Rush University Medical Center
Infectious Diseases
900 S Paulina Suite 140-142
Chicago,
IL
USA
60612
Email:
Harold_A_Kessler@rush.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Harold A. Kessler, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Immunology/Microbiology and Associate Director of the Section of Infectious Diseases at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Dr. Kessler received his M.D. degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, and completed his Internal Medicine and Clinical Infectious Diseases training at Rush.
He received additional laboratory research training in the study of viral diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, England.
Dr. Kessler has been extensively involved in both the clinical and laboratory study of antiviral chemotherapy, viral vaccines, HSV, VZV, and HIV/AIDS over the last 30 years.
He has mentored >100 Fellows in their Infectious Disease training since 1981. He has also been on the doctoral committees of 3 graduate students in Immunology/Microbiology.
For the past 24 years Dr. Kessler has been active in clinical research primarily in the area of HIV disease.
Dr. Kessler has participated as a member of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the NIH since 1987, and previously served as Chair of the Viral Pathogen Study Group for 5 years, in addition to being the Chair/Co-Chair of 4 protocols.
Dr. Kessler’s most recent research activities are a study of the seroprevalence of HIV infection in patients seen in the Emergency Department of Rush University Medical Center, and a study to determine the utility of HIV phenotypic resistance testing versus expert opinion in the management of HIV infected patients failing their current antiretroviral therapy regimen (study being conducted at the CORE Center).
Dr. Kessler is also Associate Dean of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Director of the Office of Continuing Medical Education at Rush University Medical Center.
He was appointed as Assistant Dean, Post-Graduate Medical Education in 1997 and Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Continuing Medical Education in 2000.
He served as Chairman of the CME Committee for the International AIDS Society-USA from 1995-2002, and has been a member of the Research Endowment Council of the Society for Academic CME since 2003.
He has recently been appointed to the CME Subcommittee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. His current major interest in CME is the documentation of the effect of CME activities on physician behavior.