Charles B. Kemmler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Scholar, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine
Core Faculty, Division of Global Emergency Medicine, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Department of Emergency Medicine
Administrative Office
3400 Spruce St
Ground Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Administrative Office
3400 Spruce St
Ground Ravdin
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6698 - Ext 3
Education
PhD (Immunology)
University of Colorado/National Jewish Health, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2016.
PhD (Immunology)
University of Colorado/National Jewish Health, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2016.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2016-2020.
Fellowship, Teaching, American College of Emergency Physicians/Council of Residency Directors, 2022-2023.
Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design: Medical Education, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2025-2026.
Basic Emergency Care, World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2026-2026.
Resident, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 2016-2020.
Fellowship, Teaching, American College of Emergency Physicians/Council of Residency Directors, 2022-2023.
Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design: Medical Education, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2025-2026.
Basic Emergency Care, World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2026-2026.
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), 2021.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), 2021.
Description of Research Expertise
Global Emergency MedicineSelected Publications
Jackson, E.M. and C.B. Kemmler: Young Man with Right Flank and Leg Swelling. Annals of Emergency Medicine 83(5): 490-491, May 2024.Kemmler CB, Sangal RB, Rothenberg C, Li SX, Shofer FS, Abella BS, Venkatesh AK, Foster SD: Delays in antibiotic redosing: Association with inpatient mortality and risk factors for delay. Am J Emerg Med. 46: 63-69, Aug 2021.
Kemmler C.B., Saleem, S.G., Ali, S., Samad, L., Haider, K.F., Jamal, M.I., Aziz, T., Maroof, Q., Dadabhoy, F.Z., Yasin, Z., Rybarczyk, M.M.: A 1-year training program in emergency medicine for physicians in Karachi, Pakistan: Evaluation of learner and program outcomes. AEM Educ Train 5(3): e10625, Jul 2021.
King TH, Kemmler CB, Guo Z, Mann D, Lu Y, Coeshott C, Gehring AJ, Bertoletti A, Ho ZZ, Delaney W, Gaggar A, Subramanian GM, McHutchison JG, Shrivastava S, Lee YJ, Kottilil S, Bellgrau D, Rodell T and D. Apelian: A whole recombinant yeast-based therapeutic vaccine elicits HBV X, S and Core specific T cells in mice and activates human T cells recognizing epitopes linked to viral clearance. PLoS One 9(7): e101904, Jul 2014.
Buhrman JD, Jordan KR, U’Ren L, Sprague J, Kemmler CB, and Slansky JE: Augmenting antitumor T-cell responses to mimotope vaccination by boosting with native tumor antigens. Cancer Research 73(1): 74-85, Jan 2013.
Guo, Z., Kemmler, C.B., Mann, D.L., Lu, Y., Bellgrau, D., Coeshott, C., Apelian, D., Subramanian, M., Lopatin, U., Delaney, W. E. and T.H. King: Recombinant yeast therapeutic vaccines expressing hepatitis B virus (HBV) X, S, and core antigens generate antigen specific T cell responses and tumor protection in mice. Hepatology 56(Supp 1), October 2012 Notes: 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Kemmler CB, Clambey ET, Kedl RM, Slansky JE: Elevated tumor-association antigen expression suppresses variant peptide vaccine responses. J. Immunol 187(9): 4431-9, 2011.
Jordan KR, McMahan RH, Kemmler CB, Kappler JW, Slansky JE : Peptide vaccines prevent tumor growth by activating T cells that respond to native tumor antigens. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107(10): 4652-7, Mar 2010.
Slansky J.E., Jordan K.R. and C.B. Kemmler: Characterization of tumor-specific T-cells Responding to Antitumor Mimotope Vaccines. Anticancer Research 28(5C): 3490-3491, 2008 Notes: Eighth International Conference of Anticancer Research
McWilliams JA, Sullivan RT, Jordan KR, McMahan RH, Kemmler CB, McDuffie M, Slansky JE: Age-dependent tolerance to an endogenous tumor-associated antigen. Vaccine 26: 1863-73, 2008.