Kara E. Walter, MD

Dr. Walter earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She remained at the University of Washington for additional fellowship training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology. She is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and board-eligible in transplant hepatology.
Dr. Walter specializes in general and transplant hepatology. She treats patients with a wide spectrum of liver disorders, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, cirrhosis of the liver and its complications, and hepatocellular carcinoma. She also cares for patients both before and after liver transplantation. Her research interests include management of hepatic encephalopathy and outcomes of liver transplantation.