Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH

Infectious Diseases
LGBTQ+ affirming provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Infectious Diseases Penn Presbyterian
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
  • Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH is a physician-scientist specializing in infectious diseases, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and went on to complete the Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity and Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where his clinical and research focus was on HIV, tuberculosis, and cholera in rural Haiti. His research focuses on the relationship between poverty, food security, individual and population outcomes for infectious diseases, and the use of the social safety nets to improve these outcomes. He is passionate about improving the lives of people living with HIV.

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
Creole - Haitian
Creole - Haitian

Reviews

Average Rating

66 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
April 2026
the doctor was very thorough and very kind
Anonymous
March 2026
he is good with his medication and advice on other things.
Anonymous
November 2025
knowledgeable, understanding, great doctor
Anonymous
November 2025
he made me feel at ease

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Richterman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Richterman A, Thirumurthy H Rx Kids: designing cash transfers as health policy , Lancet Public Health, 11(6): 2026,e350-e351

Richterman A, Thirumurthy H Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives , The Atlantic: 2026

Gibson LA*, Richterman A*, Randall A, Muruako J, Uzwiak B, Fabian E, Thirumurthy H, Roberto CA Unconditional cash transfers to improve health behaviors among primary care patients: a qualitative sub-study of a randomized clinical trial , Soc Sci Med, 9(395): 2026,119068

Richterman A, Bùi TN, Bair EF, Jerome G, Millien C, Suffrin JCD, Behrman JR, Thirumurthy H. The effects of government-led cash transfer programmes on behavioural and health determinants of mortality: a difference-in-differences study , Lancet, 406: 2025,2656-2666

Scott J*, Abers MS*, Marwah HK*, McCann NC*, Meyerowitz EA*, Richterman A* (Co-first author), Fleming DF, Holmes EJ, Moat LE, Redepenning SG, Smith EA, Stoddart CJ, Sundaram ME, Ulrich AK, Alba C, Anderson CJ, Arpey MK, Borre E, Ladines-Lim J, Mehr AJ, Rich K, Watts C, Basta NE, Jarolimova J, Walensky RP, Dugdale CM. Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025-2026 , N Engl J Med, 393: 2025,2221-2242

Richterman A, Desire S, Blaise W, Derose E, Moise A, Ward LP, Millien C, Thirumurthy H, Momplaisir F, Ivers LC. Money, Medicine, and Motherhood: Developing a Cash Transfer for Pregnant Women with HIV in Rural Haiti , AIDS Behav: 2025

Richterman A, Maughan-Brown B, Thirumurthy H The health dividend of cash transfer programmes. , Lancet Public Health, 10(7): 2025,e538-e539

Richterman A, O'brien C, Ghadimi F, Sumners E, Ford A, Houston N, Tate S, Aitcheson N, Nkwihoreze H, Jemmott JB, Momplaisir F. Responding to Emerging Epidemics: Insights From Stakeholders on Mpox Vaccine Rollout in Philadelphia , Open Forum Infect Dis, 12: 2025,ofaf417

Ladines-Lim JB, Yang WT, Tebas P, O'Donnell J, Koenig H, Kreider E, Dyer K, Anwar M, Rodriguez E, Patel S, Rodino K, Glaser L, Richterman A. Delayed diagnosis of disseminated Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera infective endocarditis via cell-free metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report , ASM Case Rep, 1: 2025,e00003-25

Richterman A, Klaiman T, Palma D, Ryu E, Schmucker L, Villarin K, Grosso G, Brady KA, Thirumurthy H, Buttenheim A. B-OK: a visual and tactile tool for improving HIV mental models in a United States urban center , AIDS Care, 37(4): 2025,565-576

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