Dr. James Walker MD

General Surgeon - Fort Payne, AL

Dr. James Walker specializes in general surgery in Fort Payne, Alabama. Details of Dr. Walker's experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at University of Alabama are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Walker

Dr. James Walker
321 Medical Center Dr SW
Fort Payne, AL 35968

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. James Walker identified specializing in General SurgeryGeneral Surgery
A surgeon manages a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon established the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill surgical patient. The surgeon uses a variety of diagnostic techniques, including endoscopy, for observing internal structures, and may use specialized instruments during operative procedures. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the salient features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist..

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Walker is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Dekalb Regional Medical Center
200 Med Center Dr
Fort Payne, AL

License

Dr. James Walker has been confirmed to have a license in Alabama.

Education

Dr. Walker attended medical school at University of Alabama School of Medicine. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Bon Secours Hospital.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.