Kaiser Permanente names new Physician-in-Chief for Napa-Solano Area

Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano is pleased to announce that Christopher Walker, MD, has been named physician-in-chief for the Napa-Solano Area. In this role, Dr. Walker , a family medicine physician, will help guide and oversee more than 650 physicians, as well as clinical staff caring for members and patients in the area. Walker is replacing longtime physician-in-chief Steven Stricker, MD, a cardiologist who served in that leadership role for more than 20 years.

Walker is passionate about providing patients with health care services of the highest quality, encouraging healthy lifestyles and preventive care practices in patients, and contributing to the communities that Kaiser Permanente serves. He values physician, staff, patient and community collaboration.

Walker is a southern California native and current Vacaville resident who graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara before joining the United States Air Force to pursue his medical degree.

He completed medical school at the Uniformed Services University of Health Science in Bethesda, Maryland and completed his residency in Family Medicine at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA. Following his residency, he was stationed with the Air Force in Okinawa, Japan where he practiced Family Medicine and supervised a small clinic on a base.

Upon his discharge from the Air Force in 2008 and having established roots in Solano County, Dr. Walker joined Kaiser Permanente as an Adult and Family Medicine physician at the Vacaville Medical Center campus. He was named Chief of Adult and Family Medicine in 2011. In addition to his role as Chief of Adult and Family Medicine in Vacaville, he has served as the Chair of the Chiefs of Adult and Family Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in the Northern California region for the past three years.