I've learned that Casscells, who told me a year ago that Military Health System clinicians found AHLTA "intolerable" plans to end his tour as the Defense "Top Doc" at the end of April.
His departure date, I'm told, still needs approval by top Defense managers.
This will leave Washington with one less person out of the handful of people who speak the unvarnished truth. His departure also will leave MHS absent a leader who admires and respects field medics and corpsmen.
Cascells ensured he had a personal view of patient care by doing rounds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center as often as possible.
No word yet on whether Defense has found a replacement.
Bob Brewin
Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
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