John D. Kriesel,
MD
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. John Kriesel graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1980 and then cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1984. He went on to graduate from Washington University Medical School in 1988. He came to Utah that year and completed a residency in Internal Medicine in 1991, and then a fellowship in Infectious Diseases (ID) in 1994. Dr. Kriesel joined the faculty at the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1996 with a primary appointment in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He was promoted to Research Associate Professor in 2007. He is currently board certified in Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Kriesel's primary interests here are in translational and clinical research. He discovered a major genetic contributor to human cold sores. His research projects involve strategies for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infections, and microbiologic triggers of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and sarcoidosis. He has authored 47 original scientific papers and book chapters and has 2 U.S. patents.
Dr. Kriesel's clinical responsibilities include infectious disease consultations at the VA and University Hospitals, General ID and HIV clinic at the University Hospital, volunteer clinical care at the Park City Peoples Clinic, and attending at the Salt Lake City STD Clinic. He participates in the education of medical students, allied health students, internal medicine residents, and infectious disease fellows.
Clinical Locations
Infectious Diseases, Clinic 1A
801-585-2031
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
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Associate Professor (Clinical) Dermatology - Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) National Board of Medical Examiners |
Patient Rating
The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to care provider related questions on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.
Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Likelihood of recommending care provider
5.0/ 5
Care provider's explanation of condition/problem
5.0/ 5
Care provider's effort to include me in decisions
4.9/ 5
Wait time at clinic
4.5/ 5
Care provider's concern for questions & worries
5.0/ 5
Patient Comments
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UofU Patient
September 09, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. John Kriesel is the Best In The Infectious Disease Clinic!!!
UofU Patient
June 16, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
good experience
UofU Patient
June 02, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. John Kriesel is one of the Best at the Infectious Diseases Clinic!
UofU Patient
February 18, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Very pleased
UofU Patient
January 06, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Keisel is one smart cookie with a pleasant bedside manner
UofU Patient
August 21, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Kriesel is amazing!!!
UofU Patient
June 18, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. John Kriesel is an amazing Doctor.
UofU Patient
June 15, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I wish I have my doctor from Florida what a difference here in this office and there.
UofU Patient
June 04, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
loved this Dr. I had never seen him before Dr kriesel is an excellent Dr that was so kind to me even after I left the clinic when I saw him in the hall. he is very knowledgeable about things that needed to be addressed and even things that didn't. excellent care provider.
UofU Patient
April 02, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Loved the care and treatment by Dr. K!
UofU Patient
February 25, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
DR. Kriesel is the best in Clinic 1A.
UofU Patient
January 24, 2019
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I love Dr.Kriesel, I will not see any other provider for my condition. Dr.Kriesel is kind,caring, intelligent, extremely knowledgeable about my condition, all those qualities together make for a incredible doctor. Being a registered nurse who has practiced in many different areas of the country I have a very broad base of comparison, Dr.Kriesel is the very best. I have complete faith and trust in his judgement. I can never say enough good things about Dr. Kriesel.
UofU Patient
December 26, 2018
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Kriesel is the best!
UofU Patient
October 01, 2018
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I recommend clinic 1a and Kriesel to everyone
UofU Patient
August 20, 2018
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
They don't come any better than Dr. Kreisel!!!
UofU Patient
May 21, 2018
He's the best in Clinic 1a
UofU Patient
April 10, 2018
This care provider is the greatest!!
UofU Patient
February 27, 2018
good
UofU Patient
February 06, 2018
I love Dr.Kriesel he is a wonderful doctor he is so caring and intelligent. Dr. Kriesel is the most compassionate Dr. I have ever met.
UofU Patient
October 27, 2017
Dr. Kriesel is a wonderful wonderful doctor. He is so knowledgeable and so very very compassionate. I am so very thankful that I have him as my care provider
UofU Patient
October 15, 2017
Always a Excellent experience with Dr.Kriesel.
UofU Patient
August 26, 2017
Hi I love this office
UofU Patient
November 06, 2016
Dr Krisel is easily the best Dr I've ever worked with. he has always made every effort to make sure I understand what is happening what will be happening and what the options are. I have always felt he'd put in my best interest first
UofU Patient
October 17, 2016
DR. Kriesel is a excellent Care Provider whom I 've been seeing for over 20 years. So I am perfectly fine with him.
