Kacy Alyne Ramirez, MD, FAAP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases

Kacy Alyne Ramirez, MD, FAAP
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- Streptococcus Pneumoniae
- Antifungal Agents
- Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children (MIS-C)
- Education
- BA, University of the Incarnate Word, 2001
- MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, 2007
- Residency
- Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2010
- Fellowship
- Pediatric Infectious Disease, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2013
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
- Memberships
- American Academy of Microbiology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Research
- Immunoglobulin, glucocorticoid, or combination therapy for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: a propensity-weighted cohort study. Channon-Wells S, Vito O, McArdle AJ, Seaby EG, Patel H, Shah P, Pazukhina E, Wilson C, Broderick C, D'Souza G, Keren I, Nijman RG, Tremoulet A, Munblit D, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Carter MJ, Ramnarayan P, De T, Hoggart C, Whittaker E, Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Cunnington AJ, Blyuss O, Levin M. Lancet Rheumatol. 2023 Apr; 5(4):e184-e199.
- Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. McArdle AJ, Vito O, Patel H, Seaby EG, Shah P, Wilson C, Broderick C, Nijman R, Tremoulet AH, Munblit D, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Carter MJ, De T, Hoggart C, Whittaker E, Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Cunnington AJ, Levin M. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jul; 385(1):11-22.
- Inherited GATA2 Deficiency Is Dominant by Haploinsufficiency and Displays Incomplete Clinical Penetrance. Oleaga-Quintas C, de Oliveira-Júnior EB, Rosain J, Rapaport F, Deswarte C, Guérin A, Sajjath SM, Zhou YJ, Marot S, Lozano C, Branco L, Fernández-Hidalgo N, Lew DB, Brunel AS, Thomas C, Launay E, Arias AA, Cuffel A, Monjo VC, Neehus AL, Marques L, Roynard M, Moncada-Vélez M, Gerçeker B, Colobran R, Vigué MG, Lopez-Herrera G, Berron-Ruiz L, Méndez NHS, O'Farrill Romanillos P, Le Voyer T, Puel A, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Ramirez KA, Lorenzo-Diaz L, Alejo NR, de Diego RP, Condino-Neto A, Mellouli F, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Witte T, Restrepo JF, Jobim M, Boisson-Dupuis S, Jeziorski E, Fieschi C, Vogt G, Donadieu J, Pasquet M, Vasconcelos J, Ardeniz FO, Martínez-Gallo M, Campos RA, Jobim LF, Martínez-Barricarte R, Liu K, Cobat A, Abel L, Casanova JL, Bustamante J. J Clin Immunol. 2021 Apr; 41(3):639-657.
- Co-existence of VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and KPC-2 and OXA-232-co-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the United States. Palavecino E, Ramirez K, Greene SR, Kilic A. Ann Lab Med. 2020 May; 40(3):267-269.
- Extrapulmonic presentation of tuberculosis: An atypical urogenital presentation of a common disease. Pagni M, Thompson M, Ramirez K, Koberlein G. . 2020 May; 15(5):596-601.