About Charles M. Casassa, IV, MD

Charles Casassa, MD is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs within the Department of Neurology at Loma Linda University Medical Center.  He received his MD degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, and then completed both Neurology Residency and Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology (with EEG focus) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.  

His primary clinical interests are in the field of epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology, particularly involving patients with medically refractory epilepsy and ICU EEG monitoring.

Academically, he is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) society and is primarily focused on medical education, both the medical student and resident level. As Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, he supervises residency and fellowship programs within the department and leads the departmental CME program, among other initiatives. He serves as Clerkship Director for the Neurology portion of the integrated Neurology/Psychiatry clerkship at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He chairs and serves on a number of School of Medicine committees and leads the Academic Certificate Track, a longitudinal program for students planning to pursue careers in academic medicine.  He has received numerous teaching awards, having been recognized with the School of Medicine's Teacher of the Year award (2023) and has been awarded the  "Teacher of the Year" award Loma Linda Neurology residents (2021, 2023). 

He serves on numerous committees nationally with a focus on neurology education initiatives. He is on the Clinical Neurology task force and has served on other committees within the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), as well as the Resident/Fellow Education Committee for the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS).