Dr. Rick Walker

Private Surgeon, F. W. Walker, M.D., P.A.

Rick was a Camper in 1964 from the State of Ohio. He was on staff from 1965 through 1969. In 1972, following his completion of his M.D. at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Rick gave his first lecture at NYSC on Cardiac Transplantation. He was able to return as lecturer in 1979 and has lectured each year since then. Dr. Walker received his BS degree from Bowling Green State University and his MD degree from the Ohio State University. He was the 100th halsted surgical resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Rick has a busy general surgery practice in Maryland where he specializes in breast cancer surgery. He has written many book chapters on surgical problems. He has participated in research on image-guided breast biopsy, stereotactic breast biopsy and sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer. Rick is an avid cyclist and serves on the board of directors of bike4breastcancer. He has been married to Joanne for 29 years and has brought either Morgan or Abby to camp since 1988.