Curriculum Vitae
Date Prepared: 09/16/2018
Curriculum Vitae
NAME: Christopher M. Alessi MD, RPVI, FACS
ADDRESS:
Alessi Vascular Surgery, PC
6140 W. Curtisian Ave, Suite 400
Boise, ID 83704
ph: (208) 378-9977
Fax: (208) 327-5602
Web: www.alessivascularsurgery.com
EDUCATION:
- Date
- 1994-1998
- 1990-1994
- Institution
- Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA - Middlebury College
Middlebury, VTSalutatorian, Summa Cum Laude
Major: Physics and Biochemistry
- Degree
- M.D.
- B.A.
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
- Date
- 2004-2006
- 7/03-10/03
- 2000-2001
- 1998-2004
- Speciality
- Vascular Surgery Fellow
- Administrative Chief Resident
- Surgical Research Fellow
- General Surgery Resident
- Institution
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
- Date
- 2000-present
- 2007-present
- 2009-present
- Licensure
- State of New Hampshire (11102)
- State of Pennsylvania (MD431690, inactive)
- State of Idaho (M-10811)
- Date
- 2010
- 2007
- 2005
- 2002
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1996
- 1995
- 1992
- Certification
- Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)
- American Board of Surgery added qualification in Vascular Surgery (101764);
Recertification 2015 - American Board of Surgery Certification (50157);
Recertification 2013 - Advanced Trauma Life Support, Instructor;
Recertification, 2006, 2010 - Advanced Trauma Life Support, Provider;
Recertification, 2002 - Advanced Cardiac Life Support;
Recertification, 2000 - Wilderness Emergency Technician
- Basic Life Support;
Recertification, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 - Wilderness Emergency Care
- NAUI SCUBA Diving Rescue
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Date
- 2004-2006
- 7/03-10/03
- 2000-2001
- Academic Title
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery)
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery)
- Instructor in Surgery
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Institution
- Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA - Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH - Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
EMPLOYMENT:
- Date
- 2018-present
- 2010-2018
- 2010-2015
- 2008-2010
- 2007-2010
- 2006-2007
- 2000-2002
- Title
- Vascular Surgeon/Owner
- Vascular Surgeon
- Acting Medical Director Vascular Services and Vascular Lab
- Medical Director Vascular Laboratory
- Associate Vascular Surgeon
- Active Clinical Staff Section of Vascular Surgery
- Active Clinical Staff Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Organization
- Alessi Vascular Surgery, PC
Boise, ID - Saint Alphonsus Medical Group
Boise, ID - Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID - Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA - Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND CONSULTATIONS
- Year
- 2011-2012
- 2011-2012
- 2009-2010
- 2008
- 2006-2007
- 2006-2007
- 1998-2007
- 2004
- 2003
- Committee
- Quality Heath Record
- Genesis Physician Advisory Committee
- Vascular Workgroup
- Problem List Workgroup
- Hand-off Communications
- OR Improvement
- Surgical Education
- GME Internal Review
Pulmonary and Critical Care - GME Internal Review
Orthopedic Surgery
- Role
- Chair
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Institution
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
MEMBERSHIP, OFFICE & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
- Date
- 1992-present
- 1993-present
- 1995-present
- 2000-present
- 2004-present
- 2004-present
- 2007-present
- 2011-present
- Society
- Divert Alert Network
- Phi Beta Kappa Society, Beta of Vermont
- American Medical Association
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- Beta Chapter AOA, Dartmouth Medical School
- Society for Vascular Surgery
- New England Society for Vascular Surgery
- Idaho Medical Society
- Role
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Date
- 1993
- 1994
- 2001, 2003
- 2003
- 2003, 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- Award Name
- Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College
- Phi Beta Kappa Prize, Middlebury College
- American Board of Surgery In-Training/Surgical Basic Science Examination Highest Score Award
- Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society Coller Clinical Tour
- Dartmouth Medical School Excellence in Teaching Award
- Thomas P. Almy, M.D., House-staff Teaching Award
- Beta Chapter AOA, Dartmouth Medical School
- Alma Hass Milham Award for humane and ethical values
- Physician Partnership Award (3-time recipient in 2011)
- Robert L. Miller Memorial Award Consultant of the Year
- Outstanding Clinician, Saint Alphonsus Medical Group
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Date
- Local
- 2010-2015
- 2006-2010
- Regional
- 2002-2010 (courses held bi-annually)
- Teaching
-
- Vascular laboratory technicians
- Training of medical students, surgery
Residents, vascular fellows, and vascular
Laboratory technicians - Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
- Date
- Local
- 08/2000
- 03/2000
- 10/2011
- 10/2011
- Regional
- 06/2002
- 11/2004
- 09/2005
- 10/2009
- 11/2010
- 05/2011
- 12/2011
- 11/2013
- 09/2014
- National
- 1994
- Topic
- Nutrition in the Surgical Patient
- Inflammation
- Aortic Stent Grafts
- Vascular Emergencies
- Thoracic Trauma
- Thoracic Trauma: The Dirty Dozen
- Carotid Stenting Protection Devices
- Treatment of Lower Extremity Wounds
- Vascular Trauma
- The Endovascular Era
- Vascular Surgery 2011
- Overview of Vascular Surgery Coding
- Vascular Surgery 2014
- Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Zero Splitting
- Organization
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Surgery
- SARMC
- ER Grand Rounds
- DHART
- DHMC Critical Care
- NESVS
- Geisinger Med. Cntr.
