Ritu BanerjeeDr. Ritu Banerjee is Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is the Director of the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Interim Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Vnderbilt. She received her MD and Ph.D degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and then completed Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.She is a member of many national committees through the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Dr. Banerjee conducts clinical research about antibiotic stewardship, implementation and outcomes of rapid blood culture diagnostics, and enhanced detection of carbapenem-resistant organisms.
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