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Alaina Ritter

Alaina Ritter, MD

Assistant Professor Of Medicine

Department: MD-INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Business Phone: (352) 294-5481
Business Email: alaina.ritter@medicine.ufl.edu

About Alaina Ritter

Dr. Ritter is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at the University of Florida. She attended medical school at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and completed an Internal Medicine internship and residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. As an Infectious Diseases fellow in the combined MGH/BWH fellowship program in Boston, Massachusetts, she researched the impact of the intestinal microbiota on Vibrio cholerae infection. Dr. Ritter has a special interest in bone and joint infections and holds clinics at the UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute (OSMI). She is also the VA Site Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program and serves as Chief Hospital Epidemiologist at the NF/SG Malcom Randall VA Health System.

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Diseases
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Infectious Disease
Areas of Interest
  • Infectious diseases

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-8216-3588

Publications

2024
Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Treatment Utilization, and Associated HIV Outcomes among Adults with HIV in Rural Florida.
AIDS and behavior. 28(1):164-173 [DOI] 10.1007/s10461-023-04147-4. [PMID] 37566153.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2024
Does hydrogen peroxide application to the dermis following surgical incision affect Cutibacterium acnes cultures in total shoulder arthroplasty in male patients? A randomized controlled trial
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 33(3):618-627 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jse.2023.10.019.
Publisher’s Site
2023
An Uncommon Case of Prosthetic Elbow Joint Infection Caused by Staphylococcus intermedius.
Cureus. 15(7) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.41575. [PMID] 37559841.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
An Unusual Case of Ehrlichiosis Manifesting With Hyponatremia, Acute Encephalopathy, and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Cureus. 14(7) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.26943. [PMID] 35989779.
1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Disseminated Salmonella Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient.
Cureus. 14(7) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.26922. [PMID] 35983380.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Techniques for Decreasing Bacterial Load for Open Shoulder Surgery.
JBJS reviews. 10(11) [DOI] e22.00141. [PMID] 36821410.
PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2021
Soft Tissue Infection of the Forearm With Scedosporium apiospermum Complex and Neisseria spp. Following a Dog Bite.
Cureus. 13(3) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.14140. [PMID] 33927942.
3 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2020
Humans Surviving Cholera Develop Antibodies against Vibrio cholerae O-Specific Polysaccharide That Inhibit Pathogen Motility
mBio. 11(6) [DOI] 10.1128/mBio.02847-20. [PMID] 33203761.
18 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2019
Vibriocidal Titer and Protection From Cholera in Children
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6(4) [DOI] 10.1093/ofid/ofz057. [PMID] 30997364.
14 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2013
New developments in chemotherapeutic options for Clostridium difficile colitis.
Current opinion in infectious diseases. 26(5):461-70 [DOI] 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328363456e. [PMID] 23982237.
17 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

Grants

Dec 2022 ACTIVE
CTOA
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF FLORIDA
Nov 2022 ACTIVE
Real world experience on the use of ceftolozane-tazobactam in the treatment of Gram-negative bacteremia, including septic shock – a multicentric experience from the United States
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: MERCK AND COMPANY INC
Sep 2019 – Aug 2022
Mobile Combined Alcohol and HIV Prevention Including PrEP Uptake/Adherence for High-Risk Young Men
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAAA

Education

Fellowship – Infectious Disease
2016-2019 · Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Residency – Internal Medicine
2013-2016 · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Medical Degree
2009-2013 · University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
2005-2009 · University of Michigan

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5481
Emails:
Business:
alaina.ritter@medicine.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100289
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1600 SW ARCHER RD RM D2 14C
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610