Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine 2000 - 2005
  • M.D., Thomas Jefferson University 2000
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2016 - 2020
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015 - 2016
  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2013 - 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Vashi, Anita A., Tracy Urech, Siqi Wu, Derek Boothroyd, Paril Mehta, Aaron L. Dalton, Elizabeth Brill, Chad Kessler, and Steven M. Asch. “Community Urgent Care Use Following Implementation of the Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act.” Med Care 59, no. Suppl 3 (June 1, 2021): S314–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001549.
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    • Bahraini, Nazanin, Lisa A. Brenner, Catherine Barry, Trisha Hostetter, Janelle Keusch, Edward P. Post, Chad Kessler, Cliff Smith, and Bridget B. Matarazzo. “Assessment of Rates of Suicide Risk Screening and Prevalence of Positive Screening Results Among US Veterans After Implementation of the Veterans Affairs Suicide Risk Identification Strategy.” Jama Netw Open 3, no. 10 (October 1, 2020): e2022531. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22531.
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    • Dieujuste, Nathalie, Rachel Johnson-Koenke, Melissa Christopher, Elise C. Gunzburger, Thomas Emmendorfer, Chad Kessler, Jason Haukoos, Jason Smith, and Comilla Sasson. “Feasibility Study of a Quasi-experimental Regional Opioid Safety Prescribing Program in Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments.” Acad Emerg Med 27, no. 8 (August 2020): 734–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13980.
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    • Greenberger, Sarah M., John T. Finnell, Bernard P. Chang, Nidhi Garg, Shawn M. Quinn, Steven Bird, Deborah B. Diercks, et al. “Changes to the ACGME Common Program Requirements and Their Potential Impact on Emergency Medicine Core Faculty Protected Time.” Aem Educ Train 4, no. 3 (July 2020): 244–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.10421.
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    • Hastings, Susan N., Karen M. Stechuchak, Cynthia J. Coffman, Elizabeth P. Mahanna, Morris Weinberger, Courtney H. Van Houtven, Kenneth E. Schmader, et al. “Discharge Information and Support for Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.” J Gen Intern Med 35, no. 1 (January 2020): 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05319-6.
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    • Boyd, Jeremy S., Charles M. LoPresti, Megan Core, Christopher Schott, Michael J. Mader, Brian P. Lucas, Elizabeth K. Haro, et al. “Current use and training needs of point-of-care ultrasound in emergency departments: A national survey of VA hospitals.” Am J Emerg Med 37, no. 9 (September 2019): 1794–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.02.043.
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    • LoPresti, Charles M., Jeremy S. Boyd, Christopher Schott, Megan Core, Brian P. Lucas, Angel Colon-Molero, Chad Kessler, et al. “A National Needs Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Hospitalists.” Mayo Clin Proc 94, no. 9 (September 2019): 1910–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.07.016.
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    • Sasson, Comilla, Jason Smith, Chad Kessler, Jason Haukoos, Julianne Himstreet, Melissa Christopher, and Thomas Emmendorfer. “Variability in opioid prescribing in veterans affairs emergency departments and urgent cares.” Am J Emerg Med 37, no. 6 (June 2019): 1044–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2018.08.044.
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    • Duan-Porter, G., and C. Kessler. “Erratum: Incorrect and missing author initials in affiliations and authorship information (American Journal of Managed Care (2019)).” American Journal of Managed Care 25, no. 3 (January 1, 2019): 140.
    • Phillips, Andrew W., Kevin M. Klauer, and Chad S. Kessler. “Emergency physician evaluation of PA and NP practice patterns.” Jaapa 31, no. 5 (May 2018): 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0000532118.98379.f1.
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    • Bravata, Dawn M., Laura J. Myers, Greg Arling, Edward J. Miech, Teresa Damush, Jason J. Sico, Michael S. Phipps, et al. “Quality of Care for Veterans With Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke.” Jama Neurol 75, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 419–27. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4648.
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    • Dowd, Caitlin M., Brittany Gallagher, Chad S. Kessler, and Robert Svingos. “Asymptomatic Hypertensive Urgency at a VA Emergency Department.” Fed Pract 35, no. 3 (March 2018): 33–39.
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    • Rider, Ashley C., Chad S. Kessler, Whitney W. Schwarz, Gillian R. Schmitz, Laura Oh, Michael D. Smith, Eric A. Gross, Hans House, Michael C. Wadman, and Bruce M. Lo. “Transition of Care from the Emergency Department to the Outpatient Setting: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.” West J Emerg Med 19, no. 2 (March 2018): 245–53. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.9.35138.