UofU Patient
September 10, 2016
Dr. Kriesel is this first doctor to figure out what is going on with my health in 3 months. Although it wasn't great news, it was a step in the right direction to getting an answer. He was caring, compassionate and saw the whole picture instead of one problem.
UofU Patient
September 02, 2016
Excellent patient experience.
UofU Patient
March 10, 2016
Dr. Kriesel is a fantastic provider; exceptional clinical experience and bedside manner. I have really enjoyed having him as my doctor.
UofU Patient
February 21, 2016
Always a positive experience. I know I am in qualified hands.
UofU Patient
November 30, 2015
It was very nice to see a provider how paid attention to me and my problem. I haven't had that for a long time. Most Dr. are to busy to help there patients.
UofU Patient
September 30, 2015
Always exceptional.
UofU Patient
August 16, 2015
I always feel like I'm well taken care of.
UofU Patient
April 27, 2015
He was very thorough and very knowledgeable. He ordered additional tests as more information regarding my health history became available.
UofU Patient
February 15, 2015
Dr Kriesel is the best. I am very grateful to have him.
UofU Patient
January 26, 2015
Dr. Kriesel was probably the best Dr. my husband and I have ever met! He was sympathetic to my situation and explained everything. He also went above and beyond as far as getting me in to another Dr. He called me and explained everything. We were very impressed with him.
UofU Patient
February 25, 2014
I'm so grateful for the incredibly kind care I received last week!
UofU Patient
December 07, 2013
Dr. Kriesel was wonderful! He sat down with me and asked me in detail about what was wrong and helped explain what he though the problem might be. The results of the blood work came back the next day and Dr. Kriesel called me himself with the results which was very surprising but was gladly received.
UofU Patient
October 28, 2013
Dr. Kreisel has been very imformative to me and my problems and has even phoned me about some of my testing that was done.
UofU Patient
August 25, 2013
He was fantastic as always.
UofU Patient
February 25, 2013
I have complete confidence in my care providers. Everyone make the experience of going in for a check up pleasant and effective.
UofU Patient
January 22, 2013
I didn't really feel like everything I was concerned about was addressed. But I love my DOC, been seeing him for years.
UofU Patient
June 25, 2012
all good
Dr. John Kriesel graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1980 and then cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1984. He went on to graduate from Washington University Medical School in 1988. He came to Utah that year and completed a residency in Internal Medicine in 1991, and then a fellowship in Infectious Diseases (ID) in 1994. Dr. Kriesel joined the faculty at the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1996 with a primary appointment in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He was promoted to Research Associate Professor in 2007. He is currently board certified in Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Kriesel's primary interests here are in translational and clinical research. He discovered a major genetic contributor to human cold sores. His research projects involve strategies for the treatment of herpes simplex virus infections, and microbiologic triggers of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and sarcoidosis. He has authored 47 original scientific papers and book chapters and has 2 U.S. patents.
Dr. Kriesel's clinical responsibilities include infectious disease consultations at the VA and University Hospitals, General ID and HIV clinic at the University Hospital, volunteer clinical care at the Park City Peoples Clinic, and attending at the Salt Lake City STD Clinic. He participates in the education of medical students, allied health students, internal medicine residents, and infectious disease fellows.
Academic Locations
School of Medicine
801-581-8812
Research Statement
Viral Trigger of MS:
Objectives: This is an exploratory (R21) application that uses advanced sequencing technology for the discovery of viruses in the brains of patients who died with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS).
Research Design: This is a retrospective study that utilizes frozen brain tissue from subjects with PPMS, other neurologic disease (OND), and normal controls. Deep sequencing of these specimens will be performed in the sequencing core laboratory at the Huntsman Cancer Institute on the University of Utah campus. Advanced informatics (metagenomics) will be used to compare millions of sequences from each group. The University of Utah Health Sciences IRB (UU-IRB #00028658) has reviewed the project and determined that the project uses only tissues from deceased, not living, subjects and is, therefore, exempt from review and oversight under NIH guidelines.
