Jeffrey Michael Tessier MD FACP, FIDSA, FSIS

Transplant/Immunocompromised States

Service Line Chief, Clements University Hospital Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center

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5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallas, TX 75390
Phone+1 214-645-2800

Summary

Dr. Jeffrey Tessier is an infectious disease specialist based in Dallas, TX, with a subspecialty in transplant and immunocompromised states. He completed his medical education at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, followed by a residency in internal medicine at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Dr. Tessier currently serves as a Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center and has held various academic and clinical positions, including medical director roles and consultant positions in transplant infectious diseases. He has expertise in clostridium difficile colitis, anthrax, and antimicrobial stewardship, and has contributed to numerous publications, primarily focusing on intra-abdominal infections and antimicrobial stewardship. His recognitions include fellowships in several professional medical societies, as well as multiple teaching and clinician awards.

Education & Training

University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2003 - 2006
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1995
Cornell UniversityBA, Biochemistry, 1988 - 1991

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2014 - 2027
VA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

FSIS Surgical Infection Society, 2025
FIDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014
William B. Porter Outstanding Clinician Award Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
Excellence in Teaching Award Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012
Career Development Award 2009
Outstanding Presentation Award University of Virginia, 2006
Teacher of the Year Award National Naval Medical Center, 2003
James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2000
Clinical Teaching Award NMC Portsmouth, 1999
John Watson Award 1995
Dean’s Letter of Commendation SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, 1994
James Gibson Anatomical Honor Society SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, 1992
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Early Oral Step-Down Versus Continued Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection.
Stephanie Anderson, James M Sanders, James B Cutrell, Jeffrey Tessier, Meagan Johns
Surgical Infections. 2024-12-01
14 citations
The Surgical Infection Society Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection: 2024 Update.
Jared M Huston, Philip S Barie, E Patchen Dellinger, Joseph D Forrester, Therese M Duane
Surgical Infections. 2024-08-01
11 citations
Intra-abdominal infections survival guide: a position statement by the Global Alliance For Infections In Surgery.
Massimo Sartelli, Philip Barie, Vanni Agnoletti, Majdi N Al-Hasan, Luca Ansaloni
World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 2024-06-08

Books/Book Chapters

Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control.
Chapter: Nosocomial Central Nervous System Infections
Tessier J, Scheld WMEditors: C. Glen Mayhall.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 4,
Antibiotic and Chemotherapy.
Chapter: Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
Tessier J, Scheld WMEditors: R. Finch, D. Greenwood, R. Whitley, and SR Norrby.WB Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 9,
Youmans Neurological Surgery.
Chapter: Basic Science of Central Nervous System Infections
Tessier J, Scheld WMEditors: H. Richard Winn.WB Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 6,
Infectious Diseases Section of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
Chapter: Urinary Tract Infections, Female
Emmons W, Tessier J, Bavaro MeMedicine Journal
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Abstracts/Posters

Increased Incidence of Thrombocytopenia Among Transplant Patients Treated with Linezolid.
Young A, Tessier J, Puzio T, Wolfe L, Han J, Duane T, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society
Trauma after Transplant: Hold the Antibiotics.
Tessier J, Sirkin M, Duane T, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society
Use of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin for Conditioning in Matched Unrelated Donor Hematopoitic Cell Transplantation Provides Comparable Dose Dependant Outcomes to Matc...
Portier DA, Roberts CH, Fletcher DR, Sabo R, Rabie S, Clark WB, Manjili M, Tessier J, Chung HM, McCarty J, Toor AA, BMT Tandem Meetings
Development of a Biosafety Level 3 Occupational Medical Surveillance Program in a University Setting: A Case Study.
R. Thomas Leonard, Jeffrey M. Tessier, Ericka E. Pearce, 51st Annual Biological Safety Conference
Edema toxin from Bacillus anthracis induces steroidogenesis in murine Y-1 adrenal cells.
Tessier J, 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Trauma after transplant: hold the antibiotics.
Tessier J, Sirkin M, Wolfe L, Duane T, Surgical Infections
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Lectures

Infectious Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation.
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Adenylate cyclase toxin alters in vitro transendothelial electrical resistance and endothelial chemokine production.
42nd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Studies on the complex mechanisms underlying Bacillus anthracis edema toxin-induced edema.
Mid-Atlantic Microbial Pathogenesis Meeting
Celecoxib and pyrilamine attenuate Bacillus anthracis edema toxin-induced murine mortality.
International Anthrax Meeting
Differential expression of transferrin receptors in rat neurons and PC12 cells.
SUNY Buffalo Annual Student Research Forum
Marked hyperglycemia during treatment with nelfinavir.
Navy Chapter Meeting
Zoonotic infection with group G streptococcus.
Multiple Locations, 1997
Remission of sarcoidosis after primary varicella zoster infection.
Multiple Locations, 1998
Bacillus anthracis edema toxin induces early vascular leakage followed by neutrophilic infiltration in rabbit skin.
Multiple Locations, 2005
Mechanisms of Bacillus anthracis edema toxin-induced edema in rabbit skin.
Internal Medicine Research Day
HIV and Organ Transplantation.
Virginia HIV/AIDS Center Webinar
Infectious Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
VCU Alumni Center
Koch’s Other Bacillus: Anthrax in the Post-Antibiotic Era.
Multiple Locations, 2008
Clinical-Pathologic Conference.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System
Infectious Complications of Heart Transplantation.
Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Morning Conference
CMV Infection and Disease in Kidney Transplantation.
Didactic Conference for Nephrology Fellows
CMV and Heart Transplantation.
Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Morning Conference
Koch’s Other Bacillus.
Infectious Diseases Fellows Didactic Conference
FUOs in Transplant Patients.
Transplant Teaching Conference
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