Kathleen Therese Ryan Loker MD MPH

Summary

• Dr. Kathleen Ryan Loker is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist based in Milwaukee, WI. She completed her medical education at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health in 2005, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Michigan State University/ Kalamazoo Center for Medical Students (now Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine) from 2005 to 2009, and a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center from 2013 to 2016. She also obtained an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati during 2014-2016. Her professional experience includes working as a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at several institutions in San Diego from 2017 to 2020, and serving as a Locum Tenens at multiple institutions including Alaska Native Medical Center from 2009 to 2013. Dr. Ryan has contributed to the field with publications on community-acquired pneumonia in children and high rates of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-positive individuals, the latter of which has been cited 32 times.