Dr. Kesler received her medical degree from the University of South Dakota. She did an Internal Medicine internship at Maine Medical Center, after which she spent three years as a U.S. Navy Officer. She subsequently completed a preventive medicine (occupational medicine) residency at the HealthPartners St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center with a corresponding MPH from the University of Minnesota. She served as faculty at the Minnesota residency program before joining the faculty of the University of New Mexico in January 1999. Dr. Kesler has the following leadership positions at UNM: Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Promotion (COEHP); Program Director, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program; Medical Director, UNMH Occupational Health Services.