Methodology: The first specific aim will evaluate the presence, quantity, and assembly of virus-like sequences in brain specimens from primary progressive MS patients compared with control brain specimens. It is proposed that 15 PPMS frozen brain specimens will be extracted, evaluated, and sequenced using the techniques described. These sequences will be compared with the sets of control brain specimens, 15 each, from pathologically proven normal and OND controls. Differences in the presence and quantity of plausibly viral sequences between the MS and the two sets of control specimens will be examined using methods described below. The second aim of the project is to interrogate additional MS samples for the presence of candidate viruses using PCR. Additional samples will be interrogated for presence of the existing candidate virus, GBV-C, and any other candidate viruses that emerge from the proposed deep sequencing. This will be accomplished using the sequencing data to design primers and amplify any additional candidates that may emerge from the sequencing efforts in Aim 1. These PCR techniques will be applied to the 45 PPMS and control specimens sequenced in Aim 1. Additional cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), frozen brain specimens, and fixed paraffinized brain specimens from deceased, deidentified subjects will be collected for analysis.
Findings: The project is set to begin in the fall of 2011 so there are no new findings to report.
Clinical Relationships: This is a high risk, potentially high reward research project that is intended to identify one or more pathogens associated with PPMS, a devastating disease with no known cause and few effective options for treatment. If successful, this work could lead to treatment and/or prevention of PPMS in veterans and active duty military personnel.
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
-
Associate Professor (Clinical) Dermatology - Adjunct Associate Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) National Board of Medical Examiners |
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Utah School of Medicine Infectious Disease Fellow |
| Residency | University of Utah School of Medicine Internal Medicine Resident |
| Internship | University of Utah School of Medicine Intern |
| Professional Medical | Washington University Medicine M.D. |
| Undergraduate | University of Illinois Biology B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Jiang H, Schwertz H, Schmid DI, Jones BB, Kriesel J, Martinez ML, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA, Kraiss LW (2012). Different mechanisms preserve translation of programmed cell death 8 and JunB in virus-infected endothelial cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 32(4), 997-1004.
- Kriesel JD, Hobbs MR, Jones BB, Milash B, Nagra RM, Fischer KF (2012). Deep sequencing for the detection of virus-like sequences in the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis: detection of GBV-C in human brain. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e31886.
- Kriesel JD, Jones BB, Matsunami N, Patel MK, St Pierre CA, Kurt-Jones EA, Finberg RW, Leppert M, Hobbs MR (2011). C21orf91 genotypes correlate with herpes simplex labialis (cold sore) frequency: description of a cold sore susceptibility gene. J Infect Dis, 204(11), 1654-62.
- Bigham AW, Buckingham KJ, Husain S, Emond MJ, Bofferding KM, Gildersleeve H, Rutherford A, Astakhova NM, Perelygin AA, Busch MP, Murray KO, Sejvar JJ, Green S, Kriesel J, Brinton MA, Bamshad M (2011). Host genetic risk factors for West Nile virus infection and disease progression. PLoS ONE, 6(9), e24745.
- Hobbs MR, Jones BB, Otterud BE, Leppert M, Kriesel JD (2008). Identification of a herpes simplex labialis susceptibility region on human chromosome 21. J Infect Dis, 197(3), 340-6.
- Hobbs MR, Jones BB, Otterud BE, Leppert MF, Kriesel JD (2007). Identification of a Herpes Simplex Labialis Susceptibility Region on Human Chromosome 21. J Infect Dis.
Case Report
Abstract
- Kriesel JD, Jones BB, Herpin G, Grissom C (2007). Development of an Antigene Therapy for the Treatment of Herpes Keratitis [Abstract]. Annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
- Jiang H, Jones BB, Kriesel J, Schmid DI, Weyrich AS, Zimmerman GA, Kraiss LW (2007). A New Pathway To Gene Expression in Human Endothelial Cells: Filamin B translation is preserved by internal ribosome entry in virally- infected Endothelial Cells [Abstract]. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference.
- Kriesel JD, Jones BB, Herpin G, Grissom C (2006). Development of an Antigene Therapy for the Treatment of Herpes Keratitis. [Abstract]. Annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
Patent
- Kriesel JD, Leppert MF, Spruance SL, Otterud BE, Hobbs MR, Jones BB (2005). DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS DISEASES. . U.S. Patent No. 11/102,978. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Kriesel JD, Jones BB, Grissom CB, Herpin G, Glazer PM (2005). OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPLEXES FOR USE AS ANTI-VIRAL THERAPEUTICS. Filed April, 2004. . U.S. Patent No. 10/830,287. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.