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Profile

Ramzy Rimawi MD

  • Department of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • ramzyrimawi@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Ramzy Rimawi completed his undergraduate education in 2003 at the State University at Stony Brook. He then earned his MD from Ross University School of Medicine in 2007. From 2008 through 2011, he trained in Internal Medicine at NYU Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. After residency, he completed his clinical and research training in Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) School of Medicine. In 2014, he joined the Emory School of Medicine faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the division of Pulmonary, Sleep, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine.

With a background in Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Rimawis research career has principally focused on nosocomial infections, antibiotic stewardship, and infection control primarily in the ICU. His clinical duties are at Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown, where he is dedicated to teaching students, residents, fellows and affiliate providers in the medical and-surgical ICUs. He is also involved in the electronic-ICU.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Ross University
  • MD from East Carolina University

Research

Publications

  • Empiric Antibiotics in COVID-19 Patients: To Give or Not to Give.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 51 Page(s): 1267 - 1269
    09/01/2023 Authors: Rimawi RH; Almuti AK
  • Severe Clostridioides difficile Infection in the Intensive Care Unit-Medical and Surgical Management.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am Volume: 36 Page(s): 889 - 895
    12/01/2022 Authors: Rimawi RH; Busby S; Greene WR
  • Sepsis: The Gift That Keeps Giving.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 689 - 691
    04/01/2022 Authors: Rimawi RH; Jacob JT
  • The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Impacts Burnout Syndrome Differently Among Multiprofessional Critical Care Clinicians-A Longitudinal Survey Study.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 440 - 448
    03/01/2022 Authors: Moll V; Meissen H; Pappas S; Xu K; Rimawi R; Buchman TG; Fisher L; Bakshi V; Zellinger M; Coopersmith CM
  • Trends in ICU Mortality From Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Tale of Three Surges.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 245 - 255
    02/01/2022 Authors: Auld SC; Harrington KRV; Adelman MW; Robichaux CJ; Overton EC; Caridi-Scheible M; Coopersmith CM; Murphy DJ; Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative
  • ANAEROBIC COVERAGE FOR ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA: IT'S TIME TO STOP
    Volume: 49 Page(s): 323 - 323
    01/01/2021 Authors: Rimawi R
  • Using the Surviving Sepsis Coronavirus Disease 2019 Guidelines-Anything New Yet?
    Crit Care Explor Volume: 2 Page(s): e0099
    04/01/2020 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Improving Evidence-Based Medical Care in Developing Countries.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 46 Page(s): 1380 - 1381
    08/01/2018 Authors: Rimawi RH; Kalaji W
  • Can a Multicenter Pneumonia Zero Bundle Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias?
    Crit Care Med Volume: 46 Page(s): 324 - 325
    02/01/2018 Authors: Rimawi RH; Murphy DJ
  • ASSESSING CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS FOR BURNOUT SYNDROME IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CRITICAL CARE CENTER
    Volume: 46 Page(s): 571 - 571
    01/01/2018 Authors: Bakshi V; Zellinger M; Rimawi R; Brown C; Carpenter D; Gregg S
  • TIME MATTERS: CENTRALIZED VERSUS DECENTRALIZED BLOOD CULTURE COLLECTION IN THE ICU
    Volume: 46 Page(s): 701 - 701
    01/01/2018 Authors: Rimawi R; Boyd L; Ponder C; Sterling M
  • Can a collaborative subspecialty antimicrobial stewardship intervention have lasting effects?
    Infection Volume: 45 Page(s): 645 - 649
    10/01/2017 Authors: Shah KB; Rimawi RH; Mazer MA; Cook PP
  • Bad Response or Bad Luck? A New Versus Recrudescent Sepsis Readmission.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 45 Page(s): 1788 - 1789
    10/01/2017 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Distinguishing Pneumonia From Pneumonitis to Safely Discontinue Antibiotics.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 45 Page(s): 1408 - 1409
    08/01/2017 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Filtering authentic sepsis arising in the ICU using administrative codes coupled to a SIRS screening protocol.
    J Crit Care Volume: 39 Page(s): 220 - 224
