Henry Eric Fessler, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Education, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Research Interests

Heart-lung interaction, Lung mechanics, Mechanical ventilation

Lab Website

Henry Fessler Lab

• Research in the Henry Fessler Lab is focused on pulmonary medicine. We are interested in heart-lung interaction, mechanical ventilation and lung mechanics. We're also interested in medical education and recently examined contemporary strategies for effective lecturing.

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.

PubMed

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Selected Publications

• 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.

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

Honors

• Barry Wood Excellence in Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Class of 2022, 1/3/20
• Outstanding Educator Lifetime Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society, 5/20/17
• Outstanding Educator Award, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors, 3/3/16
• Professors' Award for Teaching in the Clinical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5/17/14
• Outstanding Educational Program, Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education, 1/1/14