Barbara Ritschel M.D.

Education

Board Certified in Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology

Biography

CAPT (Ret) Ritschel served in the US Navy as an active-duty pathologist. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical pathology and has held numerous leadership positions in her career. Dr. Ritschel is a leader in pathology education and is Deputy Editor of Academic Pathology. At the Uniformed Services University she developed the educational architecture of the Fundamentals Module of the pre-clerkship curriculum. Her research projects focus on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and radioprotection.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

2013-Present Professor, Department of Pathology, Secondary Appointment: Professor, Emerging Infectious Disease

2011-Present Staff Pathologist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD

2016 Association of Pathology Chairs, Undergraduate Medical Education Council: Chair-Elect

2017 Carol John’s Medal recipient

2014 Faculty Development Certificate of Advanced Expertise in Medical Education

2013 Innovation in Education, Award Winner

2012 F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine Annual Faculty Teaching Award

2012 Alpha Omega Alpha, Member

2016 Associate Editor for the journal Academic Pathology

2011-2014 Module Director for Fundamentals Module and Council of Module Directors, Member: Integrated the basic sciences and clinical sciences in the first module of the new (2011) curriculum and designed the assessment, remediation, and laboratory integration for the curriculum.

Representative Bibliography

Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Regula, D, Borowitz, M., Conran, R., Prystowsky, M.; Pathology Competencies for Medical Education and Educational Cases. Academic Pathology, Vol 4

Paridhi Gupta, Anuj Sharma, Jing Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, Raj K Puri and Radha K Maheshwari. Differential host gene responses from infection with neurovirulent and partially-neurovirulent Han, Amy Yang, Manish Bhomia, strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. MAR 72017 BMJ INFD-D-16-00222R1

Gayen, M., Gupta, P., Morazzani, E., Gaidaakova, E, Knollmann- Ritschel, B., Daly, M., Glass, P., Maheshwari, R. Dienococcus Mn2+ Peptide Complex: A Noval Approach to Alphavirus Vaccine Development. Vaccine Ms. Ref. No.: JVAC-D-16-01956

Kiang, J., Smith, J., Anderson, M., Elliott, T., Gupta, P., Balakathiresan, N., Maheshwari, R., Knollmann-Ritschel, B.; Hemorrhage Enhances Cytokine, Complement Component 3, and Caspas-3, and Regulates MiRNAs Associated with Intestinal Damage after Whole-body Gamma-Irradiation. PLoS ONE, Vol 12(9): e0184393

Knollmann-Ritschel, B, Suarez, E, Gilliland, W, Pock, A. Pathology Course Director Perspectives of a Recent LCME Experience: Preparation in an Integrated Curriculum with the Revised Standards, Academic Pathology, Jan 2017, Vol 4:1-7 DOI:10.1177/2374289516687070

Raghavendar Chandran, Sharma, A., Bhomia, M., Balakathiresan, N., Knollmann-Ritschel, BE., Maheshwari, R.: Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in the Brains of Mice Subjected to Increasing Grade of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Brain Injury 2017, 31-1: 106-119 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1213420

Gupta P, Gayen M, Smith JT, Gaidamakova EK, Matrosova VY, Grichenko O, Knollmann-Ritschel B, Daly MJ, Kiang JG, Maheshwari RK.MDP: A Dienococcus Mn2+ Decapeptide Complex Protects Mice from Ionizing Radiation. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):e0160575. doi: 10.1371

Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Durning, S.; Using Concept Maps in a Modified Team-Based Learning Exercise; AMSUS March 2014, Special Edition

Sadofsky, M., Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Conran, R., Prystowsky, M.; National Standards in Pathology Education: Developing Competencies for Integrated Medical School Curricula; Arch Path Lab Med, Vol 138, Mar 2014: 328-332.

Chopra, N., Yang, T., Asghari, P., Moore, E., Huke, S., Akin, B., Cattolica, R., Perez, CF., Hlaing, T., Knollmann-Ritschel, B., Jones, L., Pessah, I., Allen, P., Franzini-Armstrong, C., Knollmann, B., Ablation of triadi causes loss of cardic Ca2+ release units, impaired excitation-contraction coupling, and cardiac arrhythmias. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 5;106(18):7636-41.