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 2021
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
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2009 - 2020
- 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
  - Batch, Bryan C., Susan E. Spratt, Dan V. Blalock, Chad Benditz, Andi Weiss, Rowena J. Dolor, and Alex H. Cho. “General Behavioral Engagement and Changes in Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using the Time2Focus Mobile App for Diabetes Education: Pilot Evaluation.” J Med Internet Res 23, no. 1 (January 20, 2021): e17537. https://doi.org/10.2196/17537.
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  - Wosik, Jedrek, Marat Fudim, Blake Cameron, Ziad F. Gellad, Alex Cho, Donna Phinney, Simon Curtis, et al. “Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care.” J Am Med Inform Assoc 27, no. 6 (June 1, 2020): 957–62. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa067.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Natasha T. Namdari, Lynn Bowlby, Daniella A. Zipkin, Lawrence Greenblatt, Holly E. Causey, Jan M. Dillard, Adia K. Ross, Jane Pendergast, and L Ebony Boulware. “Multiyear Outcomes of a Population-Oriented Care Redesign in an Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Clinic.” J Health Care Poor Underserved 31, no. 2 (2020): 724–41. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2020.0057.
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  - Schettini, Priscille, Kevin P. Shah, Colin P. O’Leary, Malhar P. Patel, John B. Anderson, Alex H. Cho, Andrea L. Long, Hayden B. Bosworth, and C Blake Cameron. “Keeping care connected: e-Consultation program improves access to nephrology care.” J Telemed Telecare 25, no. 3 (April 2019): 142–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X17748350.
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  - Hardy, Morgan, Alex Cho, Alissa Stavig, Marigny Bratcher, Janice Dillard, Lawrence Greenblatt, and Kevin Schulman. “Understanding Frequent Emergency Department Use Among Primary Care Patients.” Popul Health Manag 21, no. 1 (February 2018): 24–31. https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2017.0030.
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  - Haga, Susanne B., Rachel Mills, Jivan Moaddeb, Nancy Allen LaPointe, Alex Cho, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Primary care providers' use of pharmacist support for delivery of pharmacogenetic testing.” Pharmacogenomics 18, no. 4 (March 2017): 359–67. https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2016-0177.
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  - Wu, R Ryanne, Rachel A. Myers, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Allison Vorderstrasse, Alex Cho, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, and Lori A. Orlando. “Impact of Genetic Testing and Family Health History Based Risk Counseling on Behavior Change and Cognitive Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes.” J Genet Couns 26, no. 1 (February 2017): 133–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-016-9988-z.
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  - Haga, Susanne B., Rachel Mills, Jivan Moaddeb, Nancy Allen Lapointe, Alex Cho, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Patient experiences with pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting.” Pharmacogenomics 17, no. 15 (October 2016): 1629–36. https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2016-0077.
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  - Voils, Corrine I., Cynthia J. Coffman, Janet M. Grubber, David Edelman, Azita Sadeghpour, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Jamiyla Bolton, Alex Cho, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, and William S. Yancy. “Does Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Testing and Counseling Reduce Modifiable Risk Factors? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Veterans.” J Gen Intern Med 30, no. 11 (November 2015): 1591–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-015-3315-5.
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  - Gallagher, Patrick, Heather A. King, Susanne B. Haga, Lori A. Orlando, Scott V. Joy, Gloria M. Trujillo, William Michael Scott, et al. “Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: implications for prevention.” J Health Commun 20, no. 6 (2015): 728–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2015.1018563.
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  - Haga, Susanne B., Nancy M Allen LaPointe, Alex Cho, Shelby D. Reed, Rachel Mills, Jivan Moaddeb, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Pilot study of pharmacist-assisted delivery of pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting.” Pharmacogenomics 15, no. 13 (September 2014): 1677–86. https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs.14.109.
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  - Dzau, Victor J., Ziggy Yoediono, William F. Ellaissi, and Alex H. Cho. “Fostering innovation in medicine and health care: what must academic health centers do?” Acad Med 88, no. 10 (October 2013): 1424–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a32fc2.
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  - Cho, A. H., and L. A. Orlando. “Clinical Implementation of Genomic Medicine in Primary Care” 1 (September 12, 2013): 295–305. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382227-7.00025-2.
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  - Dzau, Victor J., Alex Cho, William Ellaissi, Ziggy Yoediono, Devdutta Sangvai, Bimal Shah, David Zaas, and Krishna Udayakumar. “Transforming academic health centers for an uncertain future.” N Engl J Med 369, no. 11 (September 12, 2013): 991–93. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1302374.
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  - Vorderstrasse, Allison A., Alex Cho, Corrine I. Voils, Lori A. Orlando, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Clinical utility of genetic risk testing in primary care: the example of Type 2 diabetes.” Per Med 10, no. 6 (August 2013): 549–63. https://doi.org/10.2217/pme.13.47.
