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ANTHONY J. RICKETTI, M.D., FAAAAI, FACAI, FCCP

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology


PictureDr. Anthony J. Ricketti
Dr. Ricketti was graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He received in Doctor of Medicine degree from Hahnemann Medical College and completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He served as a Fellow in Allergy & Immunology in addition to Pulmonary Medicine at Northwestern University School of Medicine.

He presently holds the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Seton Hall University, School of Graduate Medical Education and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson/Rutgers University School of Medicine. Dr. Ricketti is a four-time recipient of the Best Attending Teacher award as selected by the Internal Medicine residents of the St. Francis Medical Center/Seton Hall University, School of Graduate Medical Education program.

Dr. Ricketti holds current certification with the National Board of Medical Examiners American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Allergy & Immunology, American Board of Pulmonary Medicine, and American Board of Critical Care.

He is an active member of the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Mercer County Medical Society, Medical Society of New Jersey, New Jersey Thoracic Society, New Jersey Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Pennsylvania Allergy & Asthma Association.

Dr. Ricketti has been awarded the title of "
New York Metro Area Top Doctor" yearly for the past 19 Years - Selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.


UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:                   
Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Bachelor of Science (Biology), Awarded: 1974 (Magna Cum Laude)  
National Premedical Society

GRADUATE EDUCATION:                   
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Doctor of Medicine, Awarded: 1978
Honors: Nephrology & Clinical Therapeutics

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:                     
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Internship & Residency in Internal Medicine (1978-1980)
Senior Medical Resident (1980-1981)
                                    
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship, Allergy & Immunology (1981-1983)
Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine (1982-1984)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:            
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Seton Hall University, School of Graduate Medical Education
South Orange, New Jersey
                                     
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson/Rutgers University School of Medicine
New Brunswick, New Jersey

CERTIFICATIONS:             
National Board of Medical Examiners (1981-present)
American Board of Internal Medicine (1981-present)
American Board of Allergy & Immunology (1983-present)
American Board of Pulmonary Medicine (1986-present)
American Board of Critical Care (1989-present)

CURRENT POSITIONS:       
Mercer Allergy & Pulmonary Associates, LLC, Trenton, New Jersey (2014-present)

Chief, Section of Allergy & Immunology (1989-present)
Director of Respiratory Care (1986-present)
St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey

PAST POSITIONS:
Allergy & Pulmonary Associates, PA, Trenton, New Jersey (1990-2014)          
Chair, Department of Medicine (1998-2013)
St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey
     
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency (2006-2013)
Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education
St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey
Hopewell Valley Medical Associates, Pennington, New Jersey (1983-1990)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:             
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Premedical Honor Society
American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American Thoracic Society
Mercer County Medical Society
Medical Society of New Jersey
New Jersey Thoracic Society
New Jersey Society of Critical Care Medicine
Pennsylvania Allergy & Asthma Association  

HONORS:                       
Best Attending Teacher: 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1993-1994

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:                       
Past President, Mercer County Medical Society (1995)
Public Health Committee, Medical Society of New Jersey
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Manuscript Reviewer, Allergy & Asthma Proceedings

PUBLICATIONS:               
Patterson R, Greenberger PA, Ricketti AJ, Roberts M: A Radioimmunoassay Index for AllergicBronchoscopy Aspergillosis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1983; 99:13-21.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Patterson R: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1983; 143:1553-1557.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Patterson R: Immediate-type Reactions in Patients with Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 71:541-545, 1983.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Pruzansky JJ, Patterson R: Hyperactivity of Mediator Releasing Cells from Patient with Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis as Evidenced by Basophil Histamine Release. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 1983; 72:386-392, 1983.

Akiyama K, Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Roberts M, Patterson R: Identification of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in the United States, Allergy & Immunology Practice. Vol. V, No. 12:29-31, 1983.

Ricketti AJ, Patterson R: Allergy. World Health. Nov. 1983.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Glassroth J. Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. Archives of Internal Medicine. 144:181-182, 1984.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Patterson R: Varying Presentation of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. International Archives of Allergy & Immunology. 1984; 73:283-285.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Mintzer R, Patterson R: Allergic  Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. CHEST. 86:773-778, 1984.

Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Patterson R: Serum IgE as an Important Aid in Management of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 74:68-71, 1984.

Grammer LC, Ricketti AJ, Schafer MF, Patterson R: Chymopapain Allergy: Case Reports and Identification of Patients at Risk for Chymopapain and Anaphylaxis.  Clin Orthop Rel Res 188:139-143, 1984.

