Paul E. Casey, MD, MBA, FACEP

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

Interim President of Faculty Practice Group

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

Interim President of Faculty Practice Group

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Paul Casey, MD

Paul E. Casey has served as Chief Medical Officer of RUSH University Medical Center since June 2019 and the interim President for the Faculty Practice Group since October 2021. He is also a practicing emergency medicine physician, and a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at RUSH.

As chief medical officer, Casey is responsible for the design, implementation and oversight of the Medical Center’s clinical quality, patient safety and performance improvement initiatives. He cultivates collaborative partnerships between the academic medical practice and corporate programs, including clinical care delivery.

Casey was instrumental in spearheading RUSH's nationally lauded COVID-19 response strategy, rapidly mobilizing RUSH for the treatment and testing of patients. As the physician director of RUSH's COVID-19 Hospital Incident Command Center, he oversees clinical preparations for novel 2019 coronavirus cases and manages ongoing clinical operations related to the pandemic.

Prior to being named RUSH’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey served in various roles including as Associate Chief Medical Officer and Senior Patient Safety Officer, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer and as Vice Chairperson for Emergency Department Operations.

Dr. Casey earned his medical degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and completed his residency in both emergency and internal medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. He is board certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine and medical informatics. He recently completed an MBA at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.