Alex Han Cho | Scholars@Duke

Alex Han Cho
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Population health; telehealth; primary care; implementation science; applied genomics; health behavior; patient self-management; health policy.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2009
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2010

Contact Information

3100 Tower Blvd, Suite 600, Box 80, Durham, NC 27707
Duke Box 3229, 3100 Tower Blvd, Suite 400, Durham, NC 27710
alex.cho@duke.edu (919) 419-5049

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.A., Duke University 2007
- Primary Care Resident, Medicine, New York University 2001 - 2004
- M.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2001
Duke Appointment History
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2008 - 2009
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Clinical Lead, Duke Telehealth Office
  Co-Director, Innovation and Population Health, Duke Outpatient Clinic
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Teaching
  - Uganda (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hardy, M, Cho, A, Stavig, A, Bratcher, M, Dillard, J, Greenblatt, L, and Schulman, K. "Understanding Frequent Emergency Department Use Among Primary Care Patients." Population Health Management 21, no. 1 (February 2018): 24-31. Full Text
  - Haga, SB, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, Allen LaPointe, N, Cho, A, and Ginsburg, GS. "Primary care providers' use of pharmacist support for delivery of pharmacogenetic testing." Pharmacogenomics 18, no. 4 (March 2017): 359-367. Full Text
  - Wu, RR, Myers, RA, Hauser, ER, Vorderstrasse, A, Cho, A, Ginsburg, GS, and Orlando, LA. "Impact of Genetic Testing and Family Health History Based Risk Counseling on Behavior Change and Cognitive Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes." Journal of genetic counseling 26, no. 1 (February 2017): 133-140. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Schettini, P, Shah, KP, O'Leary, CP, Patel, MP, Anderson, JB, Cho, AH, Long, AL, Bosworth, HB, and Cameron, CB. "Keeping care connected: e-Consultation program improves access to nephrology care." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (January 2017): 1357633X17748350-null. Full Text
  - Haga, SB, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, Allen Lapointe, N, Cho, A, and Ginsburg, GS. "Patient experiences with pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting." Pharmacogenomics 17, no. 15 (October 2016): 1629-1636. Full Text
  - Voils, CI, Coffman, CJ, Grubber, JM, Edelman, D, Sadeghpour, A, Maciejewski, ML, Bolton, J, Cho, A, Ginsburg, GS, and Yancy, WS. "Does Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Testing and Counseling Reduce Modifiable Risk Factors? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Veterans." Journal of General Internal Medicine 30, no. 11 (November 2015): 1591-1598. Full Text
  - Gallagher, P, King, HA, Haga, SB, Orlando, LA, Joy, SV, Trujillo, GM, Scott, WM, Bembe, M, Creighton, DL, Cho, AH, Ginsburg, GS, and Vorderstrasse, A. "Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: implications for prevention." Journal of health communication 20, no. 6 (January 2015): 728-735. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Gallagher, P, King, HA, Haga, SB, Orlando, LA, Joy, SV, Trujillo, GM, Scott, WM, Bembe, M, Creighton, DL, Cho, AH, Ginsburg, GS, and Vorderstrasse, A. "Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: Implications for prevention." Journal of Health Communication 20, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 728-735. Full Text
  - Haga, SB, LaPointe, NMA, Cho, A, Reed, SD, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, and Ginsburg, GS. "Pilot study of pharmacist-assisted delivery of pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting." Pharmacogenomics 15, no. 13 (September 2014): 1677-1686. Full Text
  - Dzau, VJ, Yoediono, Z, Ellaissi, WF, and Cho, AH. "Fostering innovation in medicine and health care: what must academic health centers do?." Acad Med 88, no. 10 (October 2013): 1424-1429. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dzau, VJ, Cho, A, Ellaissi, W, Yoediono, Z, Sangvai, D, Shah, B, Zaas, D, and Udayakumar, K. "Transforming academic health centers for an uncertain future." N Engl J Med 369, no. 11 (September 12, 2013): 991-993. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vorderstrasse, AA, Cho, A, Voils, CI, Orlando, LA, and Ginsburg, GS. "Clinical utility of genetic risk testing in primary care: the example of Type 2 diabetes." Personalized Medicine 10, no. 6 (August 2013): 549-563. Full Text
  - Cho, AH, and Orlando, LA. "Clinical Implementation of Genomic Medicine in Primary Care." (2013): 295-305. Full Text
