Brian Casey, MD, ABOG-MFM, joined the WVU Medicine and WVU Medicine Children’s team in March as chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences.
Dr. Casey brings with him and extensive background in high-quality healthcare and a commitment to improving care for women in West Virginia and the surrounding region.
“The leadership team here has laid a tremendous foundation and begun to build a great network that will most certainly better serve all West Virginians,” Casey said. “I hope to help enhance that network and join the pursuit to be the best in all aspects of women’s and children’s health.”
Casey joined WVU Medicine from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he held numerous leadership roles, including the vice chair of Obstetrics, division director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), assistant program director of the MFM Fellowship, alternate principal investigator for the Eunice Kennedy-Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network, and the interim director of the Obstetric Medical Complications Clinic.
Before his time in Alabama, Casey served as MFM division director, MFM fellowship director at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, principal investigator for the Dallas MFMU Network site, and as chief of Obstetrics for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Texas. He also serves as an editor of Williams Obstetrics.
“Pregnancy, delivery, and holding a new baby for the first time are such incredibly important and memorable times for families,” Casey said. “To be able to be a part of that every day and to help ensure that the outcomes are a healthy baby and mother is an honor and a privilege.
Casey completed his fellowship in MFM at UT Southwestern/Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, and his residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ. He received his medical degree from the Temple University School of Medicine.
He said it is the team approach to care at WVU Medicine and WVU Medicine Children’s that made him want to continue his career with the health system.
“WVU Medicine Children’s is just an awesome facility, but what attracted me most was the people,” Casey said. “The entire team here is so talented and dedicated to the mission of serving the families of West Virginia and providing top-shelf healthcare.”
As he begins to lead the team at WVU Medicine, Casey said he will continue to uphold the standards of care that patients expect and create experiences they will remember.
“Beyond striving to provide state-of-the art care to all of our patients, I believe we are obligated to focus on their experience,” Casey said. “Coming to an appointment or to Labor and Delivery can be incredibly stressful, and we need to do whatever we can to relieve that stress. My goal is to make every experience special for them and their families.”
