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Richard L. Oehler

Richard L. Oehler, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Director of Clinical Education, Division of Infectious Disease

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

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Education

  • Fellowship, Infectious Disease, University of South Florida, Division of Infectious Disease, 1997
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals Program, 1995
  • MD, University of South Florida, 1992

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

  • Yacoub A, Jones L, Oehler RL, Greene J. Human Bite Injuries: More Than Meets the Eye Inf Dis Clin Pract. , 2013.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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, 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, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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)