Advanced Internal Medicine, LLC

Dr. Chassels first became interested in medicine while studying for his First Aid Merit Badge. He went on to earn the Eagle Scout rank and taught first aid skills to dozens of scouts before graduating from Cherry Hill High School East.

After high school, Dr. Chassels received the Bachelor of Arts degree in General Science in 1993 from Rutgers University. While attending Rutgers, he was president of the local chapter of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity. He helped establish a volunteer emergency response team on campus, as well. He later returned to the Rutgers Campus to manage several computer labs while preparing for medical school.

Dr. Chassels earned the Master of Science in Teaching degree from Rowan University in 1995. He used this training to teach Biology, Physics, Physical Science, General Science, and Algebra in Barrow, Alaska, and East Lyme, Connecticut.

While attending college and teaching, Dr. Chassels worked full time as an Emergency Medical Technician / Firefighter for the Township of Cherry Hill, Division of Emergency Medical Services. He had the opportunity to render care to over three thousand patients during his ten years on the ambulance squad.

In an effort to combine his love of the medical sciences and love of teaching, Dr. Chassels enrolled in medical school at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, in Kirksville, MO. His completed most of his clinical rotations in St. Louis County and City. Highlights of this training included underserved medicine rotations at the Clayton Jail, psychiatry rotation at the St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, outpatient training at the St. Louis County Health Centers, as well as his rotations at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, Des Peres Hospital, and Forest Park Hospital. He also assisted in neurobiological research involving the absorption of lead in neurons and subsequent effects on seizure threshold. He graduated with his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2004.

Dr. Chassels completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in 2007. This ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine Residency took place in a 979 bed hospital complex with coronary care unit, dialysis center, cancer center, heart hospital, burn center, level one trauma center, five intensive care units, and multiple outpatient clinics. While a resident, he supervised R1s on ward rotations and became proficient in various procedures including central venous line placement, arterial line placement, thoracentesis, diagnostic lumbar punctures, paracentesis, nasogastric tube placement, endotrachial intubation.

Following residency, Dr. Chassels opened a physician practice called Advanced Internal Medicine, LLC. Dr. Chassels is on staff at St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland, IL, and Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL. He has been credentialled by and currently accepts Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tricare, Tricare Prime, AARP, Advantra, Aetna, Aetna PPO, AIG, GHP, American Republic, Anthem Blue Shield, APWU, Blue Shield PPO, Great West healthcare, Midland's Choice, First Health, Health Link, Blue Shield-IL, Blue Shield-MO, Blue Shield Federal Employee Program, Carp. Health and Welfare Trust, Champus, Cigna, Conseco, Gold Advantage, Humana, Mail Handlers Benefit Plan, Medicaid-IL, Progressive Direct, United Healthcare, United Medical Resources, United World Life

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE

ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine Residency in a 979 bed hospital complex with coronary care unit,dialysis center, cancer center, heart hospital, burn center, level one trauma center, five intensive care units,and multiple outpatient clinics.Supervised R1s on ward rotations.

Proficiencies: central venous line placement, arterial line placement, thoracentesis,diagnostic lumbar punctures, paracentesis, nasogastric tube placement, endotrachial intubation,electronic medical record systems, and ICD-9 coding

Handled approximately 2600 EMS calls, Preceptor, Driver Trainer, Duty Crew Chief. Training: EMT-D, Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support, HazMat Technician, Incident Command System, Certified Emergency Vehicle Operator, Crime Scene Awareness for EMS, Firefighter I.

RESEARCH

Assisted in a study of the effects of calcium channel blockers on the absorption of lead into nerve cells and the subsequent relationship of these calcium channel blockers to seizure activity in cats. Our goal was to determine if lead enters cells primarily through L-type calcium channels. Performed multiple surgeries on cats, intubated the cats via tracheotomy, anesthetized the animals, placed intracranial EEG electrodes, cannulated mesenteric veins using open abdominal vascular surgery, administered medications, set up and ran a digital EEG through a Pentium II computer, and ran a traditional analog EEG machine for comparison. Assisted in data analysis.

Chemistry Research Assistant for Karin Ǻkerfeldt, PhD, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 1998-99.

Assisted in molecular modeling and synthesis of new hydrogen ion channel proteins.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tutored students and faculty with: web design, C++, assembly language, Modula II, Pascal, FORTRAN, Dbase, spreadsheets, plotting, graphic design, MS-DOS, MacOS, VAX/VMS, SunOS, UNIX , and Xwindows

Taught grades 9-11 Biology: Honors, A (college prep), and C (special needs) in a block schedule Math & Science High School Teacher; North Slope Borough School District, Barrow, AK 1995-96

Taught grades 9-12: Physics, Physical Science, General Science & Algebra 2 in a block schedule Team member of Arctic Science course grant proposal: Obtained a $6000 grant for equipment.

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