Ritika Prasad, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Ritika Prasad is an infectious diseases physician at UCSF. She manages a broad range of infectious diseases, including invasive and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. She treats patients in the hospital and in the clinic.

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Her research interests include antibiotic stewardship and medical education. She is dedicated to improving the quality and safety of antimicrobial use, advancing trainee education, and fostering supportive learning environments for medical learners.

She received her BS from Stanford University in Chemistry. She received her MD from UCSD School of Medicine. She went on to complete her Internal Medicine residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and her Infectious Diseases fellowship at Stanford University.

Education & Training

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• Fellowship Infectious Dieases Stanford University 2025
• Residency Internal Medicine Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 2023
• MD School of Medicine University of California, San Diego 2020
• BS Chemistry Stanford University 2015

Publications (7)

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DengueDengue VirusPeripheral Arterial DiseaseNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalDatabases, PharmaceuticalAntiviral AgentsSurvival AnalysisAnkle Brachial IndexDrug RepositioningHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationRenal DialysisLeptospiraLeptospirosisImmunocompromised HostLower Extremity

• How to leverage medication use evaluations for antimicrobial stewardship goals: a primer for physicians.
  Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 2025 Prasad R, Arya R, Meng L, Holubar M, Alegria W, Zimmet AN
• Unraveling indications for discharge antibiotics: the Devil's in the details.
  Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 2025 Prasad R, Hawkins MR, Arya R, Zimmet AN, Mische L, Mui E, Esadah E, Pourali S, Ha DR, Holubar M
• Beyond the basics: rethinking antimicrobial stewardship by targeting cytomegalovirus immune globulin for immunocompromised patients.
  Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 2025 Prasad R, Lu B, Veloria D, Mui E, Nelson J, Dhillon G, Deresinski S, Holubar M, Alegria W
• Case Report: Relapsing Leptospirosis in an Immunocompromised Host.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2023 Prasad R, Narsana NK, Ajayi AA, Wang H, Patel J, Ho DY, Banaei N, Blackburn BG
• A Targeted Computational Screen of the SWEETLEAD Database Reveals FDA-Approved Compounds with Anti-Dengue Viral Activity.
  mBio 2020 Moshiri J, Constant DA, Liu B, Mateo R, Kearnes S, Novick P, Prasad R, Nagamine C, Pande V, Kirkegaard K
• Association of Ankle-Brachial and Toe-Brachial Indexes With Mortality in Patients With CKD.
  Kidney medicine 2020 Kamath TP, Prasad R, Allison MA, Criqui MC, Ix JH, Rifkin DE, Garimella PS
• The association of the ankle-brachial index, the toe-brachial index, and their difference, with mortality and limb outcomes in dialysis patients.
  Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 2019 Prasad R, Kamath T, Ginsberg C, Potok OA, Ix JH, Garimella PS, Rifkin DE