Faculty

Frederick D. Cason, Jr, MD
Surgeon-in Chief
Louis Stokes Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center

Education

Training

Resident in General Surgery, US Naval Hospital and Regional Medical Center and The University of California at San Francisco Affiliated Hospitals, Oakland and San Francisco 1978 - 1984
Amphibious Warfare, Medical Preparation and Combat Casualty Care — the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1986

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2009
Associate Professor, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, 2005-2009 (Residency Program Director)
Associate Professor, University of Alabama @ Birmingham School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Campus, 1998-2005 (Director of the Surgery Clerkship)
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Ok, 1991-1998 (alternate, Admissions Committee)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Rosalyn Franklin School of Medicine-The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Il., 1986-1988 (Assistant Residency Program Director)
Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Surgery, Rosalyn Franklin School of Medicine—The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Il., 1985-1986
Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Instructor, 1986-

Hospital Appointments

University of Toledo Hospital, Toledo. Ohio (2005-2009) (Credentials, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Medical Records, Diversity Committees) (Chairman, Cancer Committee and Tumor Board)
Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, Alabama (1998-2005) (Trauma and Disaster Planning Committees)
Crestwood Hospital, Huntsville, Alabama (1998-2005)
Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Ok. 1991-1998); (Cancer Committee 1996-1998) (Chairman, Emergency Room Committee) (Chairman, Oklahoma County Medical Society Emergency Medical Services Committee during bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, April 19, 1995)
Deaconess Hospital, Oklahoma City, Ok. (1991-1998)
St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, Ok. (1991-1998)
University Hospital, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (1991-1998) (Admissions Committee 1992-1994)
St. Mary’s Hospital, East St. Louis, Il., Chief of Surgery (1988-1991); (Credentials Committee 1990 to 1991)
Centreville Township Hospital (1988-1991)

Military Service

U.S. Navy (1974-1988): U.S. Navy Hospitals-- Oakland, California; Great Lakes, Ill.
Surgeon, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

Clinical Interests: Foregut, pancreas, hepatobiliary, spleen, minimally invasive procedures