AlexandraMarieOsterMD

Internal Medicine • Atlanta, GA

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Office
1600 Clifton Rd Ne
Ms E92
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone+1 404-498-6110
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Summary

Dr. Alexandra Oster, MD is a board certified internist in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Georgia and California. She is affiliated with Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2007 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

11 citations
Response to a Large HIV Outbreak, Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018-2019.
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20 citations
HIV Cluster and Outbreak Detection and Response: The Science and Experience.
Alexandra M. Oster, R. Paul McClung, Meg Watson, Nivedha Panneer, Angela L. Hernandez, Kate Buchacz, Susan Robilotto, Kathryn G. Curran, Rashida Hassan, M. Cheryl Bañe...> ;American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
3 citations
Brief Report: HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs by the Urban-Rural Classification-United States, 2010-2018.
Tianchi Zhang, Alexandra M. Oster> ;Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2021 Nov 1
2 citations
The CDC HIV Outbreak Coordination Unit: Developing a Standardized, Collaborative Approach to HIV Outbreak Assessment and Response.
Alexandra M. Oster, Robert P. McClung, Kate Buchacz, Philip J. Peters, Paul J. Weidle, William M. Switzer, Stanley A. Phillip, John T. Brooks, Angela L. Hernandez> ;Public Health Reports. 2021 May 28
1 citations
Demographic, clinical, and epidemiologic characteristics of persons under investigation for Coronavirus Disease 2019-United States, January 17-February 29, 2020.
Olivia L McGovern, Mark R. Stenger, Sara E. Oliver, Tara C. Anderson, Cheryl Isenhour, Matthew R. Mauldin, Nia Williams, Eric P. Griggs, Tonny Bogere, Chris Edens, Aar...> ;Plos One. 2021 Apr 15
15 citations
Increasing Capacity to Detect Clusters of Rapid HIV Transmission in Varied Populations-United States.
Alexandra M. Oster, Nivedha Panneer, R. Paul McClung, Meg Watson, Neeraja Saduvala, M. Cheryl Bañez Ocfemia, Laurie Linley, William M. Switzer, Joel O. Wertheim, Ellsw...> ;Viruses. 2021 Mar 30
5 citations
Progression and transmission of HIV (PATH 4.0)-A new agent-based evolving network simulation for modeling HIV transmission clusters.
Sonza Singh, Yao-Hsuan Chen, Paul G. Farnham, Alexandra M. Oster, Chaitra Gopalappa> ;Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 2021 Mar 1
9 citations
Expansion of Preexposure Prophylaxis Capacity in Response to an HIV Outbreak Among People Who Inject Drugs—Cabell County, West Virginia, 2019:
Nathan W. Furukawa, Mathew Weimer, Kara Willenburg, Michael E. Kilkenny, Amy D Atkins, R. Paul McClung, Zachary Hansen, Kathleen Napier, Senad Handanagic, Neal Carnes,...> ;Public Health Reports. 2021 Mar 1
92 citations
Epidemiology of HIV in the USA: epidemic burden, inequities, contexts, and responses
Patrick S. Sullivan, Anna Satcher Johnson, Elizabeth Pembleton, Rob Stephenson, Amy C. Justice, Keri N. Althoff, Heather Bradley, Amanda D. Castel, Alexandra M. Oster,...> ;Lancet. 2021 Mar 20
8 citations
Geographic Distribution of HIV Transmission Networks in the United States.
Amy R Board, Alexandra M. Oster, Ruiguang Song, Zanetta Gant, Laurie Linley, Meg Watson, Tianchi Zhang> ;Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2020 Nov 1
106 citations
Association Between Social Vulnerability and a County's Risk for Becoming a COVID-19 Hotspot - United States, June 1-July 25, 2020.
Sharoda Dasgupta, Virginia B. Bowen, Andrew J. Leidner, Kelly Fletcher, Trieste Musial, Charles E. Rose, Amy E Cha, Gloria J. Kang, Emilio Dirlikov, Eric Pevzner, Dale...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Oct 23
46 citations
Transmission Dynamics by Age Group in COVID-19 Hotspot Counties - United States, April-September 2020.
Alexandra M. Oster, Elise Caruso, Jourdan DeVies, Kathleen P. Hartnett, Tegan K. Boehmer> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Oct 16
