Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Alyssa Ammazzalorso, MD
5.0
(68)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Albert Einstein Bronx
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

68 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.

April 2025
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she was very detailed, thorough and clear on helping you to understand.
April 2025
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she is knowledgeable and understanding of the daunting challenges of my current condition
April 2025
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excellent doctor.
April 2025
5.0
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i am an idiot when dealibg with cellphones or computers, alyssa walked me through connecting!

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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. Ammazzalorso is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Judith A. Anesi, Ebbing Lautenbach, Kerri A. Thom, Pranita D. Tamma, Emily A. Blumberg, Kevin Alby, Warren B. Bilker, Alissa Werzen, Alyssa Ammazzalorso, Pam Tolomeo, Jacqueline Omorogbe, Lisa Pineles, and Jennifer H. Han Clinical Outcomes and Risk Factors for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales Bloodstream Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients , Transplantation, 107(1): 2022,254-263

Alyssa Ammazzalorso, Jennifer Han, Ebbing Lautenbach, Pranita Tamma, Pranita Tamma, Kerri Thom, Kevin Alby, Emily A. Blumberg, Warren B. Bilker, Jacqueline Omorogbe, Pam Tolomeo, Alissa Werzen, and Judith A. Anesi Risk Factors for Subsequent Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection Following an Initial Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients , IDWeek: 2021

Tracie A. Seimon, Samuel Ayebare, Robert Sekisambu, Emmanuel Muhindo, Guillain Mitamba, Eli Greenbaum, Michelle Menegon, Fabio Pupin, Denise McAloose, Alyssa Ammazzalorso, Danny Meirte, Wilbur Lukwago, Mathias Behangana, Anton Seimon, and Andrew J. Plumptre Assessing the Threat of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in the Albertine Rift: Past, Present and Future , PLOS ONE, 10(12): 2015,e0145841

Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Christine P. Zolnik, Thomas J. Daniels, and Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis To Beat or Not to Beat a Tick: Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods for Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) , PeerJ, 3(1): 2015,e1147

Alyssa Ammazzalorso, Christine Zolnik, and Sergios Kolokotronis The City Mouse and the Suburban Mouse: Urbanization and the Gut Microbiome of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) , Microbes in the City: Mapping the Urban Genome, The New York Academy of Sciences, New York 2015: 2015

Robert J. Ossiboff, Bonnie L. Raphael, Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Tracie A. Seimon, Alisa L. Newton, Tylis Y. Chang, Brian Zarate, Alison L. Whitlock, and Denise McAloose Three Novel Herpesviruses of Endangered Clemmys and Glyptemys Turtles , PLOS ONE, 10(4): 2015,e0122901

Robert J. Ossiboff, Bonnie L. Raphael, Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Tracie A. Seimon, Holly Niederriter, Brian Zarate, Alisa L. Newton, and Denise McAloose A Mycoplasma Species of Emydidae Turtles in the Northeastern USA , Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 51(2): 2015,466-470