Lynn Ramirez, MD, MS

Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
HS Assoc Clinical Professor
Pediatrics
[email protected]
+1 415 502-3352

Lynn Ramirez MD, MSc, who joined the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health in November 2014, serves as Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.

In this role, she collaborates with nurses, physicians, and ancillary services to prevent hospital acquired infections including those related to invasive medical devices and Clostridium difficile.

Dr. Ramirez provides patient care on the inpatient Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consultation service. She is involved in the care of immunocompromised pediatric patients.

Publications: 

Strategies Used by Children's Hospitals During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Surge.

Hospital pediatrics

Adler AL, Kociolek LK, Glomb N, Ramírez-Àvila L, Kest H, Niescierenko M, West D, Zerr DM

Monitoring health disparities in healthcare-associated infection surveillance: A Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network (SRN) Survey.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

McGrath CL, Logan LK, Deloney VM, Rubin LG, Ravin KA, Muller M, Bartlett AH, de St Maurice A, Linam WM, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L, SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council Steering Committee

Whole-genome sequencing rule-out of suspected hospital-onset Rhizopus outbreaks.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Chu VT, Nafees S, Waltari E, McNeil N, Caughell C, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Wang L, Stanley K, Cunningham G, Wong J, Phelps M, Tato CM, Miller S, DeRisi JL, Yokoe DS, Ramirez-Avila L, Langelier CR

Prolonged silent carriage, genomic virulence potential and transmission between staff and patients characterize a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Madera S, McNeil N, Serpa PH, Kamm J, Pak C, Caughell C, Nichols A, Dynerman D, Li LM, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Phelps MS, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Reyes H, Miller SA, Yokoe DS, DeRisi JL, Ramirez-Avila L, Langelier CR

Finding a needle in a haystack: The hidden costs of asymptomatic testing in a low incidence setting.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Srinivasan V, Gohil SK, Abeles SR, Yokoe DS, Cohen SH, Ramirez-Avila L, Prabaker KK, de St Maurice AM

SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council commentary: Personal protective equipment during care of children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Muller ML, Logan LK, Kociolek LK, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Bartlett AH, Schaffzin JK, Ravin KA, Rubin LG, Lake J, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L, SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council

SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council commentary: Supporting well child care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with personal protective equipment in the ambulatory setting.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Schaffzin JK, Bartlett AH, Logan LK, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Caughell C, Ravin KA, Rubin LG, Kociolek LK, Muller ML, Lake J, Ramirez-Avila L, SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council

SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council commentary: Inpatient visitor considerations for pediatric patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Bartlett AH, Ravin KA, Rubin LG, McGrath C, de St Maurice A, Linam WM, Logan LK, Muller M, Caughell C, Ramirez-Avila L, SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council

SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council commentary: Ambulatory management of neonates born to mothers infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Rubin LG, Kociolek LK, Schaffzin JK, Logan LK, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Lake J, Caughell C, Bartlett AH, Ravin KA, Muller M, Ramirez-Avila L, SHEA Pediatric Leadership Council

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children Without Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

JAMA pediatrics

Sola AM, David AP, Rosbe KW, Baba A, Ramirez-Avila L, Chan DK

Sentinel Case of Candida auris in the Western United States Following Prolonged Occult Colonization in a Returned Traveler from India.

Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.)

Woodworth MH, Dynerman D, Crawford ED, Doernberg SB, Ramirez-Avila L, Serpa PH, Nichols A, Li LM, Lyden A, Tato CM, Miller S, Derisi JL, Langelier C

Fatal Sepsis Associated with Bacterial Contamination of Platelets - Utah and California, August 2017.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report

Horth RZ, Jones JM, Kim JJ, Lopansri BK, Ilstrup SJ, Fridey J, Kelley WE, Stramer SL, Nambiar A, Ramirez-Avila L, Nichols A, Garcia W, Oakeson KF, Vlachos N, McAllister G, Hunter R, Nakashima AK, Basavaraju SV

Adolescent Linkage to Care After a Large-scale Transfer From a Hospital-based HIV Clinic to the Public Sector in South Africa.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Ramirez-Avila L, Regan S, Cloete C, Crankshaw T, Rabideau DJ, Freedberg KA, Parker RA, Walensky RP, Losina E, Bassett IV

Pediatric Invasive Aspergillosis.

Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)

Wattier RL, Ramirez-Avila L

Journal of Fungi

Pediatric invasive aspergillosis

Wattier RL, Ramirez-Avila L.

HIV testing rates, prevalence, and knowledge among outpatients in Durban, South Africa: Time trends over four years.

International journal of STD & AIDS

Ramirez-Avila L, Regan S, Chetty S, Giddy J, Ross D, Katz JN, Freedberg KA, Losina E, Walensky RP, Bassett IV

Banning the handshake from the health care setting.

JAMA

Sklansky M, Nadkarni N, Ramirez-Avila L

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in pediatric patients: case report and literature review.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Schwenk H, Ramirez-Avila L, Sheu SH, Wuthrich C, Waugh J, Was A, Degirolami U, Burchett S, Koralnik IJ, Ahmed A

Successful rifampin desensitization in a pediatric patient with latent tuberculosis.

Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Logsdon S, Ramirez-Avila L, Castells M, Dioun A

Validation and calibration of a computer simulation model of pediatric HIV infection.

PloS one

Ciaranello AL, Morris BL, Walensky RP, Weinstein MC, Ayaya S, Doherty K, Leroy V, Hou T, Desmonde S, Lu Z, Noubary F, Patel K, Ramirez-Avila L, Losina E, Seage GR, Freedberg KA

The acceptability and feasibility of routine pediatric HIV testing in an outpatient clinic in Durban, South Africa.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Ramirez-Avila L, Noubary F, Pansegrouw D, Sithole S, Giddy J, Losina E, Walensky RP, Bassett IV

Depressive symptoms and their impact on health-seeking behaviors in newly-diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Durban, South Africa.

AIDS and behavior

Ramirez-Avila L, Regan S, Giddy J, Chetty S, Ross D, Katz JN, Freedberg KA, Walensky RP, Losina E, Bassett IV

Routine HIV testing in adolescents and young adults presenting to an outpatient clinic in Durban, South Africa.

PloS one

Ramirez-Avila L, Nixon K, Noubary F, Giddy J, Losina E, Walensky RP, Bassett IV

Eosinophilic meningitis due to Angiostrongylus and Gnathostoma species.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Ramirez-Avila L, Slome S, Schuster FL, Gavali S, Schantz PM, Sejvar J, Glaser CA

Current world status of Balantidium coli.

Clinical microbiology reviews

Schuster FL, Ramirez-Avila L