Remembering Ward Casscells

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | October 16, 2012

S. Ward Casscells,  the Texas cardiologist who served as the Pentagon’s top doc from April 2007 through April 2009 died on Sunday after a  long battle with prostate cancer.

My fondest memory of Casscells stems from August 2008, when he spoke at a Government Executive breakfast at the National Press Club and shared the stage with a man he called “my favorite medic,” Army Sgt. Matt Sims...