Kaitlin Ritter
Kaitlin Ritter
Clinical Assistant Professor Hs
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Education and Training:
- Trauma and Critical Care Fellowship, University of Colorado/Denver Health (2022)
- General Surgery Residency, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2020)
- MD, Drexel University College of Medicine (2014)
- BS, Biology, Muhlenberg College, Magna Cum Laude (2010)
Employment:
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center- Cleveland, Ohio (2022–2025)
Journal Articles:
- Tran AH, Ritter KA, Ho VP, Towe CW, Claridge JA, Kreiner L. (2025) Pneumonia and Dysphagia after Cervical Spine Trauma. Surgical infections (Aug), 26(6): 420-427.
- Kavanagh MD, Jain V, Rascoe AS, Ritter KA, Kelly ML, Vallier HA, Como JJ. (2023) Canal narrowing in adult patients with cervical spinal cord injury without computed tomography evidence of trauma. Clinical imaging (Jul), 99: 67-72.
- Forrester JD, Bukur M, Dvorak JE, Faliks B, Hindin D, Kartiko S, Kheirbek T, Lin L, Manasa M, Martin TJ, Miskimins R, Patel B, Pieracci FM, Ritter KA, Schubl SD, Tung J, Huston JM. (2022) Surgical Infection Society: Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Antibiotic Use during Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures to Reduce Risk of Implant Infection. Surgical infections (May), 23(4): 321-331.
- Ritter KA, Horne C, Nassar A, French JC, Prabhu AS, Lipman JM. (2020) Multidisciplinary Simulation Training Improves Surgical Resident Comfort With Airway Management. The Journal of surgical research (Aug), 252: 57-62.
- Ritter KA, Anand RJ, Beard K, Edelman DA, Huth L, Namm J, Hope W, Allen S, Joshi A, Hildreth A, Tu C, Seavey CN, Vilchez V, Lipman J. (2020) Impact of Surgery Program Characteristics on Fate of Non-designated Preliminary Surgery Interns. Journal of surgical education (Jan), 77(6): e11-e19.
- Ritter KA, Burke JP, Stocchi L, Aiello A, Holubar S, Ashburn JH, Lipman JM, Shawki S, Hull T. (2019) Postoperative Steroid Taper Is Associated With Pelvic Sepsis After Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis. Inflammatory bowel diseases (Jul), 25(8): 1383-1389.
- Ritter KA, Leifer D, Orabi D, Prabhu A, French J, Lipman JM. (2019) How We Do It: Creation of a Low-Cost Endoscopic Skills Model for Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Training. Journal of surgical education (Jan), 76(6): 1456-1459.
- French JC, Zolin SJ, Lampert E, Aiello A, Bencsath KP, Ritter KA, Strong AT, Lipman JM, Valente MA, Prabhu AS. (2019) Gender and Letters of Recommendation: A Linguistic Comparison of the Impact of Gender on General Surgery Residency Applicants?. Journal of surgical education (Jan), 76(4): 899-905.
- Sprayberry JD, Ritter KA, Riffell JA. (2013) The effect of olfactory exposure to non-insecticidal agrochemicals on bumblebee foraging behavior. PloS one (Jan), 8(10): e76273.
Professional Memberships:
- American College of Surgeon; FACS
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma