Jennifer Walter, MD, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Education , Department of Medical Ethics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director of the Department of Medical Ethics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street, Room 11171
Philadelphia, PA 19146
2716 South Street, Room 11171
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 310-384-4484
Fax: 267-426-0380
Fax: 267-426-0380
Email:
Walterj1@email.chop.edu
Walterj1@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA (Philosophy)
Loyola University Chicago, 1998.
PhD (Philosophy (Specialization in Ethics))
Georgetown University , 2005.
MD
Georgetown University , 2007.
MS (Health and Health Care Research)
University of Michigan, 2011.
Permanent linkBA (Philosophy)
Loyola University Chicago, 1998.
PhD (Philosophy (Specialization in Ethics))
Georgetown University , 2005.
MD
Georgetown University , 2007.
MS (Health and Health Care Research)
University of Michigan, 2011.
Description of Other Expertise
BioethicsSelected Publications
Stacey Kusterbeck: Updated ANA Code of Ethics Reflects Today’s Realities; for Ethicists, it Is Another Tool. Medical Ethics Advisor 41(3): 4-24, March 2025 Notes: Walter was quoted and her work was cited.Gramszlo C, Cetin A, Walter JK: Navigating Uncertainty during Family Meetings in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Investigation of Team Communication and Family Engagement. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. J Pain Symptom Manage, 69(3): 261-268, March 2025.
Walter JK, Cetin A, Gramzslo C, DeWitt AG, Quarshie W, Griffis H, Johnson V, Nelson S, Shults J, Arnold MR, Trowbridge A, Hurd C, Curley MAQ, Feudtner C.: An Intervention in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit to Standardize Pre-Family Meeting Huddles is Feasible, Acceptable, and Improves Clinician Teamwork. Card Young(7), 1-9, Feb 2025.
Jennifer Walter, Jeffrey Poomkudy, Gyan Moorthy: On compromising with vaccine-hesitant families. Frontiers in Pediatrics 12, December 2024.
Arango H, Gramszlo C, Grewal J, Cetin A, Weaver M, Walter JK.: Ethics Consultation in U.S. Pediatric Hospitals: Adherence to National Practice Standards. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. AJOB Empir Bioeth.(5), 1-8, December 2024.
Annie L Gula, Jennifer Walter, Wynne Morrison, Matthew P Kirschen: Exploring Ethical Dimensions in Neuropalliative Care. Seminars in Neurology Semin Neurol. 44(5): 534-542, October 2024.
Anessa Foxwell, Connie Ulrich, Jennifer Walter, Meaghann Weaver : Everyday Ethics or Deference to Expertise: Experiences of Pediatric Palliative Care Teams with Ethics Consultancy. Journal of Palliative Medicine 27(10): 1324-1331, July 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0568.
Mejia EJ, Xiao R Walter JK, Feudtner C, Lin K, DeWitt AG, Kerlin MP: Programmatic Palliative Care Consultations in Pediatric Heart Transplant Evaluations. Pediatric Cardiology 45(5): 1064-1071, June 2024.
Walter JK, Hill D, Cetin A, DeWitt AG, Kellom K, Quarshie W, Griffis H, Shults J, Arnold R, Tjia J, Puopolo K, Curley MAQ, Feudtner C.: A Pediatric Interprofessional Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Intervention: CICU Teams and Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TALC) is Feasible, Acceptable, and Improves Clinician Communication Behaviors in Family Meetings. Pediatric Cardiology May 2024 Notes: Doi: 10.1007/s00246-024-03497-7.
Gramszlo C, Cetin A, Walter JK: Discussing Uncertainty During Family Meetings In The CICU Allows Parents To Collaborate In Their Child’s Care. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine State of the Science, Phoenix, AZ March 2024.