Dr. Kent J. Kessler

Dr. Kessler is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and trained in General and Vascular Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. He is board certified through the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

He is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and resides with his wife and children in Madison County.

His interests include gardening, flowers, and farming.  He is active in St. Marks Catholic Church and his children attend school at Sts. Peter and Paul in Lexington, Kentucky.  He also has an active Purple Martin Colony and Bluebird Trail at his home in Madison County, Kentucky.

Curriculum Vitae:

EDUCATION:          

University of Louisville, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics 1989, Summa Cum Laude

University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, M.D.  1991

POSTGRADUATE  TRAINING:              

1995-1996
Chief Resident – General Surgery
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

1991-1995
Intern/Junior Resident – General Surgery
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

CREDENTIALS:      

Private practice, Central Kentucky Surgery, P.S.C. 1996 – present

Active staff privileges:
     Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center, Richmond, KY  
     St. Joseph Berea Hospital, Berea, KY 
     Kentucky Surgery Center, Lexington, KY

Courtesy privileges:
     St. Joseph East Hospital, Lexington, KY

MEDICAL LICENSURE:          

Kentucky

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:      

American Medical Association

Kentucky Medical Association

Madison County Medical Association

 
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS:      

Kessler, KJ,  Welling, RE, and Kerlakian, GM.  Perineal Sarcomas – Two Case Reports and a Review of Literature.    
October 1994

Kessler, KJ and Roedersheimer, LR.  Raynaud’s Phenomenon.    
1994

Kessler, KJ and Kerlakian, GM.  Primary Neoplasms of the Small Bowel. 
Scientific Exhibit, 79^th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. 
San Franciso, CA   1993

Thibodeaux, LC,  Kessler, KJ and Welling, RE.  Fulminant Fat Embolism – A Case Report. 
Scientific Exhibit, 78^th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. 
San Francisco, Ca  1993