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Jeffrey Tessier, MD, Infectious Disease, Portsmouth, VA

Jeffrey Michael Tessier MD FACP, FIDSA, FSIS

Infectious Disease•Portsmouth, VA

Transplant/Immunocompromised States

CDR, MC, USN Division of Infectious Diseases NMRTC Porstmouth

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  • 620 John Paul Jones CirPortsmouth, VA 23708

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Summary

  • Dr. Jeffrey Tessier is an infectious disease specialist 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 served 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 returned to active duty in the US Navy and is currently serving as a staff ID physician at NMRTC Portsmouth. 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 Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2003 - 2006
  • Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
    Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1995
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityBA, Biochemistry, 1988 - 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 1996 - 2028
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2014 - 2027
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • FSIS Surgical Infection Society, 2025
  • FIDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Cerner Millennium Powerchart, Cerner Millennium FirstNet, Cerner Millennium ProFile, Health Sentry, Healthe Exchange, Cerner Healthe Record, IQHealth and P2 Sentinel (Powered by Sensage), Cerner Corporation, 2013-2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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,

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

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

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