Dr. Adam D. Kessler, D.O.

Expert Publications

• Report of three cases of idiopathic familial hyperlipemia: use of ACTH and cortisone.
• Cystic tuberculosis of the bones in children; report of two cases.
• Use of a quadruple sulfonamide mixture in acute bacterial infections of infancy and childhood.
• Observations on trichinosis; report of a community outbreak.
• Staphylococcal infections in young infants; report of an outbreak in a hospital nursery.
• Serum bilirubin studies in newborn Negro infants.
• Growth and development of Negro infants. IX. Studies on weight, height, pelvic breadth, head and chest circumferences during the first year of life.
• Immunologic response of young infants to polio vaccine when administered as a multiple antigen.
• CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA. REPORT OF A CASE IN A CHILD.
• Acute bromide intoxication; report of a case in a two-year-old child.
• Diarrhea of the newborn; report of epidemic and results of treatment with streptomycin.
• Erythroblastosis fetalis in the Negro infant; report of five cases, including four cases due to A-B-O incompatibilities.
• Generalized glycogenosis and associated endocardial fibroelastosis. Report of 3 cases with biochemical studies.
• Falciparum malaria. Report of two cases in children.
• Trends in neonatal mortality among nonwhite infants in the District of Columbia.

Media Releases

Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Adam D. Kessler, who serves patients in Joplin, Missouri.

Being an exceptional orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Kessler specializes in trauma surgery. He is affiliated with Freeman Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, working closely with the Emergency Department to help patients with complex fractures, non healing fractures, malunited fractures, articular fractures, pelvis and hip socket injuries.

Freeman Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine provides high quality, personalized care to help patients recover quickly and effectively. Their nationally recognized, board-certified orthopaedic physicians understand patients’ injuries and how it relates to their sport.

Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Kessler served in the US Army as a physician assistant before receiving his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He went on to complete his residency in orthopedic surgery at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and his fellowship in orthopedic trauma surgery at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.

Continuously advancing his efforts, he is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Osteopathic Association, and the American Medical Association.

Orthopedic surgery is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and non-surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

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