Joshua Kessler MD
Joshua Kessler, MD
PGY5
Research Chief Resident
EDUCATION
Colgate University, BA, 1995. Major, Molecular Biology. Minor, English, Cum Laude, with additional honors in Molecular Biology.
Inducted Beta Beta Beta, National Biological Honor Society, 1995.
Boston University School of Medicine, MD, Cum Laude, 1999.
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Boston Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA, 1999-2000, Internship in General Surgery, James Becker MD, Chief of Service.
Boston Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Boston, MA, 2000 – present.Residency in Otolaryngology, Kenneth M. Grundfast MD, Chief of Service.
Chief Resident in charge of Education and Research, 2003 – present.
PUBLICATIONS
PEER REVIEWED PERIODICALS:
Kessler, JL and Spiegel JH. Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair Using
Acellular Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa. Laryngoscope, submitted 5/03.
Kessler JL, Miyamoto RC, Vargas SO, Rahbar R. Neonatal nasopharyngeal teratoma presenting with airway obstruction. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, submitted 11/02.
Kessler JL, MacDonald CB, Cox LC. Bizarre “sawtooth” tympanogram in a patient with otitis media. J Am Acad Audiol 9(4):272-4, 1998.
Kessler J, Muller J, Weir JP. Expression of the human immunodeficiency virus gag gene products by a replication-incompetent herpes simplex virus vector. Virus Res 54(1): 31-8, 1998.
Xia Y, Kessler JL, Haddad GG. Prolonged oxygen deprivation down-regulates glucose transporter-3 in adult but not in immature rat brains. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, Abstract, 1998.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Kessler JL, Byers M. Wound healing and bioimplantable materials. In Dolan R (ed), Essentials of Facial Plastic Surgery, accepted 11/02 and in press.
INDEPENDENT FUNDED RESEARCH
Prospective study using a chinchilla model to evaluate the use of acellular porcine small intestine submucosa in the repair of tympanic membrane perforations. Extramural funding: $5,000 unrestricted educational and research grant from Cook Surgical, Inc. Study completed 9/02.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting, Triological Society/American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Section, “Tympanic Membrane Perforation Repair Using Acellular Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa.” Nashville, TN, 2003.
Grand Rounds, Boston Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, “Thyroiditis.” Boston, MA, 2003.
Grand Rounds, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, “Nasal mass in a 3 day-old infant.” Boston, MA, 2002.
New England Otolaryngology Society, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, “Sinonasal mass in an adult.” Boston, MA, 2001.
· Received prize for third place in resident presentations
Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Department of Otolaryngology, “Vascular Malformations.” Boston, MA, 2001.
Grand Rounds, Boston Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, “A twenty five year-old female with vertigo, hearing loss, and facial weakness.” Boston, MA, 2000.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Kessler JL, Miyamoto RC, Vargas SO, Rahbar R. Neonatal nasopharyngeal teratoma presenting with airway obstruction. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, San Diego, CA, 2002.
Kessler JL, Wade G, Gooey J. Middle ear adenoma with metastasis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Denver, CO, 2001.
Kessler JL, Cox LC, MacDonald CB. Paget’s disease of the temporal bone causing hydrops. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio, TX, 1998.
Kessler JL, MacDonald CB, Cox LC. Bizarre “sawtooth” tympanogram in a patient with otitis media. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1997.
COMMITTEES
Service vs. Education Committee, Department of Otolaryngology, Boston Medical Center, 2001-present.
Departmental Representative to the House Officer’s Union, Boston Medical Center, 2001-03.
MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Surgeons, Candidate Group Member, 2002 – present.
American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 2000 – present.
Massachusetts Medical Society, 1995 – present.
