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Pranita Tamma, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Baltimore, MD

Pranita D Tamma MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease•Baltimore, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

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  • Johns Hopkins Hospital600 North Wolfe StreetBaltimore, MD 21287

  • Phone+1 410-955-2727

  • Fax+1 410-500-4266

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Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2008 - 2011
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthM.H.S., 2011
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2004
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical School
    State University of New York Downstate Medical SchoolB.S., Summa Cum Laude, 2004

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2008 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Annual Faculty Teaching Award by Pediatric Residents Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2015
  • Top Pediatric Infectious Diseases Doctor Baltimore Magazine, 2013
  • Young Investigator’s Project Finalist Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with Antibiotic Use and Hospital-Onset Clostridioides Difficile Infection Rates Among US Hospitals  
    Pranita D Tamma, Al Roy Ahn, Sara E Cosgrove, JAMA Network Open
  • Integrating Bedside Nurses into Antibiotic Stewardship: A Practical Approach  
    Pranita D Tamma, Sara E Cosgrove, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • How Frequently Are Hospitalized Patients Colonized with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Already on Contact Precautions for Other Indications?  
    Pranita D Tamma, Sara E Cosgrove, Clare Rock, Lisa L Maragakis, Aaron M Milstone, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Books/Book Chapters

  • Practical Healthcare Epidemiology 
    Chapter: Detecting and Limiting the Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens. 
    Tamma PD2016
  • The Harriet Lane Handbook 
    Chapter: Chapter 17: Microbiology and Infectious Disease 
    Tamma PDLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 20th,2014
  • Oski’s Pediatric Certification and Recertification Board Review: Infectious Diseases 
    Tamma PDLippincott Williams & Wilkins2011

Lectures

  • Evaluating the Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions 
    Cali, Colombia - 1/1/2016
  • The Use of Non-carbapenem Beta-lactams for the Treatment of ESBL Infections 
    New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2016
  • Double Coverage for Gram-Negative Infections: Why we do not need it. 
    New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2016

Press Mentions

  • Commemorating 5 Years of Community-Based COVID Clinic Services
    Commemorating 5 Years of Community-Based COVID Clinic ServicesJuly 16th, 2025
  • What New Antibiotics Are Coming Soon Down the Pipeline?
    What New Antibiotics Are Coming Soon Down the Pipeline?June 2nd, 2025
  • Extended-Infusion Antibiotics Tied to Reduced Mortality from Bloodstream Infections
    Extended-Infusion Antibiotics Tied to Reduced Mortality from Bloodstream InfectionsJuly 4th, 2024

Other Languages

  • Spanish

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