Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
Blair Walker, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and board certified in Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Completing her medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX she went on to Psychiatry residency and CL Psychiatry fellowship training with the University of Texas Southwestern Austin program prior to its becoming The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
Dr Walker is Chief of Psychiatry at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas at Austin and Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service Line Lead for Ascension Seton Hospitals. She is also the co-founder and clinical lead for the Dell Seton Medical Center “B team” or buprenorphine team, an interdisciplinary group of providers helping patients with opioid use disorder receive appropriate evaluation, treatment and bridge to care for OUD while hospitalized,helping to reduce stigma associated with caring for these individuals which has blossomed into the Substance Use Treatment and Resources for Texas (START) Program with the University of Texas Dell Medical School. She enjoys teaching residents and medical students on a regular basis, with particular interest in delirium and agitation management, burn care as well as intoxication/withdrawal syndromes and substance use disorders.
