Dilys Walker

Dilys Walker is Obstetrician Gynecologist, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive at the University of California San Francisco and founding member of PRONTO International. Prior to joining UCSF, she worked at the University of Washington and was Associate Director for the Global Center for Adolescent and Womens’ Health. She also spent 11 years at the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, where Dilys and her team developed this novel approach to emergency training in response to the local need to find a way to get provider teams to do what they need to do, when they need to do it, in response to an emergency to save a life. Dilys has lead PRONTO’s growth from Mexico to Guatemala, Kenya, and India. She reports a growing sense of both anxiety and excitement as the PRONTO strategy, based on highly realistic simulation, team-training and respectful care, continues to resonate on a local level, globally.