Heather Walker

Dr. Heather Walker is the Medical Director at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Charleston.

United States

Biography

Dr. Heather Walker is the Medical Director at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Charleston. Prior to joining the Encompass Health Charleston team in 2015 she was on faculty for eight years in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Dr. Walker completed medical school at the University of Kentucky and served as the administrative chief resident during her residency in PM&R at the University of Pittsburgh. Following residency she completed a fellowship in Spinal Cord Medicine at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey. She is triple board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Medicine, and Brain Injury Medicine.

Dr. Walker has been named to the “Best Doctors in America” list yearly since 2013, and she has special interest in management of spasticity following neurologic injury. In addition to her clinical work Dr. Walker also provides expert witness services for legal matters.

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Award scoring criteria

The following criteria will be judged out of a score of 5; (1 is suboptimal; 2 is adequate; 3 is good; 4 is very good; 5 is excellent)

GENERAL

  • Days per week working in spasticity management
  • Average number of spasticity patients managed per month
  • Environment and clinical team (type of institution, location, size/structure of clinical team, particular patient needs)
  • Role of responsibility in managing patients with spasticity
  • Scientific appointments in spasticity
  • Honours for work undertaken in spasticity

SCHOLARLY

  • Number of research projects investigating relevant aspects of spasticity management
  • Impact of research projects investigating relevant aspects of spasticity management
  • Number of peer-reviewed publications on topic
    Number of presentations of research at international meetings
  • Number of presentations at national conferences
  • Teaching/mentorship of younger injectors
  • h-index

CLINICAL

  • Evidence of development or growth of a spasticity program at the applicant’s practice or institution
  • Breadth of services provided, including medications, toxins, physical interventions, and Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (ITB)
  • Role of responsibility in managing patients with spasticity

ENDORSEMENT

  • Endorsed by senior peer

In the event of a tie, based on the above scoring criteria, the Toxnet Co-Chairs will make the final decision.