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Kara Odom Walker
MD
Walker at TANF Awards of Excellence in 2018
Secretary of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
In office February 6, 2017 – June 2020
Governor
John Carney
Personal details
Alma mater
University of Delaware, BS, 1999 Jefferson Medical College, MD, 2004 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, MPH, 2003 University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, MSHS, 2009
Previous Workplaces
University of California, San Francisco, 2010 – 2012 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, 2012 – 2017
Current Workplace
Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS is a health policy leader and serves as the Chief Population Health Officer at Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, where she leads all aspects of population health strategy, research, innovation and implementation. Her scope of responsibility includes the advancement of the overall health and well-being of children, both broadly and among the populations served by Nemours Children's. Dr. Walker is a board-certified, practicing family physician.
Dr. Walker also leads Nemours Delaware Valley primary care network and its Value-Based Services Organization. She collaborates with Nemours operational leaders and shares accountability for managed care initiatives, including medically complex case management, school-based wellness programs and other services for specific populations.
From February 2017 to June 2020, she served as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. Prior to holding that position, she served as the Deputy Chief Science Officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) In 2018, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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