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Brian L. Walters, MD
Surgery
Locations
This provider is an independent provider, not an employee of North Memorial Health, who practices/provides services at some North Memorial Health locations.
Orthopedics / Bones & JointsApproach To Care
Dr. Brian Walters specializes in sports medicine, arthroplasty, innovative approaches including biologics, and other techniques. He has extensive experience with complex shoulder surgery as well as total knee replacement.
Dr. Walters describes his practice approach as developing a two-way relationship with his patients. He works together with patients to find solutions that will address each patient’s goals and lifestyle.
“The idea is to find out what each patient’s goals are. From there, we seek to find a way to get the best solution while offering the patient more than one option for treatment,” Dr. Walters said. It’s important to Dr. Walters to offer more than one option for patients, keeping the goal front and center. He also works with athletes of all ages, helping to keep them healthy and ready to continue pursuing the sport they love for as long as possible.
He values being open-minded and innovative. “Having a lot of transparency and good communication with patients helps set the patient up for success,” he said.
He finds orthopedic surgery and sports medicine rewarding areas of medicine in which to practice. He loves to help people get back to the active lives they were living before injury sidelined them. “What I like best about my practice and the patients I work with is that they’re extremely motivated to get better, so that they can be active and high functioning. Helping them get there is very rewarding,” he said.
Experience
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology, University of Connecticut — Storrs, CT
- Doctor of Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine — Tel Aviv, Israel
- Master of Science, Boston University School of Medicine — Boston, MA
Residency
- Orthopedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital — New York, NY
Fellowship
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Andrews Sports Medicine Institute, St. Vincent’s Hospital — Birmingham, AL
Certification
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Fellow (AAOS)
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
- International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA)
Personal
When he’s not working, Dr. Walters enjoys spending time with his family, especially his two young children. He loves to cook and travel in his free time.
Accepted Insurance
All North Memorial Health providers accept the following insurance carriers. Because health insurance plan payments vary and benefit levels are unique to each plan, you may confirm out of pocket cost with your insurance carrier by calling the number on the back of your insurance card.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- HealthPartners
- Humana
- Medica
- Medical Assistance
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Preferred One
- Ucare
- UnitedHealthcare