Alexis Ritvo, MD, MPH, BA

Professional Titles

• Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
• Faculty Supervisor, CU Medicine Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic

Recognitions

• Alexis Giese, MD Service Excellence Award, University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry (2016)
  In recognition of a resident who works to “improve the patient experience, improve the quality of care, and contribute to a more efficient and effective delivery system.”
• Resident Recognition Award, American Psychiatric Association (2016)
  Presented annually to outstanding psychiatry residents or fellows from each department or institution who exemplifies one or more APA values.

Research Interests

Publications

• Yager J, Ritvo A, Wolfe JH, Feinstein RE. A Survival Guide to Low-Resource Peer-Reviewed Creative Scholarship for Aspiring Clinician-Educators. Acad Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;42(6):841-846. PubMed PMID: 30109545
• Cummings JR, Wen H, Ritvo A, Druss BG. Health insurance coverage and the receipt of specialty treatment for substance use disorders among U.S. adults. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Aug 1;65(8):1070-3. PubMed PMID: 25082606
• Ritvo, AD. Using Extended Release Buprenorphine Injection to Discontinue Sublingual Buprenorphine", 2020 American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Virtual Poster Abstracts. J Addict Med. 2020;14(6):e382-e424. doi:10.1097/ADM.0000000000000742. 
• Ritvo, AD. Using Extended Release Buprenorphine Injection to Discontinue Sublingual Buprenorphine- A Case Series. Association for Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) Annual Conference. Virtual Oral Presentation. 11/2020.
• Balasanova AA, Ritvo AD, Yager J. Addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine - Strange bedfellows or separated at birth?. Subst Abus. 2021;42(2):130-135. PubMed PMID: 33689603
• Ritvo AD, Calcaterra SL, Ritvo JI. Using Extended Release Buprenorphine Injection to Discontinue Sublingual Buprenorphine: A Case Series. J Addict Med. 2021 May-Jun 01;15(3):252-254. PubMed PMID: 32925232
• Yager J, MacPhee ER, Ritvo AD, Salamander RM. Thirty-Minute Psychiatric Management Visits in Academic Medical Centers: Framing and Exploring Distinct Clinical-Educational Social Processes. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2022 Feb 1;210(2):77-82. PubMed PMID: 35080517
• Balasanova AA, Ritvo A, Renner JA Jr. A call for increased addiction psychiatrist engagement in medical student education. Am J Addict. 2022 Sep;31(5):403-405. PubMed PMID: 36071591
• Yager J, Ritvo AD, MacPhee ER. Psychiatrists' Cognitive and Affective Biases and the Practice of Psychopharmacology: Why Do Psychiatrists Differ From One Another in How They View and Prescribe Certain Medication Classes?. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2022 Oct 1;210(10):729-735. PubMed PMID: 35687788
• Yager J, MacPhee ER, Ritvo AD, Salamander RM. Thirty-Minute Psychiatric Management Visits in Academic Medical Centers: Framing and Exploring Distinct Clinical-Educational Social Processes. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2022 Feb 1;210(2):77-82. PubMed PMID: 35080517
• Ritvo AD, Foster DE, Huff C, Finlayson AJR, Silvernail B, Martin PR. Long-term consequences of benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction: A survey. PLoS One. 2023;18(6):e0285584. PubMed PMID: 37384788
• Coyle DT, Stewart S, Bortz C, Manalo J, Ritvo A, Krsak M. Buprenorphine Prescribing and Dosing Limits: Evidence and Policy Goals. Subst Abus. 2023 Jan-Apr;44(1):17-23. PubMed PMID: 37226901
• Sigler B, Silvernail B, Ritvo AD, Huff C, Foster DE, Finlayson R, Bressi J, Martin PR. Evidence-Based Benzodiazepine Practice Guidelines Are Needed. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 May 27;85(2). PubMed PMID: 38814115

Professional Memberships

• American Psychiatric Association, Member
• Colorado Psychiatric Society, Member
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Member

Practice Locations

Specialty Information

• Psychiatry, Board Certification (2016, 2016)
• Addiction Psychiatry, Board Certification (2018, 2018)
• University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy Scholars' Track, Specialized Training (2016)
• Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis' Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training Program, Specialized Training (2018)

• Substance Abuse
• Mental Health and Behavior
• Substance Abuse - Alcoholism
• Substance Abuse - Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse - Smoking Cessation