Richard L. Oehler, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Director of Clinical Education, Division of Infectious Disease

Co-Creator, Editor-In-Chief & Webmaster, IDPodcasts Platforms

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine

Contact Info

• 13,000 Bruce B Downs Blvd
  #111J
  Tampa FL 33612
• Academic Email: Richard.oehler@va.gov
• Academic Phone: (813) 974-2271
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Education

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

• Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease

Research Interests

• See CV for up to date description

Awards/Honors

• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2021)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2020)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2019)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2018)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2017)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2016)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2015)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2014)
• Innovation in Teaching Award (USF Health, Morsani College of Medicine - 2013)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, 2011 - 2013)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2012)
• Best Doctors List (Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - 2011)
• 2006-7 Silver Service Award (USF Health - 2007)

Memberships

• Fellow (Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2007 - Present)
• Member (HIV Medicine Association, 2005 - Present)
• Fellow (American College of Physicians, 2001 - Present)
• Diplomate (American Board of Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease, 1997 - Present)
• Diplomate (American Board of Internal Medicine, 1995 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Oehler RL, Vega V Conquering COVID: How Global Vaccine Inequality Risks Prolonging the Pandemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(10), Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab443. , 2021.
• Oehler RL Gompf S. Shortcomings in the US Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: Potential Risks Associated with International Manufacturing and Trade-related Tariffs JAMA. 324(2) , 2020.
• Oehler R. On Measles, Vaccination, Social Media Activism, and How to Win Back Our Role as our Patient’s Best Advocates Clin Inf Dis. 70(2) : 338-340, 2020.
• Oehler RL, Katzman JH, Kraitman N, Vega-Rodriguez V, Toney JF. Sticks and Bones: Traumatic phaeohyphomycosis .presenting as an epidural scalp abscess and cranial osteomyelitis Med Mycol Case Rep. 24: 75-77, 2019.
• Vega V, Oehler R. Mycobacterium abscessus Soft Tissue Disease of the Abdominal Wall: Case Report and Review of the Literature Inf Dis Clin Pract (Published ahead of print). 26(5) : 258-63, 2018.
• Oehler R. Isolated Pulmonary Cryptococcus in Hepatic Transplantation: Case Report and Review of Literature Inf Dis Clin Pract. 23(1) : 16-20, 2015.
• Yacoub A, Jones L, Oehler RL, Greene J. Human Bite Injuries: More Than Meets the Eye Inf Dis Clin Pract. , 2013.
• Quilitz RE, Jani NK, Velez AP, Sandin RL, Oehler RL, Greene JN. Vancomycin and Daptomyvin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium Bacteremia and Colonization in Leukemic Patients with Prolonged Neutropenia Inf Dis Clin Pract. , 2013.
• Maroun E, Chakrabarti A, Baker M, Chanchi D, Oehler R, Greene G. Pyogenic Liver Abscess due to Fusobacterium Mimicking Metastatic Liver Malignancy Inf Dis Clin Pract. 5(20) : 359-361, 2012.
• Oehler RL. The Use of Social Media in the Practice of Infectious Diseases Inf Dis Clin Pract. 6(20) : 370-375, 2012.
• Riveira R, Cheema A, Mai J, Oehler RL, et al. Curtobacterium Brain Abscess: A Case Report Inf Dis Clin Pract. 4(20) : e17-19, 2012.
• Oehler RL. A Textbook Case: Making the Transition to the Online Universe. American J of Med (Blog),. : http://amjmed.blogspot.com/2011/03/textbook-case-making-transition-to.html, 2011.
• Ostendorf BN, Oehler RL, Greene JN. Human Staphylococcus intermedius Infection in a Patient with Postradiation Changes Inf Dis Clin Pract. 6(19) : 426-7, 2011.
• Oehler RL, Smith K, Toney JF. Infectious diseases resources for the iPhone. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 50(9) : 1268-74, 2010.
• Dunn YP, Oehler RL. Syncope from an Unusual Cause: Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Fed Pract. (27) : 26-28, 30-31, 2010.
• Velez M Casanas B Greene JN Morey J Mastroianni D Oehler R. Pasteurella Multocida Infections in Cancer Patients. Asian Biomed. 4(3) : 449-55, 2010.
• Oehler RL, Smith K, Toney J. Surfing the Web: Infectious Diseases Resources for the iPhone Clin Infect Dis. 50(1) : 1268-74, 2010.
• Oehler RL, Velez AP, Mizrachi M, Lamarche J, Gompf S. Bite-related and septic syndromes caused by cats and dogs. The Lancet infectious diseases. 9(7) : 439-47, 2009.
• Oehler RL, Velez AP, Lamarche J, Mizrachi M. Down Boy! Infectious Diseases Spread by Cats and Dogs Inf Dis Clin Pract. (17) : 298-305, 2009.
• Oehler RL, Dunn YP. Necrotizing Fasciitis and Severe CA-MRSA Septicemia Infect Med. 11(25) : 30-32, 2008.
• Chandler A, Oehler RL. Not Monkeyshines: Management of Primate Associated Bite Exposure Inf Dis Clin Pract. (16) : 314-17, 2008.
• Burdette SD, Herchline TE, Oehler R. Surfing the web: practicing medicine in a technological age: using smartphones in clinical practice. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 47(1) : 117-22, 2008.
• Maldonado A, Oehler RL. An HIV-infected patient with fever, pancytopenia, and renal failure: is this end-stage AIDS? The AIDS reader. 18(4) : 214-6, 2008.

Positions Held

• Associate Professor (Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida 2007 - 2017)
• Assistant Professor (Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, University of South Florida 2002 - 2008)