Wayne E Cascio MD FACC

Summary

• Wayne Cascio, MD, is a physician-scientist in Chapel Hill, NC, with a focus on cardiac electrophysiology, public health, epidemiology, and environmental health. He earned a B.A. in Natural Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1980, followed by a residency and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. He also completed post-doctoral training in cardiac electrophysiology and pharmacology at Universität Bern in Switzerland. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. His career has included roles at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He has published numerous original research papers, commentaries and book chapters on cardiology, public health, and environmental science. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the American Heart Association.