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
Lewis A, Ganesan SL, Jox RJ, Mazzeo AT, Rubin MA, Walter JK, Young MJ: Informed Consent Practices in Research Involving Persons with Disorders of Consciousness. Neurocritical Care Nov 2025.Elena Montag, Matthew P. Kirschen, Pamela Nathanson, Wynne Morrison, Evan Fieldston, Jennifer K. Walter: Prioritization of ethical themes when surrogates object to technology removal after brain death determination. Neurocritical Care Oct 2025.
Gramszlo C, DeWitt A, Walter JK: The Trauma Informed Family Meeting: A New Model of Information Sharing and Family Support During Cardiac Admission. Pediatr Cardiol Oct 2025.
Milic MM, Donesky D, Saks NT, Cammy R, Dahlin C, DeSanto-Madeya S, Fasolino T, Izumi S, Kirkpatrick A, Lakin JR, Leff V, Lockman K, Walter J, Rosa WE, Wallace CL.: Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Intentionally Interprofessional Collaboration. J Palliat Med Sept 2025.
Alexander GariƟ, Emily Berkman, Jonna Clark, Sabrina Derrington, Denise Dudzinski, Vanessa Madrigal, David Mann, Jennifer Walter, Ian Wolfe : Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Pediatric Organ Recovery – Guidelines for its Ethical Implementation. Pediatric Transplantation May 2025.
Rybka M, Cetin A, DeWitt A, Griffis H, Naim M, Walter J: Caring for chronically critically ill children in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: Correlations of a primary palliative care intervention with clinical outcomes. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 78, May 2025.
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.