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  - Voils, Corrine I., Cynthia J. Coffman, David Edelman, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Janet M. Grubber, Azita Sadeghpour, Alex Cho, et al. “Examining the impact of genetic testing for type 2 diabetes on health behaviors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.” Trials 13 (August 1, 2012): 121. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-121.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Sunil Suchindran, Julianne M. O’Daniel, Kensaku Kawamoto, Susanne Haga, Joseph E. Lucas, Gloria M. Trujillo, Scott Joy, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “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 1, 2012): S278–S278.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Julianne M. O’Daniel, Kensaku Kawamoto, Patrick Gallagher, Susanne Haga, Joseph E. Lucas, Gloria M. Trujillo, Scott V. Joy, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Effect of genetic testing for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus on health behaviors and outcomes: study rationale, development and design.” Bmc Health Serv Res 12 (January 18, 2012): 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-16.
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  - Haga, Susanne B., Madeline M. Carrig, Julianne M. O’Daniel, Lori A. Orlando, Ley A. Killeya-Jones, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, and Alex Cho. “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): 834–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1651-7.
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  - Ackerly, D Clay, Devdutta G. Sangvai, Krishna Udayakumar, Bimal R. Shah, Noah S. Kalman, Alex H. Cho, Kevin A. Schulman, William J. Fulkerson, and Victor J. Dzau. “Training the next generation of physician-executives: an innovative residency pathway in management and leadership.” Acad Med 86, no. 5 (May 2011): 575–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e318212e51b.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Nedal H. Arar, David E. Edelman, Patricia H. Hartwell, Eugene Z. Oddone, and William S. Yancy. “Do diabetic veterans use the Internet? Self-reported usage, skills, and interest in using My HealtheVet Web portal.” Telemed J E Health 16, no. 5 (June 2010): 595–602. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2009.0164.
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  - Kawamoto, Kensaku, Lori A. Orlando, Deepak Voora, David F. Lobach, Scott Joy, Alex Cho, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Evaluation of the PharmGKB knowledge base as a resource for efficiently assessing the clinical validity and utility of pharmacogenetic assays.” Amia Annu Symp Proc 2009 (November 14, 2009): 307–11.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Corrine I. Voils, William S. Yancy, Eugene Z. Oddone, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Does participatory decision making improve hypertension self-care behaviors and outcomes?” J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9, no. 5 (May 2007): 330–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.06489.x.
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  - Cho, Alex, Amina Chaudhry, Lisa Minsky-Primus, Alan Tso, Guillermo Perez-Perez, David Diehl, Stuart G. Marcus, and Francesca M. Gany. “Acceptance of repeat esophagogastroduodenoscopy to detect gastric cancer in a Chinese immigrant cohort.” J Clin Gastroenterol 40, no. 7 (August 2006): 606–11. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004836-200608000-00009.
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  - Cho, Alex, Amina Chaudhry, Lisa Minsky-Primus, Alan Tso, Guillermo Perez-Perez, David L. Diehl, Stuart G. Marcus, and Francesca M. Gany. “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. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mcg.0000190755.33373.f9.
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  - Cho, Alex H., George L. Jackson, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Patient preference and validity of randomized controlled trials.” Jama 294, no. 1 (July 6, 2005): 41. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.294.1.41-a.
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  - Torgerson, David, and Jennifer Klaber Moffett. “Patient preference and validity of randomized controlled trials.” Jama 294, no. 1 (July 6, 2005): 41–42. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.294.1.41-b.
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  - Cho, A., J. Martin, E. O’Fallon, N. Spears, and J. Wegener. “Incorporating discussion of cultural diversity throughout the first-year medical curriculum.” Acad Med 74, no. 5 (May 1999): 582–83. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199905000-00050.
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  - Simon, T. C., A. Cho, P. Tso, and J. I. Gordon. “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): 10652–63. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.16.10652.
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- Book Sections
  - Orlando, L. A., and A. H. cho. “Clinical Implementation of Genomic Medicine in Primary Care.” In Genomic and Personalized Medicine, edited by G. S. ginsburg and H. willard. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2012.
- Conference Papers
  - Swan, B., C. Shevlin, A. Cho, and D. Phinney. “Simulation tool to evaluate electronic consultations in rheumatology.” In Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference, 2018-December:2589–99, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2018.8632444.
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  - Shoup, John P., Robert Keenan, Alex H. Cho, Donna Phinney, John Anderson, and Kevin Shah. “IMPROVING PRIMARY CARE PATIENT ACCESS TO RHEUMATOLOGY VIA E-CONSULTS.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 33:S800–801. SPRINGER, 2018.
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  - Bowlby, Lynn, Alex H. Cho, Natasha T. Cunningham, Lawrence Greenblatt, Adia K. Ross, Mark Sendak, and Daniella A. Zipkin. “A NEEDS-BASED RESIDENT CLINIC REDESIGN RESULTS IN IMPROVED PATIENT UTILIZATION OF CARE AND INCREASED RESIDENT SATISFACTION.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 31:S103–S103. SPRINGER, 2016.
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  - Cho, Alex H., Mark Dakkak, Adia K. Ross, Wei Duan-Porter, Lynn Bowlby, Daniella A. Zipkin, Lawrence Greenblatt, et al. “REDESIGNTNG A RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT.” In Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29:S494–S494. SPRINGER, 2014.
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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