- SARMC Trauma
- Idaho Academy of Family Physicians
- ACMEC
- AAPC
- Nurse Practitioners of Idaho
- American Physical Society
- Location
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Cntr.
- St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Cntr.
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Stowe, VT
- Danville, PA
- Sun Valley, ID
- Boise, ID
- Boise, ID
- Boise, ID
- Boise, ID
- Washington, DC
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Date
- Basic Science
- 1992
- 1993
- 1993-94
- 1994-96
- 2000-01
- Clinical Research
- 2008-2010
- Research
- HHMI Research Fellow, Dr Sallie Sheldon Ph.D., Department of Biology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Studied the use of an insect to control Eurasian Watermilfoil, an accidentally introduced aquatic plant that out-competes native plants and is a nuisance to people. Studies focused on the aquatic weevil, Euhrychiopsis lecontei.
- Laser Science Topical Group Research Fellow, Dr. Mark Roberson, Ph.D., Department of Physics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Developed a technique to do microsecond Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. This technique was used to look at ligand photodissociation in carbonmonoxymyoglobin.
- Senior Thesis, Dr James Larabee, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Developed a technique to use variable-field, variable-temperature magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy to study the zero-field splitting of cobalt (II)-substituted proteins.
- Research Assistant, Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Department of Surgery, Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Funded by the Academic Societies’ Committee for Student Research. Isolated RNA from colon carcinoma cell lines and from normal colon tissue and used RT-PCR and Northern Blot analysis to study the interaction between the integrin α1β6 and its associated disintegrin to better characterize this cell-cell interaction and its contribution to the invasiveness of carcinoma cells.
- Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, Dr. Richard Barth M.D., Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Studied the use of dendritic cell tumor lysate vaccines to prevent as well as treat tumor development and metastasis in a murine model. Additionally, studied the role of IL-2 and CTLA-4 inhibition in this process.
- Projects focused on carotid angioplasty and stent, and genetic markers for AAA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Journal Articles
Original Articles
- Larrabee JA, Alessi CM, Asiedu ET, et al: Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy as a Probe of Geometric and Electronic Structure of Cobalt (II)-Substituted Proteins: Ground-State Zero-Field Splitting as a Coordination Number Indicator. J Am Chem Soc. 119:4182-4196, 1997.
- Powell RJ, Alessi CM, Nolan BW, et al. Comparison of embolization protection device-specific technical difficulties during carotid artery stenting. J Vasc Surg 2006; 44:56-60.
- Umoh NJ, Alessi CM, Franklin DP, Udekwu AO: Small Bowel Volvulus in a Quadriplegic: A Rare Complication of the Simon Nitinol Inferior Vena Cava Filter. Eur J Traum Emer Surg 2009 (in press).
Chapters
- Alessi CM, Zwolak R . Wound and Lymphatic Complications Following Lower Extremity Revascularization. In: Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2006.
- Alessi CM, et al. The Mechanics of Breathing. In: Concepts in Medical Physiology. Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2005.