Akiyama K, Pruzansky JJ, Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA, Patterson R. Neutrophil chemotactic activity released in supernatants of human leukocytes challenged with antigens or anti-human IgE. J Lab Clin Med 1984; 104 (3):391-403.

Fisher MR, Mendelson EB, Mintzer RA, Ricketti AJ, Greenberger PA.  Use of  linear tomography to confirm the diagnosis of allergic pulmonary aspergillosis. Chest 1985, 87 (4): 499-502.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Panesar M, Villota F, Kheder H, Vernaleo JR: Plague (Yersinia pestis) – Part I. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. January 2004, 259-265.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Panesar M, Villota F, Kheder H, Vernaleo JR: Plague (Yersinia pestis) - Part II. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 271-275, 2004.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Panesar M, Villota F, Moser R, Seelagy M, Wong Y, Vernaleo J: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Complicated by Invasive  Disease.  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians, March 30, 2004. 28(7);318-321.

Cleri DJ, Hamid NS, Panesar M, Villota FJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR: Rabies – (Part I) “…autem omnis morsus habet fere quoddam virus….”  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2004, 28(7): 303-310.

Cleri DJ, Hamid  NS, Panesar M, Villota FJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR: Rabies (Part II) “…autem omnis morsus habet fere quoddam virus….”  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians, 2004, 28 (7); 315-318.

Cleri DJ, Hamid NS, Panesar M, Villota FJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR, Matthew A, Panesar M: Hansen’s Disease: Illnesses caused by Mycobacterium leprae.  Part I. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians, 2004, Vol 28(8):323-331.

Cleri DJ, Villuta FJ, Panesar M., Ricketti AJ. Matthew A: Leprosy: Hansen’s Disease: Part II.  Infect Disease Practice 2004: 339-352.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Porwancher RB, Panesar M, Villota F, Seelagy M: Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Mimicking Allergic Rhinitis.  Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, 2005, 26(2) 125-128.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Ramos-Bonner LS: Vernaleo JR: Trichinosis (Part I) Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2005, 29: 439-444.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Ramos-Bonner LS: Vernaleo JR: Trichinosis (Part II) Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2005, (12) 451-459.

Cleri DJ, Porwancher RB, Ricketti AJ, Ramos-Bonner LS, Vernaleo JR: Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon: Myth or Menace? Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 2006, 2: 329-357.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Porwancher RB, Ramos-Bonner LS: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers - Current Status of Endemic Disease and Strategies for Control: Infect Disease Clin North Am 2006,2:359-393.

Shenk SH, Ricketti AJ, Muddassir SM, Ramos-Bonner LS: Cleri DJ, Vernaleo JR: Rat Bite Fever: Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus.  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2006, 8: 509-514.

Shenk SH, Ricketti AJ, Muddassir SM, Ramos-Bonner LS: Cleri DJ, Vernaleo JR: Rodent Associated Infectious Diseases. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians.2006, 9:527-540.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Ramos-Bonner, Luz S., Vernaleo John R: Hereditary Angioedema presenting in late middle age after angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor treatment.  J Ann AllergyAsthma Immunol. 2007, 98(4): 397-401.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Muddassir S. Ramos-Bonner LS, Seelagy MM. Aspiration of the cap from a Nasacort AQ inhaler from a metered-dose inhaler.  J Bronch 2007, 204-206.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR. Colorado Tick Fever. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2007, 302; 573-577.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR. Fever of Unknown Origin Due to Zoonoses. Infectious Disease Clinic of North America, 2007, 21(4): 963-996.

Unkle, DW, Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Iqbal S. Case in Point: Phenytoin-related Purple Glove Syndrome following Neurosurgery.  The Journal of Critical Illness, 2007: 14-17.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR, Sushi, Sashimi, Gefilte Fish and other Seafood Delights. (Part I)  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians April/May 2008.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR, Sushi, Sashimi, Gefilte Fish and Other Seafood Delights (Part II).  Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. June 2008.

Unkle DW, Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Moser RL, Vernaleo J. Diagnostic Puzzlers; Challenging cases to test your clinical skills. The Journal of Respiratory Diseases, 2008.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR., Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care, Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine, 2009:432-486.

Ricketti, AJ, Cleri DJ, Godyn JJ, Shenk S., Vernaleo JR., Giant cell arteritis presenting as facial swelling, Allergy & Asthma Proceedings, 2008,29 (5):538-550.