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    • Miller, Katherine E. M., Wei Duan-Porter, Karen M. Stechuchak, Elizabeth Mahanna, Cynthia J. Coffman, Morris Weinberger, Courtney Harold Van Houtven, et al. “Risk stratification for return emergency department visits among high-risk patients.” Am J Manag Care 23, no. 8 (August 1, 2017): e275–79.
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    • Kessler, Chad, Michael J. Ward, and Candace D. McNaughton. “Reducing Adverse Drug Events: The Need to Rethink Outpatient Prescribing.” Jama 316, no. 20 (November 22, 2016): 2092–93. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.16392.
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    • Kessler, Chad, Nicholas Elias Tsipis, David Seaberg, Garth N. Walker, and Kathryn Andolsek. “Transitions of Care in an Era of Healthcare Transformation.” J Healthc Manag 61, no. 3 (2016): 230–41.
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    • Thomas, David C., Chad Kessler, Namita Sachdev, H Barrett Fromme, Alan Schwartz, and Ilene Harris. “Residents' Perspectives on Rewards and Challenges of Caring for Ambulatory Care Patients Living With Chronic Illness: Findings From Three Academic Health Centers.” Acad Med 90, no. 12 (December 2015): 1684–90. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000793.
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    • Kessler, Chad S., Kashyap Komarraju Tadisina, Mark Saks, Doug Franzen, Rob Woods, Kenny V. Banh, Richard Bounds, Michael Smith, Nicole Deiorio, and Alan Schwartz. “The 5Cs of Consultation: Training Medical Students to Communicate Effectively in the Emergency Department.” J Emerg Med 49, no. 5 (November 2015): 713–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.05.012.
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    • Ward, Michael J., Sean P. Collins, Jesse M. Pines, Curt Dill, Gary Tyndall, and Chad S. Kessler. “Emergency medicine in the Veterans Health Administration-results from a nationwide survey.” Am J Emerg Med 33, no. 7 (July 2015): 899–903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.062.
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    • Cordasco, Kristina M., Alexis K. Huynh, Laurie Zephyrin, Alison B. Hamilton, Amy E. Lau-Herzberg, Chad S. Kessler, and Elizabeth M. Yano. “Building capacity in VA to provide emergency gynecology services for women.” Med Care 53, no. 4 Suppl 1 (April 2015): S81–87. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000320.
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    • Malka, S Terez, Chad S. Kessler, John Abraham, Thomas W. Emmet, and Lee Wilbur. “Professional e-mail communication among health care providers: proposing evidence-based guidelines.” Acad Med 90, no. 1 (January 2015): 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000465.
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    • Hastings, Susan Nicole, Elizabeth Betts, Kenneth E. Schmader, Morris Weinberger, Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Cristina C. Hendrix, Cynthia J. Coffman, et al. “Discharge information and support for veterans Receiving Outpatient Care in the Emergency Department: study design and methods.” Contemp Clin Trials 39, no. 2 (November 2014): 342–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2014.10.008.
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    • Thomas, K., and C. Kessler. “New antiplatelet agents prescribed to patients with ischemic heart disease: Implications for treatment of stroke.” Current Treatment Options in Neurology 16, no. 5 (January 1, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11940-014-0289-2.
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    • Kessler, Chad, Faizan Shakeel, H Gene Hern, Jonathan S. Jones, Jim Comes, Christine Kulstad, Fiona A. Gallahue, et al. “A survey of handoff practices in emergency medicine.” Am J Med Qual 29, no. 5 (2014): 408–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860613503364.
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    • Kessler, Chad S., Khadidjatou Kane, Sharmistha Dev, and Jeremy L. Smiley. “Inadequate postgraduate training of skin and soft tissue infections in an era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.” J Investig Med 61, no. 6 (August 2013): 1026–29. https://doi.org/10.2310/JIM.0b013e31829a7a27.
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    • Cordasco, Kristina M., Laurie C. Zephyrin, Chad S. Kessler, Meri Mallard, Ismelda Canelo, Lisa V. Rubenstein, and Elizabeth M. Yano. “An inventory of VHA emergency departments' resources and processes for caring for women.” J Gen Intern Med 28 Suppl 2, no. Suppl 2 (July 2013): S583–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2327-7.
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    • Kessler, Chad S., Teresa Chan, Jennifer M. Loeb, and S Terez Malka. “I'm clear, you're clear, we're all clear: improving consultation communication skills in undergraduate medical education.” Acad Med 88, no. 6 (June 2013): 753–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e31828ff953.