  - Voils, CI, Coffman, CJ, Edelman, D, Maciejewski, ML, Grubber, JM, Sadeghpour, A, Cho, A, McKenzie, J, Blanpain, F, Scheuner, M, Sandelowski, M, Gallagher, MP, Ginsburg, GS, and Yancy, WS. "Examining the impact of genetic testing for type 2 diabetes on health behaviors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (Published online)" Trials 13 (August 1, 2012): 121-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Killeya-Jones, LA, Suchindran, S, O'Daniel, JM, Kawamoto, K, Haga, S, Lucas, JE, Trujillo, GM, Joy, S, and Ginsburg, GS. "PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES OF GENETIC RISK TESTING IN PRIMARY CARE FOR COMMON DNA VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 27 (July 2012): S278-S278. Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Killeya-Jones, LA, O'Daniel, JM, Kawamoto, K, Gallagher, P, Haga, S, Lucas, JE, Trujillo, GM, Joy, SV, and Ginsburg, GS. "Effect of genetic testing for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus on health behaviors and outcomes: study rationale, development and design." Bmc Health Services Research 12 (January 18, 2012): 16-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Haga, SB, Carrig, MM, O'Daniel, JM, Orlando, LA, Killeya-Jones, LA, Ginsburg, GS, and Cho, A. "Genomic risk profiling: attitudes and use in personal and clinical care of primary care physicians who offer risk profiling." J Gen Intern Med 26, no. 8 (August 2011): 834-840. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ackerly, DC, Sangvai, DG, Udayakumar, K, Shah, BR, Kalman, NS, Cho, AH, Schulman, KA, Fulkerson, WJ, and Dzau, VJ. "Training the next generation of physician-executives: an innovative residency pathway in management and leadership." Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 86, no. 5 (May 2011): 575-579. (Review) Full Text
  - Cho, AH, Arar, NH, Edelman, DE, Hartwell, PH, Oddone, EZ, and Yancy, WS. "Do diabetic veterans use the Internet? Self-reported usage, skills, and interest in using My HealtheVet Web portal." Telemedicine Journal and E Health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association 16, no. 5 (June 2010): 595-602. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kawamoto, K, Orlando, LA, Voora, D, Lobach, DF, Joy, S, Cho, A, and Ginsburg, GS. "Evaluation of the PharmGKB knowledge base as a resource for efficiently assessing the clinical validity and utility of pharmacogenetic assays. (Published online)" AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009 (November 14, 2009): 307-311. Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Voils, CI, Yancy, WS, Oddone, EZ, and Bosworth, HB. "Does participatory decision making improve hypertension self-care behaviors and outcomes?." J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9, no. 5 (May 2007): 330-336. Link to Item
  - Cho, A, Chaudhry, A, Minsky-Primus, L, Tso, A, Perez-Perez, G, Diehl, D, Marcus, SG, and Gany, FM. "Acceptance of repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy to detect gastric cancer in a Chinese immigrant cohort." J Clin Gastroenterol 40, no. 7 (August 2006): 606-611. Link to Item
  - Cho, A, Chaudhry, A, Minsky-Primus, L, Tso, A, Perez-Perez, G, Diehl, DL, Marcus, SG, and Gany, FM. "Follow-up care after a diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in an Asian immigrant cohort." J Clin Gastroenterol 40, no. 1 (January 2006): 29-32. Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Jackson, GL, and Bosworth, HB. "Patient preference and validity of randomized controlled trials." JAMA 294, no. 1 (July 6, 2005): 41-. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Jackson, GL, Bosworth, HB, Torgerson, D, Moffett, JK, King, M, Nazareth, I, Lampe, F, and Bower, P. "Patient preference and validity of randomized controlled trials [3] (multiple letters)." Journal of the American Medical Association 294, no. 1 (2005): 41-42.
  - Cho, A, Martin, J, O'Fallon, E, Spears, N, and Wegener, J. "Incorporating discussion of cultural diversity throughout the first-year medical curriculum." Acad Med 74, no. 5 (May 1999): 582-583. Link to Item
  - Simon, TC, Cho, A, Tso, P, and Gordon, JI. "Suppressor and activator functions mediated by a repeated heptad sequence in the liver fatty acid-binding protein gene (Fabpl). Effects on renal, small intestinal, and colonic epithelial cell gene expression in transgenic mice." J Biol Chem 272, no. 16 (April 18, 1997): 10652-10663. Link to Item
- Book Sections
  - Orlando, LA, and cho, AH. "Clinical Implementation of Genomic Medicine in Primary Care." In Genomic and Personalized Medicine, edited by GS ginsburg and H willard. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, November 15, 2012. (Chapter)
- Conference Papers
  - Shoup, JP, Keenan, R, Cho, AH, Phinney, D, Anderson, J, and Shah, K. "IMPROVING PRIMARY CARE PATIENT ACCESS TO RHEUMATOLOGY VIA E-CONSULTS." Annual Meeting of the Society-of-General-Internal-Medicine (SGIM). Denver, CO. April 12, 2018.: SPRINGER, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Bowlby, L, Cho, AH, Cunningham, NT, Greenblatt, L, Ross, AK, Sendak, M, and Zipkin, DA. "A NEEDS-BASED RESIDENT CLINIC REDESIGN RESULTS IN IMPROVED PATIENT UTILIZATION OF CARE AND INCREASED RESIDENT SATISFACTION." Meeting of the Society-of-General-Internal-Medicine (SGIM). Hollywood, FL. May 11, 2015 - May 14, 2016.: SPRINGER, May 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Cho, AH, Dakkak, M, Ross, AK, Duan-Porter, W, Bowlby, L, Zipkin, DA, Greenblatt, L, Cunningham, NT, Simo, J, Green, G, Causey, H, Smith, B, Samples, C, Zaas, D, Zaas, AK, and Oddone, EZ. "REDESIGNTNG A RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT." April 2014. Link to Item
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Clinical Activities
- Duke Outpatient Clinic
  Durham VA Medical Center

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Teaching

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Clinical Activities