Henry Eric Fessler, M.D.

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  • Director of Education, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
  • Professor of Medicine
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Expertise

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Research Interests

Heart-lung interaction; Lung mechanics; Mechanical ventilation ...read more

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 410-955-5000
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-3467
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Appointment Phone: 410-550-0100
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Asthma and Allergy Center
Baltimore, MD 21224
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital

1830 E. Monument Street
1830 Building 5th Floor Pulmonary
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-614-6292
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Background

Dr. Fessler is a specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is an expert in the diagnosis and management of acute respiratory failure, including asthma, pneumonia, C.O.P.D., neuromuscular diseases, and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. He also has extensive experience in the management of other life-threatening conditions such as gastrointestinal bleeding, pulmonary embolism, diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar states, and shock.

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Titles

  • Director of Education, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
  • Professor of Medicine

Departments / Divisions

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Medicine; Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (1982)

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine; Hartford Hospital (1985)

Fellowships

  • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1988)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Critical Care Medicine) (1991)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1985)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) (1988)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Dr. Fessler’s interests are focused largely on medical education, from medical school to continuing medical education. He directs the Genes-to-Society course, the largest course in the School of Medicine with over 350 faculty and 1000 classroom hours. He developed and led the required, 4th year Advanced Clerkship in Critical Care and was the Assistant Dean for Curriculum from 2014-18. He teaches residents, students and fellows in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. and served on the Intern Selection Committee for the Osler Medical Residency. He was the director of the fellowship program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, one of the largest in the country, whose graduates now serve as clinicians, researchers, and educators at schools of Medicine throughout the country. Dr. Fessler has published over 100 research papers, reviews, editorials and book chapters. He chaired the American Thoracic Society Section on Medical Education and is past-president of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors.

Selected Publications

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Fessler HE, Addrizzo-Harris D, Beck JM, Buckley JD, Pastores SM, Piquette CA, Rowley JA, Spevetz A. “Entrustable professional activities and curricular milestones for fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine: report of a multisociety working group.” Chest. 2014 Sep;146(3):813-34. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0710.

Simkin DJ, Greene JA, Jung J, Sacks BC, Fessler HE.  The Death of Animals in Medical School. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 23;376(8):713-715. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1612992. PMID: 28225675

Fessler HE. Three Years of Medical Education at the American Thoracic Society.  Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Apr;14(4):485-486. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201701-017ED. PMID: 28362527

Heath JK, Dempsey TM, Santhosh L, Edgar L, Fessler HE. Miles to Go Before We Sleep: Reforming the pulmonary and critical care milestones to improve trainee assessment. ATS Scholar 1(1): 33-43. 2020

Hayes MM, Fessler HE. How We Review a Medical Education Research Paper. ATS Scholar; https://doi.org/10.34197/ats-scholar.2021-0105PS, 2021

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Outstanding Educational Program, Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education, 2014
  • Outstanding Educator Award, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors, 2016
  • Professors' Award for Teaching in the Clinical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2014
  • Outstanding Educator Lifetime Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society, 2017
  • Barry Wood Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2022, 2020
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