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  2. Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University School of Medicine

2400 Pratt Street, Room 311 Terrace Level
Durham, NC 27705
contact address
http://pediatrics.duke.edu/faculty/details/0014640

Biosketch:

My research focuses on improving the quality of care that children receive by strengthening the linkages between primary care, specialty care, and public health services. I study a wide array of conditions to address this research focus, with special concentration on vision impairment and genetically determined conditions such as inborn errors of metabolism. In addition, juvenile idiopathic arthritis has been added as an area of concentration. I provide mentorship to trainees and faculty members as the Associate Division Chief for Research for the Division of Children’s Primary Care and oversee research activities within our childhood obesity fellowship training program. Examples of recent work include evaluating health care delivery for children with congenital hypothyroidism, assessment of the evidence base around screening for Krabbe disease, and evaluating the quality of vision screening services delivered in the primary care setting.

Selected Bibliography:

Cooley WC, Kemper AR.
An approach to family-centered coordinated co-management for individuals with conditions identified through newborn screening.
Genet Med. 2013;15(3):174-7. PubMed abstract

Kemper AR, Kus CA, Ostrander RJ, Comeau AM, Boyle CA, Dougherty D, Mann MY, Botkin JR, Green NS.
A framework for key considerations regarding point-of-care screening of newborns.
Genet Med. 2012;14(12):951-4. PubMed abstract

Hinton CF, Neuspiel DR, Gubernick RS, Geleske T, Healy J, Kemper AR, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Saul RA, Thompson BH, Kaye CI.
Improving newborn screening follow-up in pediatric practices: quality improvement innovation network.
Pediatrics. 2012;130(3):e669-75. PubMed abstract

Bailey DB Jr, Armstrong FD, Kemper AR, Skinner D, Warren SF.
Supporting family adaptation to presymptomatic and "untreatable" conditions in an era of expanded newborn screening.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2009;34(6):648-61. PubMed abstract / Full Text

Kemper AR, Boyle CA, Aceves J, Dougherty D, Figge J, Fisch JL, Hinman AR, Greene CL, Kus CA, Miller J, Robertson D, Telfair J, Therrell B, Lloyd-Puryear M, van Dyck PC, Howell RR.
Long-term follow-up after diagnosis resulting from newborn screening: statement of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children.
Genet Med. 2008;10(4):259-61. PubMed abstract