11 citations
CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response - United States, January 21-July 25, 2020.
Emilio Dirlikov, Ethan D. Fechter-Leggett, Stacy L Thorne, Caitlin M Worrell, Jennifer C Smith-Grant, Jonathan Chang, Alexandra M. Oster, Adam Bjork, Stanley Young, Al...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Oct 2
70 citations
Responding to Outbreaks of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Among Persons Who Inject Drugs-United States, 2016-2019: Perspectives on Recent Experience and Lessons Learned
Kate Buchacz, R. Paul McClung, Alice Asher, Alexandra M. Oster> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Sep 2
56 citations
Trends in Number and Distribution of COVID-19 Hotspot Counties - United States, March 8-July 15, 2020.
Alexandra M. Oster, Gloria J. Kang, Amy E Cha, Vladislav Beresovsky, Charles E. Rose, Gabriel Rainisch, Laura Porter, Eduardo E. Valverde, Elisha B Peterson, Anne K Dr...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Aug 21
15 citations
Incident infection in high-priority HIV molecular transmission clusters in the United States.
Joel O. Wertheim, Nivedha Panneer, Neeraja Saduvala, Alexandra M. Oster> ;AIDS. 2020 Jul 1
3 citations
Brief Report: Temporal Changes in HIV Transmission Patterns Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men, United States, 2009-2016.
Nivedha Panneer, Y. Omar Whiteside, Tianchi Zhang, Joel O. Wertheim, Alexandra M. Oster> ;Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2020 May 1
27 citations
Notes from the Field : Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018–2019
Amy Atkins, R. Paul McClung, Michael E. Kilkenny, Kyle T. Bernstein, Kara Willenburg, Anita Edwards, Sheryl B. Lyss, Erica D. Thomasson, Nivedha Panneer, Nathan Kirk, ...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Apr 24
Investigation of Presumptive HIV Transmission Associated with Hospitalization Using Nucleotide Sequence Analysis - New York, 2017.
Bridget J. Anderson, Ernest J. Clement, Randall Collura, Abigail Gallucci, Emily Westheimer, Sarah L. Braunstein, Karen Southwick, Eleanor Adams, Emily Lutterloh, Char...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Mar 13
98 citations
Persons Evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus - United States, January 2020.
Kristina L Bajema, Alexandra M. Oster, Olivia L McGovern, Stephen Lindstrom, Mark R. Stenger, Tara C. Anderson, Cheryl Isenhour, Kevin R. Clarke, Mary Evans, Victoria ...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Feb 14
17 citations
Natural selection favoring more transmissible HIV detected in United States molecular transmission network
Joel O. Wertheim, Alexandra M. Oster, William M. Switzer, Chenhua Zhang, Nivedha Panneer, Ellsworth M. Campbell, Neeraja Saduvala, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Walid Heneine> ;Nature Communications. 2019 Dec 19
22 citations
Characteristics of and Trends in HIV Diagnoses in the Deep South Region of the United States, 2012–2017
Meg Watson, Shacara D. Johnson, Tianchi Zhang, Alexandra M. Oster> ;AIDS and Behavior. 2019 Oct 1
12 citations
HIV Diagnoses and Viral Suppression Among US Women in Rural and Nonrural Areas, 2010-2017.
Ndidi Nwangwu-Ike, Neeraja Saduvala, Meg Watson, Nivedha Panneer, Alexandra M. Oster> ;The Journal of Rural Health. 2020 Mar 1
10 citations
Novel Method for Rapid Detection of Spatiotemporal HIV Clusters Potentially Warranting Intervention
Arthur G. Fitzmaurice, Laurie Linley, Chenhua Zhang, Meg Watson, Alexandra M. Oster> ;Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2019 May 1
7 citations
Diversity and characterization of HIV-1 subtypes in the United States, 2008-2016.
Richard Kline, Neeraja Saduvala, Tianchi Zhang, Alexandra M. Oster> ;Annals of Epidemiology. 2019 Mar 6
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Press Mentions

Genetic Data Boost HIV Surveillance EffortsApril 3rd, 2019
CDC Explains and Defends Molecular Surveillance SystemMarch 18th, 2019

Hospital Affiliations

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical CenterDecatur, Georgia