Department of
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Department of Medical Ethics / People / Walter
Jennifer Walter, MD, PhD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the 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
Young MJ, Ganesan SL, Jox RJ, Mazzeo AT, Rubin MA, Walter JK, Lewis A, Curing Coma Campaign : Common Consent Elements for Research Involving Persons with Disorders of Consciousness (CCE-DOC). Neurocrit Care May 2026.Weaver MS, Walter JK: Futile or Fruitful? Institutional Conscience and Values Pluralism in Pediatric Care. American Journal of Bioethics 2026.
Callahan KP, Behringer K, Hill D, Mason K, Walter JK, Lechtenberg L, Munson D, and Feudtner C: Addressing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Clinicians’ Distress via Interprofessional Meetings. Journal of Perinatology 2026.
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.