Walker, Caroline, M.D.

Specialties: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Gender: Female

Biography: Caroline Walker, MD was born and raised in Memphis, TN. She attended Stanford University for college where she majored in Human Biology with her area of concentration in Genetics, Genomics, and Disease. She then obtained her Master's of Science in Biomedical Science from Tufts University before starting medical school at Yale School of Medicine. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at Yale where she was chief resident and was awarded for excellence in ambulatory anesthesiology. She then continued her clinical training at Yale where she completed a fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology.

Dr. Walker is triple board certified in anesthesiology (ABA), adult cardiac anesthesiology (ABA), and preoperative transesophageal echocardiography (NBE). She is an associate professor of anesthesiology at UMMC where she specializes in anesthesiology for cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, and transplant procedures. She serves as the Director of Adult Cath Lab/ EP Lab Anesthesiology and Medical Director of Adult Cardiovascular Anesthesiology. She is active in resident and fellow education and is chair of the clinical competency committee for the fellowship program.