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Alaina Ritter

Alaina Ritter, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

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

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About Alaina Ritter

Dr. Ritter is an associate 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

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. RECOVER-AUTONOMIC: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Autonomic Dysfunction in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) “Study”

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    DUKE UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI

  2. CTOA

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    UNIV OF FLORIDA

  3. 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

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    MERCK AND COMPANY INC

  4. 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

  1. Fellowship – Infectious Disease

    Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

  2. Residency – Internal Medicine

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  3. Medical Degree

    University of Virginia

  4. Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

    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