Dr. Patrick Casey
Patrick H. Casey, M.D., is the Harvey and
Bernice Jones Professor of Developmental
Pediatrics of the College of Medicine of the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He
has been a faculty member for 33 years, was
promoted to Professor in 1991, and he is
currently Vice Chairman for Faculty Affairs of the
Department of Pediatrics. He was a fellow in
Academic General Pediatrics as a Robert Wood
Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of
North Carolina School of Medicine. He founded
the James L. Dennis Developmental Center and
served as its medical director for 11 years.
He has directed the Growth and Development
Clinic for 32 years, a nationally recognized
multidisciplinary clinical program which manages
preschoolers with Failure to Thrive and
Professor of Pediatrics and of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences, University of
developmental delays. He is founder and served
Arkansas for Medical Sciences/College of
as Director of the Center for Applied Research
Medicine
and Evaluation of the Department of Pediatrics
from 1990-2006. He was Co-Principal
Investigator (PI) and Co-Founder of the Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research
and Prevention. He was Co-PI and Co-Founder of the University of Arkansas University
Affiliated Program, now the Partners for Inclusive Communities. He provided leadership
as the Arkansas Principal Investigator for the Infant Health and Development Program
(IHDP), the first multi-site research program designed to measure the effect of early
intervention on the development of low-birth weight, premature children. From this
research he assisted in founding the KIDS FIRST Program, a statewide early
intervention program for high risk preschool aged children.
He currently is the Medical Director of that program. He is Co-Founder and Co-Medical
Director of the Medical Home Clinic for Special Needs Children at Arkansas Children’s
Hospital which began in 2006. He has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of
Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, on several ad hoc NIH review committees, and on
several committees of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Ambulatory Pediatric
Association, and the Society for Research in Child Development. He has authored over
110 publications and chapters, and has received over 18 million dollars in external
grants and contracts. He was awarded the Betty A. Lowe M.D. Award in 2008, given to
the individual who through initiative, service, and leadership has made a significant
contribution to the health and well-being of the children of Arkansas. He was a 2011
recipient of the “Master Pediatrician” Award presented by the Arkansas and Louisiana
Chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. His research interests include the
effect of home environment and malnutrition on infant development, failure to thrive,
early intervention with high-risk infants, the impact of welfare reform on child health and
food security, the prevention of pediatric obesity, and Children with Special Health Care
Needs.