Christian Ramers, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

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Christian Ramers, MD, MPH, AAHIVS

Medical Director, Laura Rodriguez Research Institute, FHCSD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, SDSU School of Public Health

Dr. Christian Ramers is the Chief of Population Health and Director of Graduate Medical Education at FHCSD, a large Federally Qualified Health Center system serving nearly 200,000 medically underserved individuals throughout San Diego County. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Addiction Medicine, and is particularly interested in HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV), and service of medically underserved, immigrant, and refugee populations. He co-chairs the California Chapter of the American Academy of HIV Medicine and has advocated for HIV/HCV care at the state legislative level. He has served as a consultant for Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-sponsored HIV/HBV/HCV educational projects in Asia and Africa. Since 2018, he has served as the Senior Clinical Advisor for the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Global Hepatitis Program, working to eliminate HBV and HCV in seven partner countries in Asia and Africa.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Ramers has taken on a leadership role in policy, laboratory, public health, research, and clinical response. He is a core member of FHCSD’s COVID-19 Response team, delivering biweekly updates to >200 clinicians and staff. At the regional level, he serves on the county laboratory testing and equity task forces and is a site Principal Investigator for the COVID-19 Prevention Network vaccine research group. He is a member of the national IDSA-CDC clinical call escalation volunteer group. Internationally, he facilitates a Spanish-language COVID-19 virtual community of practice for Latin America, and has presented at an international World Health Organization (WHO) AFRO region webinar on SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

See Dr. Ramer’s profile for details on publications and projects.