General Internal Medicine

Alex Han Cho, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Campus mail 3100 Tower Blvd, Suite 600, Box 80, Durham, NC 27707
Phone (919) 419-5049
Email address alex.cho@duke.edu

Population health; telehealth; primary care; implementation science; applied genomics; health behavior; patient self-management; health policy.

Education and Training

  • Primary Care Resident, Medicine, New York University, 2001 - 2004
  • M.B.A., Duke University, 2007
  • M.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2001

Publications

Hardy, M, Cho, A, Stavig, A, Bratcher, M, Dillard, J, Greenblatt, L, and Schulman, K. "Understanding Frequent Emergency Department Use Among Primary Care Patients." Population Health Management 21, no. 1 (February 2018): 24-31.

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Haga, SB, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, Allen LaPointe, N, Cho, A, and Ginsburg, GS. "Primary care providers' use of pharmacist support for delivery of pharmacogenetic testing." Pharmacogenomics 18, no. 4 (March 2017): 359-367.

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28244812
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Wu, RR, Myers, RA, Hauser, ER, Vorderstrasse, A, Cho, A, Ginsburg, GS, and Orlando, LA. "Impact of Genetic Testing and Family Health History Based Risk Counseling on Behavior Change and Cognitive Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes." Journal of genetic counseling 26, no. 1 (February 2017): 133-140.

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27296809
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Schettini, P, Shah, KP, O'Leary, CP, Patel, MP, Anderson, JB, Cho, AH, Long, AL, Bosworth, HB, and Cameron, CB. "Keeping care connected: e-Consultation program improves access to nephrology care." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (January 2017): 1357633X17748350-null.

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29285981
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Haga, SB, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, Allen Lapointe, N, Cho, A, and Ginsburg, GS. "Patient experiences with pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting." Pharmacogenomics 17, no. 15 (October 2016): 1629-1636.

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27648637
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Voils, CI, Coffman, CJ, Grubber, JM, Edelman, D, Sadeghpour, A, Maciejewski, ML, Bolton, J, Cho, A, Ginsburg, GS, and Yancy, WS. "Does Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Testing and Counseling Reduce Modifiable Risk Factors? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Veterans." Journal of general internal medicine 30, no. 11 (November 2015): 1591-1598.

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25876740
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Gallagher, P, King, HA, Haga, SB, Orlando, LA, Joy, SV, Trujillo, GM, Scott, WM, Bembe, M, Creighton, DL, Cho, AH, Ginsburg, GS, and Vorderstrasse, A. "Patient beliefs and behaviors about genomic risk for type 2 diabetes: implications for prevention." Journal of health communication 20, no. 6 (January 2015): 728-735.

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25844569
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Haga, SB, LaPointe, NMA, Cho, A, Reed, SD, Mills, R, Moaddeb, J, and Ginsburg, GS. "Pilot study of pharmacist-assisted delivery of pharmacogenetic testing in a primary care setting." Pharmacogenomics 15, no. 13 (September 2014): 1677-1686.

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25410893
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Cho, AH, Dakkak, M, Ross, AK, Duan-Porter, W, Bowlby, L, Zipkin, DA, Greenblatt, L, Cunningham, NT, Simo, J, Green, G, Causey, H, Smith, B, Samples, C, Zaas, D, Zaas, AK, and Oddone, EZ. "REDESIGNTNG A RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT." April 2014.

Scholars@Duke

Dzau, VJ, Yoediono, Z, Ellaissi, WF, and Cho, AH. "Fostering innovation in medicine and health care: what must academic health centers do?." Acad Med 88, no. 10 (October 2013): 1424-1429.

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23969357
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