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Los Robles Health System
Disclosure(s): Eli Lilly: Grant/Research Support; PPD: Grant/Research Support
Ramesh Nathan, MD is an infectious diseases physician in a group private practice, located in Thousand Oaks, California. He graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC, as part of the Seven-Year Bachelor of Arts–Doctor of Medicine degree program. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the UCLA Multicampus program. He was awarded an IDSA Travel Grant for Excellence in Research for his work on elucidating the role of Beta-hemolytic Streptococci in causing diffuse, non culturable cellulitis. He received the designation of Fellow of the IDSA in April 2015.
In addition to his clinical duties practicing general inpatient and outpatient Infectious Diseases, he has served as a Vice Chief (two terms) and Chief of the Medical Staff at Los Robles Health System. He is currently serving as a medical director of infection prevention, hospital epidemiology, and antimicrobial stewardship for Adventist Health Simi Valley, as well as serving similar roles for Adventist Health Clear Lake and Adventist Health Mendocino Coast; the latter two facilities are via telemedicine in collaboration with Telemed2U. He directs the Sepsis Operational Committee for Los Robles Health System, and is the subspecialty Lead for Infectious Disease in the Internal Medicine Training Program at that facility.
He has maintained an active interest in OPAT, and collaborates with Healix Infusion Services for clinical research and practice management of his group's infusion center. As a result of this long standing collaboration, several abstracts have been submitted to IDWEEK over the past decade, as well as numerous publications. He also served as an investigator for the BLAZE-1 and ACTIV-2 trials.
His hobbies include Lakers basketball, Dodgers baseball, coaching youth basketball, reading (especially biographies), running, and trying new restaurants