    06/01/2017 Authors: Sudduth CL; Overton EC; Lyu PF; Rimawi RH; Buchman TG
  • Precision Medicine for Critical Illness and Injury.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 1635 - 1638
    09/01/2016 Authors: Buchman TG; Billiar TR; Elster E; Kirk AD; Rimawi RH; Vodovotz Y; Zehnbauer BA
  • Can a Lack of Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Rectal Carriage Help Avoid Carbapenem Prescription?
    Crit Care Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 848 - 849
    04/01/2016 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Just Say "Stop": Avoiding Prolonged Empiric Antibiotics.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 2675 - 2676
    12/01/2015 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Hunting for tularaemia - a review of cases in North Carolina.
    Zoonoses Public Health Volume: 62 Page(s): 159 - 164
    05/01/2015 Authors: Rimawi RH; Shah KB; Chowdhary RA; Cook PP
  • Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis.
    Case Reports Hepatol Volume: 2015 Page(s): 463825
    01/01/2015 Authors: Rimawi BH; Meserve J; Rimawi RH; Min Z; Gnann JW
  • Correlation between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal sampling and S. aureus pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Volume: 35 Page(s): 590 - 593
    05/01/2014 Authors: Rimawi RH; Ramsey KM; Shah KB; Cook PP
  • The authors reply.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 42 Page(s): e310
    04/01/2014 Authors: Rimawi RH; Cook PP; Mazer MA
  • Expanding the pool of healthcare providers to perform penicillin skin testing in the ICU.
    Intensive Care Med Volume: 40 Page(s): 462 - 463
    03/01/2014 Authors: Rimawi RH; Mazer MA
  • Pediatric HIV Long-Term Nonprogressors.
    Case Rep Infect Dis Volume: 2014 Page(s): 752312
    01/01/2014 Authors: Rimawi BH; Rimawi RH; Micallef M; Pinckney L; Fowler SL; Dixon TC
  • A case of anaphylaxis after a proven penicillin tolerance.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 9 Page(s): 71
    01/01/2014 Authors: Rimawi RH
  • Risk of redocumenting penicillin allergy in a cohort of patients with negative penicillin skin tests.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 8 Page(s): 615 - 618
    11/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Shah KB; Cook PP
  • A case of Exophiala oligosperma successfully treated with voriconazole.
    Med Mycol Case Rep Volume: 2 Page(s): 144 - 147
    09/08/2013 Authors: Rimawi BH; Rimawi RH; Mirdamadi M; Steed LL; Marchell R; Sutton DA; Thompson EH; Wiederhold NP; Lindner JR; Boger MS
  • Impact of regular collaboration between infectious diseases and critical care practitioners on antimicrobial utilization and patient outcome.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 41 Page(s): 2099 - 2107
    09/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Mazer MA; Siraj DS; Gooch M; Cook PP
  • Ceftaroline - a cause for neutropenia.
    J Clin Pharm Ther Volume: 38 Page(s): 330 - 332
    08/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Frenkel A; Cook PP
  • The impact of penicillin skin testing on clinical practice and antimicrobial stewardship.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 8 Page(s): 341 - 345
    06/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Cook PP; Gooch M; Kabchi B; Ashraf MS; Rimawi BH; Gebregziabher M; Siraj DS
  • Use of voriconazole for the treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus cutaneous infections: case presentation and review of published literature.
    Mycopathologia Volume: 175 Page(s): 345 - 349
    04/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Carter Y; Ware T; Christie J; Siraj D
  • Medical care of pregnant women in eastern North Carolina with human immunodeficiency virus.
    South Med J Volume: 106 Page(s): 196 - 200
    03/01/2013 Authors: Pokharel S; Rimawi RH; Siraj D
  • The Impact Of Daily Collaboration Between Critical Care And Infectious Disease Specialists On Adherence To Guidelines And Antibiotic Use In The Medical Intensive Care Unit
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 187
    01/01/2013 Authors: Rimawi RH; Mazer M; Siraj D; Ashraf M; Fang X; Kabchi B; Frenkel A; Cook PP
  • The Clinical Benefit Of Penicillin Skin Testing In The Medical Intensive Care Unit
    Volume: 187
    01/01/2013 Authors: Kabchi B; Rimawi RH; Gooch M; Ashraf MS; Cook PP; Gebregziabher M; Siraj DS
  • Malignant pleural effusions in lymphoproliferative disorders
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA Volume: 46 Page(s): 1039 - 1044
    07/01/2005 Authors: Ahmed S; Shahid RK; Rimawi R; Siddiqui AK; Rossoff L; Sison CP; Steinberg H; Rai KR
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