Robert C. Caskey, M.D., MSc.
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Department of Surgery
4 Maloney
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Administrative Telephone: 215-662-6156
robert.caskey@uphs.upenn.edu  |
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Dr. Caskey attended Millsaps College and completed medical school at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. During medical school he obtained his Masters degree in The Biology and Control of Disease Vectors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is currently at clinical third year resident and has already completed two years of research in the laboratory of Dr. Ken Liechty investigating diabetic and fetal wound healing. He plans to pursue a career in academic pediatric surgery and has a special interest in surgical education. |
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| 2012 - present |
Assistant Instructor in Surgery |
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| Education/Training |
| 2009 - 2012 |
Residency, General Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi
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| 2008 - 2009 |
Internship, General Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi |
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| 2003 - 2008 |
M.D., cum laude
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Jackson, Mississippi |
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| 2004 - 2005 |
MSc. in The Biology and Control of Disease Vectors
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, England |
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| 1999 - 2003 |
B.S. in Biology, magna cum laude with Honors
Millsaps College
Jackson, Mississippi
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| Research |
While in the Dr. Liechty lab, Dr. Caskey worked on both fetal and diabetic wound healing with a specific focus on the regulation and metabolism of collagen. Specific projects focused on developing and improved animal model of chronic diabetic wounds and the creation of chimeric mice by bone marrow trasplantation allowing for the tracking of bone marrow dervied endothelial progenitor cells. |
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- RC Caskey, JP McKeown. Evaluating Diversity: A Baseline Study Comparing the Diversity within the Order Diptera in Two Distinct Locations in the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences October 2003.
- RC Caskey, Dolan M, Hawxby AM, Mitchel ME. Repair of a renal artery aneurysm in a patient with bilateral renal artery aneurysms. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association 2008;49(5):139-142.
- RC Caskey, KW Liechty. Commentary: Multiple Strategies Must Be Pursued in the Development of Cellular Therapies. Cytotherapy 2011 Feb;13(2):133-4.
- RC Caskey, KW Liechty. Novel Animal Models for Tracking the Fate and Contribution of Cells in Diabetic Healing. In: R.G. Gourdie, T.A. Myers (eds.) Wound Regeneration and Repair: Methods and Protocols. 2nd Edition. In Press.
- RC Caskey, Allukian M, Lindm RC, Xu J, Radu A, Mitchell ME, Liechty KW. Lentiviral-mediated Over Expression of Hyaluronan Synthase-1 (HAS-1) Decreases the Cellular Inflammatory Response and Results in Regenerative Wound Repair. Cell and Tissue Research (accepted).
- MW Morris, Caskey RC, Mitchell ME, Sawaya DE. Surgical Skills Training Restructured for the 21stCentury. Journal of Surgical Research (submitted).
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