Unkle, DW, Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Moser RL, Vernaleo, JR, An  HIV-infected Patient with Nocardia asteroids Bilateral Pneumonia. The AIDS Reader, Nov. 2008, 18(11):566-568.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti, AJ, Iqbal, S. Vernaleo JR. Fever of unknown Origin: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians, 2008, 32(11)

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR.  Zoonoses (section). Chapters: I. Rickettsioses, Related Diseases and Tick Paralysis; II Ehrlichiosis and Related Diseases: III Corynebacteria and Related Species; IV. Zoonotic Gram-Positive Bacilli; V. Zoonotic Gram-negative Bacilli; VI. Rat-Bite Fevers; VII. Zoonotic Spirochetal Infections; VIII. Bartonella Species; IX. Zoonotic Viral Diseases; X. Zoonotic Prion Disease. In: Cunha BA (ed). Education Review Manual in Infectious Diseases.  4th edition. Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing. 2009, 197-355

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR. Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care. Cunha BA (ed). In: Infectious Disease in Critical Care Medicine. 3rd edition 2010.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Desai M, Vernaleo, Unkle DW, Ricketti PA.  Right upper lobe nodules in a patient with emphysema. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 2010, 18(5), 325-328.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti, AJ, Vernaleo JR. Combating the epidemiology of fear. Dialysis & Transplantation, 2010, 39(5):184-185.

Ricketti PA, Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Seelagy M, Unkle DW, Vernaleo JR.  A 41-year-old male with cough, wheeze, and dyspnea poorly responsive to asthma therapy. Allergy & Asthma Proceedings, 2010, 31(4): 355-358.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SIRS). Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 2010, 24(1): 175-202.

Ricketti AJ, Cunha B, Cleri DJ, Shenk SH, Vernaleo JR, Unkle DW: Biological Terrorism and the Allergist’s Office Practice. Allergy & Asthma Proceedings 2011; 32(4):272-287.

Unkle DW, Ricketti AJ. Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients and the Long-Range Risks of Incomfortable Inaction. Critical Care Medicine. 2011, 39(7):1824-1826.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Braffman MN, Singh S, Moser M, Vernaleo JR. Cough, Wheeze and a Pruritic Rash After a Trip to Africa. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2011, 19(2):117-120.

Ricketti PA, Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Unkle DW, Vernaleo JR: A 55-year-old male with severe persistent asthma poorly responsive to asthma therapy. Allergy & Asthma Proceedings. 2012;33(6): 538-43.

Unkle DW, Ricketti AJ, Ricketti PA, Cleri DJ, Vernaleo JR: Anaphylaxis following Cilantro Ingestion. Annals of Allergy Asthma Immunology. 2012; 109(6):471-2.

Ricketti AJ, Cleri DJ, Moser RL, Bilyk JR, Vernaleo JR, Unkle DW: A 44-year-old male with bilateral eyelid swelling. Allergy & Asthma Proceedings 2012; 33(2):205-211.

Ricketti PA, Unkle DW, Ricketti, AJ, Cleri DJ: Delayed Anaphylaxis Secondary to Allergy Skin Testing. Annals of Allergy Asthma Immunology. 2013, 111(5):420-1.

Book Chapters:          
Ricketti AJ: Allergic Rhinitis.  In: Allergic Diseases, Diagnosis and Management 3rd Ed. Patterson Editor, Lippincott 1984.

Ricketti AJ: Allergic Rhinitis.  In: Allergic Diseases, Diagnosis and Management 4th Ed. Patterson Editor, Lippincott 1993.

Ricketti AJ: Allergic Rhinitis.  In: Allergic Diseases, Diagnosis and Management 5th Ed. Patterson Editor, Lippincott 1997.

Ricketti AJ: Allergic Rhinitis.  In: Allergic Diseases, Diagnosis and Management 6th Ed. Patterson Editor, Lippincott 2002.

Ricketti AJ: Cleri, DJ: Allergic Rhinitis. In: Allergic Diseases, Diagnosis and Management 7th Ed. Greenberger Editor, Lippincott 2009.

Cleri DJ, Ricketti AJ, Vernaleo JR, Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care. (Cunha B, editor) In: Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine 3rd edition. Informa Healthcare New York, New York, 2010.

ABSTRACTS:                  
Ricketti AJ, Webb J, Coutant R, Porwancher R: Adverse Reactions to Rifampin in AIDS in a Prison Population. J Allergy Clin Immunol, Abstract #291. Jan. 1987.
                                     
Ramos-Bonner L, Guda S, Quteish V. Ricketti A, Smith JM, Moser R, Fares II LG, Cleri DJ. The effect of 3-hydroxy 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme reduction on the clinical outcome of bacterial sepsis - a retrospective study. Presented: SHUSGME, S. Orange, NJ, 16th Annual Research Colloquium May 13, 2005.
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