Email

walther@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

05/2009 - Houston, United States

Residency at University of California-San Diego

06/2012 - San Diego, United States

Internal Medicine

Clinical Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School

06/2014 - Houston, United States

Nephrology

MS from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School

08/2018 - Houston, Texas United States

Clinical Research

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

06/2025 - Houston

Clinical Investigation

Professional Interests

• Health outcomes research
• Medical education
• Evidence-based medicine
• Glomerular disease
• Cardiorenal disease

Selected Publications

• Walther CP, Shah AA, Winkelmayer WC "Treating Depression in Patients With Advanced CKD: Beyond the Generalizability Frontier.." JAMA.;(2017 Nov 3.):doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.17553. [Epub ahead of print]. Pubmed PMID: 29101401
• Walther CP, Winkelmayer WC, Deswal A, Niu J, Navaneethan SD. "Trends in Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Associated Mortality Among Patients With and Without ESRD.." Am J Kidney Dis..;[published online ahead of print May 18, 2018]. Pubmed PMID: 29784611
• Walther CP, Richardson PA, Virani SS, Winkelmayer WC, Navaneethan SD "Association between intensity of statin therapy and mortality in persons with chronic kidney disease.." Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2018 Jun;[Epub ahead of print](doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfy237) Pubmed PMID: 30053252
• Walther CP, Niu J, Winkelmayer WC, Cheema FH, Nair AP, Morgan JA, Fedson SE, Deswal A, Navaneethan SD "Implantable Ventricular Assist Device Use and Outcomes in People With End-Stage Renal Disease." J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jul 6;7((14)):pii: e008664. Pubmed PMID: 29980520

Memberships

American Society of Nephrology

American College of Physicians

Funding

The kidney in advanced heart failure and durable mechanical circulatory support: phenotypes, prediction, and pathophysiology - #1K23DK122131-01A1

( 09/01/2020 - 05/31/2026 )

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES