Marion L. Walker

Marion L. Walker, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurosurgery

Divisions: Pediatric Neurosurgery

Academic Office Information

marion.walker@hsc.utah.edu

Board Certification

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurg)

Marion L. Walker, MD is Professor of Neurosurgery in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah and Primary Children�s Medical Center. Dr. Walker is former Chair of the Pediatric Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. He also served as President of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and was a past editor for the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.

Education History

Undergraduate Brigham Young University
Undergraduate Brigham Young University
 Pre Med
Undergraduate Mississippi College
 Pre Med
Professional Medical University of Tennessee
 MD
Internship LDS Hospital
 Intern
Residency St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
 Resident
Residency Barrow Neurological Institute
 Resident
Fellowship The Hospital For Sick Children
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Dawkins RL, Miller JH, Menacho ST, Ramadan OI, Lysek MC, Kuhn EN, Tubbs RS, Walker ML, Walters BC, Agee BS, Rozzelle C (2019). Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score in Children: A Validity Study. Neurosurgery, 84(6), E362-E367.
  2. Saluja SS, Walker ML, Summers EM, Tristani-Firouzi P, Smart D (2017). Safety of non-ablative fractional laser for acne scars within 1 month after treatment with oral isotretinoin: A randomized split-face controlled trial. Lasers in surgery and medicine, 49(10), 886-890.
  3. Ravindra VM, Christensen MT, Onwuzulike K, Smith JT, Halvorson K, Brockmeyer DL, Walker ML, Bollo R (2017). Risk factors for progressive neuromuscular scoliosis requiring posterior spinal fusion after selective dorsal rhizotomy. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 20(5), 456-463.
  4. Kestle JR, Holubkov R, Douglas Cochrane D, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Luerssen TG, Jerry Oakes W, Riva-Cambrin J, Rozzelle C, Simon TD, Walker ML, Wellons JC 3rd, Browd SR, Drake JM, Shannon CN, Tamber MS, Whitehead WE, Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Networ (2016). A new Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 17(4), 391-6.
  5. Bollo RJ, Gooch JL, Walker M (2012). Stereotactic endoscopic placement of third ventricle catheter for long-term infusion of baclofen in patients with secondary generalized dystonia. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 10(1), 30-3.

Review

  1. Low SYY, Kestle JRW, Walker ML, Seow W (2023). Cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunctions: A reflective review. Child's nervous system, 39(10), 2719-2728.
  2. Dias MS, Walker M (1992). The embryogenesis of complex dysraphic malformations: a disorder of gastrulation?. Pediatric neurosurgery, 18(5-6), 229-53.

Case Report

  1. Browd SR, Goodrich JT, Walker M (2008). Craniopagus twins. Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 1(1), 1-20.
  2. Anderson RC, Connolly ES Jr, Komotar RJ, Mack WJ, McKhann GM, Van Orman CB, Hedlund G, Proctor KA, Townsend JJ, Walker M (2005). Clinicopathological review: tumefactive demyelination in a 12-year-old girl. Neurosurgery, 56(5), 1051-7; discussion 1051-7.

Newspaper

  1. Walker ML (2020). James T. Goodrich, MD, PhD. Child's nervous system, 36(10), 2193-2194.