Dr. Leslie Renee Walker, MD

Leslie R. Walker, MD, is chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She earned her MD from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. She completed residency training in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, Wyler Children’s Hospital and a fellowship in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

She developed the adolescent program and served as director of adolescent medicine at Georgetown University Children’s Medical Center, and as medical director at Woodson High School’s Wellness Center in Washington D.C. She is the President Elect for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and has served on many national committees and boards dedicated to the health and well-being of adolescents. She is member of the National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine Committee on …Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention and Healthy Development. Her research interests and publications are in the areas of ADHD and substance abuse, health care transition and teenage pregnancy prevention.