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Dr Rita Ritsema

Rita L. Ritsema, M.D.

Gastroenterology

Specialties:
  • Gastroenterology
    Board Certified in 1986

    Internal Medicine
    Board Certified in 1989
Location:

Bryn Mawr Medical Arts Pavilion
825 Old Lancaster Road
Suite 340
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Phone: (610) 525-9570
Fax: (610) 527-8805


Rita L. Ritsema, M.D.

Gastroenterology

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Internship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Affiliations:

  • Bryn Mawr Hospital
  • Lankenau Hospital
  • Paoli Hospital
  • BMMSA Endoscopy Center

Society and Memberships

American College of Physicians; 1989

American Gastroenterological Association; 1987

Teaching and Research:

Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. July 1,1986 to July 1,1987

Undergraduate Distinction Work in Biology (Comparative Endocrinology)
Boston University: Sept 1,1977 to May 20,1979
Advisor: Ian P. Callard, PhD.

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Program
Boston University: August 15,1978
“Evolution of Hormonal Control of Vertebrate Reproduction” ( Dr. Ian P. Callard, Advisor)

Laboratory for Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA: June 1,1979 to Sept 1,1980
Advisor: Robert E. Carraway, PhD

Publications:

Carraway, R.E., Ruane, S.E., Ritsema, R.L. “Radioimmunoassay For Lys8, Asn9,Neuotensin 8-13: Tissue and Subcelluar Distribution of Immunoreactivity in Chickens.” (Submitted to the Journal of Biological Chemistry, June, 1982).

Gastroenterology
  • Levitt, Robert E., M.D.
  • Atkins, Robert R., M.D.
  • Collazzo, Jack A., M.D.
  • Retig, Jeffrey N., M.D.
  • Nguyen, Toan (Tom) T., M.D.
  • McKenna, Thomas John, M.D.
  • Springer, Michelle C., D.O.
  • Ritsema, Rita L., M.D.
  • Costa, Nicole, C.R.N.P.
Diet Plans:
  • Meditterranean Diet
  • TLC diet for high cholesterol
  • DASH diet for hypertension
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