Scott D. Walter, M.D., M.Sc., FASRS joins Retina Consultants after completing a 2-year combined fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Medical Retina at the Duke University Eye Center, the top-rated retina program in the U.S. He is also the only Ocular Oncology specialist in Connecticut, having completed a fellowship in Ocular Oncology in addition to his Ophthalmology residency at the world-renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Bascom Palmer has consistently been ranked the #1 Eye Hospital by U.S. News & World Report.
Dr. Walter earned his M.D. from the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and graduated in the top 1% of his undergraduate class at Stanford University.
Dr. Walter is board-certified in Ophthalmology and also serves as an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications and received more than 20 awards for his contributions to Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists, and a frequent presenter at national meetings.
Dr. Walter is the Vice Chief of the Ophthalmology Service at Hartford Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He currently serves on Executive Committees for the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians and the Rocky Hill Surgery Center.
Dr. Walter performs over 400 vitreoretinal surgeries per year (more than any other retinal surgeon in Connecticut) and is recognized by his peers as an expert consultant in ocular oncology, uveitis, inherited retinal degeneration, and other rare disease states.
Dr. Walter is currently accepting new patients at our Hartford (Woodland Street), Farmington, and Cromwell offices.
Dr. Walter is currently accepting patients at the following locations:
Hartford (Woodland Street)
43 Woodland Street, Suite 100
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: (860) 527-9020
Farmington
5 Two Mile Road
Farmington, CT 06032
Phone: (860) 409-7800
Cromwell
80 Shunpike Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
(860) 788-6569
Operates at Hartford Hospital and Rocky Hill Surgery Center.
Dr. Walter was educated at the following institutions:
College
Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford, CA
Completed: 2007
Master’s Program
Stanford University, Department of Anthropological Sciences
Stanford, CA
Completed: 2007
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Completed: 2011
Internship
Lenox Hill Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
New York, NY
Completed: 2012
Residency
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Miami, FL
Completed 2015
Fellowships
Duke University Eye Center, Retina Service
Durham, NC
Vitreoretinal Surgery
Completed: 2017
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Miami, FL
Ocular Oncology (mentored by Dr. J. William Harbour) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._William_Harbour>
Completed: 2017
Dr. Walter has earned the following distinctions:
Awards & Distinctions:
Heed Fellowship (2015-16)
Winner of Retina Jeopardy at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2016)
ASCRS Foundation Resident Excellence Award (2015)
ASCRS Foundation Research Grant (2015-17)
CLAO/SSF Scientific Research Grant (2014-15)
Jackson Memorial Hospital CIR Quality Improvement Project Grant (2014-15)
Jeffrey W. Berger Memorial Research in Ophthalmology Award (2011)
NIH/NIDDK Short Term Elective Research Fellowship (2008)
J.E. Wallace Sterling Award (2007)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2007)
Joseph H. Greenberg Award for Academic Excellence (2007)
Chappell-Lougee Research Scholarship (2004)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Grant (2003)
Associations:
Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists
Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Member of the Society of Heed Fellows
Member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians
Member of the Bascom Palmer Alumni Association
