Sherman J. Alter, MD

Education

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Fellowships

Infectious disease, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Board Certification

Pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease

Publications and Presentations

• Treatment of serious staphylococcal infections: appropriate use of vancomycin
• Management of a skin infection in an adolescent
• Otitis media
• Pediatric Forum Spring 2006
• Pediatric Forum Winter 2011

Special Notes

Saving Baby Bailey - Meet one of Dr. Alter's former patient Bailey and her family from Troy, Ohio. At 15-months-old Bailey was saved at Dayton Children's after she came down with a life-threatening virus.




Interview on the flu and H1N1 with Dr. Alter

Other Notes

Dr. Alter is director of infectious disease at Dayton Children's and associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Wright State University School of Medicine

In the news

• Dr. Alter's eight keys to infant immunizations
• Chicken Pox Vaccine Reduces Deaths Significantly
• Best Doctors in America Named
• Dayton Children’s makes flu shots mandatory for all employees and volunteers
• 14 Dayton Children's doctors named on 'Best Doctors in America' list

Services

• Infectious Disease
• Continuing Medical Education (CME)
• Medical Education