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Julio A. Ramirez, M.D., FACP

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Julio A. Ramirez, M.D.





Julio A. Ramirez, M.D., FACP

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-5131 - Academic Office
502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments



ULP Infectious Diseases

Clinical Expertise

Infectious Diseases


Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Infectious Disease


Education and Training

  • Medical School: La Plata National University, School of Medical Science

  • Residency: La Plata National University, Postgraduate Medical School; Lincoln Medical Center, New York Medical College

  • Fellowship: National Institute of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, University of Chile; University of Louisville


Recent Publications

  • Ramirez J, Dartois N, Gandjini H, Yan JL, Korth-Bradley J, McGovern PC. Randomized Phase 2 Trial To Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy of Two High-Dosage Tigecycline Regimens versus Imipenem-Cilastatin for Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Apr;57(4):1756-62. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01232-12. Epub 2013 Jan 28. PubMed PMID: 23357775.

  • Bordon J, Aliberti S, Duvvuri P, Wiemken T, Peyrani P, Natividad I, Caceres-Lara A, Delapenha R, Blasi F, Ramirez J. Early administration of the first antimicrobials should be considered a marker of optimal care of patients with community-acquired pneumonia rather than a predictor of outcomes. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Mar 15. doi:pii: S1201-9712(13)00065-9. 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.09.021. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23507237.

  • Peyrani P, Ramirez J. What is the association of cardiovascular events with clinical failure in patients with community-acquired pneumonia? Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2013 Mar;27(1):205-10. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.11.010. PubMed PMID: 23398875.

  • Wiemken T, Kelley R, Ramirez J. Clinical scoring tools: which is best to predict clinical response and long-term outcomes? Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2013 Mar;27(1):33-48. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.11.015. Epub 2012 Dec 19. PubMed PMID: 23398864.

  • Bordon J, Aliberti S, Fernandez-Botran R, Uriarte SM, Rane MJ, Duvvuri P, Peyrani P, Morlacchi LC, Blasi F, Ramirez JA. Understanding the roles of cytokines and neutrophil activity and neutrophil apoptosis in the protective versus deleterious inflammatory response in pneumonia. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;17(2):e76-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.06.006. Epub 2012 Oct 12. PubMed PMID: 23069683.

  • Pasquale TR, Jabrocki B, Salstrom SJ, Wiemken TL, Peyrani P, Haque NZ, Scerpella EG, Ford KD, Zervos MJ, Ramirez JA, File TM Jr; IMPACT-HAP Study Group. Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients in the USA. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 31. doi:pii: S1201-9712(13)00015-5. 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.013. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23375542.

  • Ramirez JA. Clinical stability and switch therapy in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: are we there yet? Eur Respir J. 2013 Jan;41(1):5-6. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00093112. PubMed PMID: 23277515.

  • Camp JV, Chu YK, Chung DH, McAllister RC, Adcock RS, Gerlach RL, Wiemken TL, Peyrani P, Ramirez JA, Summersgill JT, Jonsson CB. Phenotypic Differences in Virulence and Immune Response in Closely Related Clinical Isolates of Influenza A 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Viruses in Mice. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56602. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056602. Epub 2013 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 23441208; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3575477.

  • Aliberti S, Zanaboni AM, Wiemken T, Nahas A, Uppatla S, Morlacchi LC, Peyrani P, Blasi F, Ramirez J. Criteria for clinical stability in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Eur Respir J. 2012 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23143544.

  • Wiemken T, Polgreen PM, McKinney WP, Ramirez J, Just E, Carrico R. Knowledge  sharing among healthcare infection preventionists: the impact of public health professionals in a rural state. BMC Res Notes. 2012 Jul 28;5:387. PubMed PMID: 22838734; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3586955.

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