Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr Ritu Banerjee is the Professor of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, The Medical Director at Vanderbilt Medical Center & heads the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. She completed her MD/PhD from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Her clinical interests are Antibiotic stewardship, rapid diagnostics & infectious diseases. Dr. Banerjee conducts clinical research related to surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and strategies to optimize appropriate antibiotic use. She is principal investigator on NIH and CDC-funded studies implementing and evaluating rapid diagnostics and other antibiotic stewardship interventions.