Joan Ritter MD

Education

BA, History, Georgetown University
MD, Georgetown University
Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

Biography

Dr. Joan Ritter received her undergraduate degree in History from Georgetown University and her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine on an HPSP scholarship. She did her Internal Medicine training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), followed by a chief resident year at WRAMC. Dr. Ritter served as a staff internist at Moncrief Army Community Hospital at Ft. Jacson, SC and then completed her military service back at WRAMC. After a brief time off, she rejoined WRAMC as a civilian and has thoroughly enjoyed clinical care and UME/GME teaching in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Since 2000, she has served as a volunteer provider at the Arlington Free Clinic and has served as medical director there since 2010.

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

Chief Resident, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1993-1994

Staff Internist, Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Ft. Jackson, SC, 1994-1996

Medical Director, Arlington Free Clinic, Arlington VA, 2010-present

Assistant Service Chief, Internal Medicine, 2017-2020 and Service Chief, Internal Medicine 2020-2023, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program, WRNMMC

AOA Medical Honor Society, 1990

James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Medicine, USUHS, 1997, 2009 and 2016

March of Dimes Heroine of Washington in Healthcare, 2014

Volunteerism and Community Service Award, DC Chapter, ACP, 2016

Medical Society of Virginia Award for Service to the Uninsured & Underserved, 2020

Representative Bibliography

O’Malley P, Arnold M, Kelley C, Spacek L, Buelt A, Natarajan S, Donahue M, Vagichev E, Ballard-Hernandez J, Logan A, Thomas L, Ritter J, Neubauer B, Downs, J. Management of Dyslipidemia for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Synopsis of the 2020 Updated U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2020; 173 (10): 822-830.

LaRochelle J, Durning S, Gilliland W, Henry J, Ottolini M, Reamy B, Ritter J, Dorrance K. Developing the Next Generation of Physicians. Mil Med. 2018; 183(11):225-232.

Happel J, Ritter J, Neubauer B. Optimizing the Balance between Supervision and Autonomy in Training. JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(7):959-960.

Fitzgerald A, Duboyce R, Cooper B, Omori D, Ritter J, O’Malley P. Reproductive Challenges Facing US Military Female Soldiers in a War-Ready Culture. Mil Med. 2013 May;178(5):511-6

Baxi N, Jackson JL, Ritter J, Sessums L. How Well Do the Framingham Risk Factors Correlate with Diagnoses of Ischemic Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease in a Military Cohort? Mil Med. 2011 Apr;176(4):408-13.