Tom Caskey, M.D.
Adjunct Partner, Houston- B.S.
- University of South Carolina
- M.D.
- Duke University
Tom Caskey, M.D., FACP has over 35 years of experience in molecular genetics. Dr. Caskey currently serves as Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. He previously was a Director and CEO of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr. Caskey previously served as Senior Vice President, Human Genetics and Vaccines Discovery at Merck Research Laboratories, West Point and as President of the Merck Genome Research Institute.
Dr. Caskey is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, and Molecular Genetics with twenty-five years of patient care experience in these specialties. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Royal Society of Canada, and past President of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Human Genome Organization, and Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science.
Dr. Caskey has received numerous academic and industry honors. His genetic research has identified the genetic basis of ten major inheritable diseases and opened up the understanding of triplet repeat diseases (Fragile X, myotonic dystrophy and others). His personal identification patent is the basis of worldwide application for forensic science and he is also a consultant to the FBI in forensic science.
Dr. Caskey joined Essex Woodlands as Adjunct Partner in April 2004.