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    • Kessler, Chad, Faizan Shakeel, H Gene Hern, Jonathan S. Jones, Jim Comes, Christine Kulstad, Fiona A. Gallahue, et al. “An algorithm for transition of care in the emergency department.” Acad Emerg Med 20, no. 6 (June 2013): 605–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12153.
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    • Chan, Teresa M., Clare Wallner, Thomas K. Swoboda, Katrina A. Leone, and Chad Kessler. “Assessing interpersonal and communication skills in emergency medicine.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1390–1402. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12030.
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    • Chen, Esther H., Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Camiron L. Pfennig, Katrina Leone, and Chad S. Kessler. “Assessing systems-based practice.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1366–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12024.
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    • Goyal, Nikhil, Amer Aldeen, Katrina Leone, Jonathan S. Ilgen, Jeremy Branzetti, and Chad Kessler. “Assessing medical knowledge of emergency medicine residents.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1360–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12033.
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    • Kessler, Chad S., and Katrina A. Leone. “The current state of core competency assessment in emergency medicine and a future research agenda: recommendations of the working group on assessment of observable learner performance.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1354–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12023.
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    • Newgard, Craig D., Michael S. Beeson, Chad S. Kessler, Nathan Kuppermann, Judith A. Linden, Fiona Gallahue, Stephen Wolf, et al. “Establishing an emergency medicine education research network.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1468–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12028.
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    • Rodriguez, Elliot, Jeffrey Siegelman, Katrina Leone, and Chad Kessler. “Assessing professionalism: summary of the working group on assessment of observable learner performance.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1372–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12031.
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    • Takayesu, James Kimo, Christine Kulstad, Joshua Wallenstein, Fiona Gallahue, David Gordon, Katrina Leone, and Chad Kessler. “Assessing patient care: summary of the breakout group on assessment of observable learner performance.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 12 (December 2012): 1379–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12038.
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    • Kessler, Chad. “Assessing the utility of digital rectal exams in the ED.” Acad Emerg Med 19, no. 6 (June 2012): 693. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01368.x.
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    • Kessler, C. S. “Improved emergency care for Illinois's veterans: How patient advocacy can effect big change.” Academic Emergency Medicine 19, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01243.x.
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    • Kessler, C. S., A. A. Gonzalez, L. A. Stallings, and T. A. Templeman. “In-training practice patterns of combined emergency medicine/internal medicine residents, 2003-2007.” Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 12, no. 4 (November 1, 2011): 530–36. https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2010.11.2082.
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    • Kessler, Chad, Robert Hockberger, and Gloria Kuhn. “PeRLs: changing the way we view lectures.” Acad Emerg Med 18, no. 11 (November 2011): 1191–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01211.x.
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    • Kessler, Chad, and John H. Burton. “Moving beyond confidence and competence: educational outcomes research in emergency medicine.” Acad Emerg Med 18 Suppl 2 (October 2011): S25–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01169.x.
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    • Kessler, C. S., S. Bhandarkar, P. Casey, and A. Tenner. “Predicting patient patterns in veterans administration emergency departments.” Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 12, no. 2 (May 1, 2011): 204–7.
    • Kessler, Chad, Jaclyn Ng, Kathya Valdez, Hui Xie, and Brett Geiger. “The use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate in the inpatient management of hyperkalemia.” J Hosp Med 6, no. 3 (March 2011): 136–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.834.
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    • Kessler, C. S., J. M. Tristano, M. A. Dignan, H. Xie, L. A. Stallings, and R. F. Albrecht. “Effective out-of-operating room airway management for physicians not traditionally trained in airway management.” Journal of Investigative Medicine 59, no. 8 (January 1, 2011): 1263–67. https://doi.org/10.2310/JIM.0b013e31822ffc02.
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    • Kessler, Chad S., Evie G. Marcolini, Gillian Schmitz, Charles J. Gerardo, Glenn Burns, Brian DelliGatti, Catherine A. Marco, et al. “Off-service resident education in the emergency department: outline of a national standardized curriculum.” Acad Emerg Med 16, no. 12 (December 2009): 1325–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00605.x.
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    • Kessler, Chad, and Stephen Bhandarkar. “The need for education in ultrasonography.” Med Teach 31, no. 12 (December 2009): 1096–97.
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  • Book Sections

    • Kessler, C. S., Y. Afshar, and A. C. Vien. “The Emergency Department Consultation: Teaching Physician-Physician Communication to Improve Patient Outcomes.” In Practical Teaching in Emergency Medicine, Second Edition, 268–81, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118469804.ch19.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Salzman, David H., Douglas S. Franzen, Katrina A. Leone, and Chad S. Kessler. “Assessing practice-based learning and improvement.” In Acad Emerg Med, 19:1403–10, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12026.
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