Bradford Walters

Expertise

Neurological Surgery
Preclinical and Clinical Development

Biography

Brad Walters, MD, PhD, MBA, is a vice president and the chief medical officer of RTI International. After completing his PhD, MD, and a surgical internship, he joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he assisted in establishing the radiosurgery program and the epilepsy surgery program. His research focused on central nervous system trauma. After completing his MBA, he joined Academy Funds serving as principal and then partner, and on the boards of directors of Kucera Pharmaceutical Company, ParinGenix, and Curry Pharmaceuticals. He was then appointed a member of the Building Entrepreneurial Companies Work Group of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center Strategic Plan, and to the Governor's Task Force on Nanotechnology and North Carolina's Economy. From 1999 through 2006, he served as a member of the board of directors of NCHICA.

Education

PhD, Anatomy and Embryology, University of London; MD (cum laude), Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology; MBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; AB, Chemistry and Physics (summa cum laude), Harvard College.

Selected Publications

Walters, B.B., Bachman, E.S., & Houston, A.E. (1993). Functional and histological effects of locally applied extracellular matrix with and without bFGF following spinal cord transection. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 19:1103.

Walters, B.B., Encarnacion, J.R., Melin, T.E., & Schwirck, S.N. (1991). Functional effects of locally applied extracullular matrix with and without NGF and bFGF following spinal cord transection. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 17:1482.

Walters, B.B., Encarnacion, J.R., & Melin, T.E. (1990). The effect of local administration of extracellular matrix and nerve growth factor on functional outcome following neonatal thoracic spinal cord transection in the rat. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 16:1157.

Curnes, J.T., Whaley, R.A., & Walters, B.B. (1987 Dec). Carotid cavernous fistula: Closure with detachable silicone rubber balloons. North Carolina Medical Journal, 48 (12):639-641.

Walters, B.B., Ojemann, R.G., & Heros, R.C. (1987 Jun). Emergency carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Neurosurgery, 66 (6):817-823.

Walters, B.B., Gillespie, S.A., & Moskowitz, M.A. (1986 May-Jun). Cerebrovascular projections from the sphenopalatine and otic ganglia to the middle cerebral artery of the cat. Stroke, 17 (3):488-494.

Matus, A.I., & Walters, B.B. (1976 May 28). Type 1 and 2 synaptic junctions: Differences in distribution of concanavalin A binding sites and stability of the junctional adhesion. Brain Research, 108 (2):249-256.

Matus, A.I., Walters, B.B., & Mughal, S. (1975 Dec). Immunohistochemical demonstration of tubulin associated with microtubules and synaptic junctions in mammalian brain. Journal of Neurocytology, 4 (6):733-744.

Matus, A.I., Walters, B.B., & Jones, D.H. (1975 Jun). Junctional ultrastructure in isolated synaptic membranes. Journal of Neurocytology, 4 (3):357-367.

Walters, B.B., & Matus, A.I. (1975). Proteins of the synaptic junction. Biochemical Society Transactions, 3 (1):109-112.

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