Curriculum Vitae TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

Alexei O. DeCastro, MD, FAAFP

CAQ Sports Medicine

Program Director, Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC

Assistant Professor

Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program Director Medical Director, Trident Family Health, Residency Medical Clinic MUSC Sports Medicine

2/2012-Present

315th Aerospace Medical Squadron, Charleston AFB United States Air Force Reserves

Flight Surgeon/Aerospace Medicine

Provide aeromedical disposition to fliers and reservists 9/2010-Present

Doctor’s Care James Island, SC

Busy urgent care practice treating trauma and urgent medical care 8/2010-12/2013

628th Medical Group, Joint Base Charleston, SC USAF Civilian Contractor

Full spectrum care to empanelment of active duty, dependents, and retirees 8/2010-1/2012

West Ashley Family Medicine & Urgent Care, Charleston, SC Primary care and covered same day urgent visits

9/2010-2/2011

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Quincy, IL Sports Medicine Fellowship

Fellowship training in non surgical management of injuries and illnesses as related to exercise and sport.

Quincy, IL

Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care

Busy fast track center located as extension of Level 1 ER 2/2010-7/2010

Balad USAF Base, Iraq

Chief Physician, Medical-Surgical Ward

Provided emergency trauma and medical services to U.S. military personnel, Iraqi and other foreign nationals

9/2007 – 1/2008

2nd Medical Group, Barksdale AFB, LA Family Practice Staff Physician

Served as deputy clinic commander and provided full spectrum of medical services to military personnel, retirees & family members 9/2005 – 8/2009 (Officer Training School 8/2005-9//2005)

Residency: McLeod Regional Medical Center Family Medicine

Florence, SC 7/2002-6/2005

Medical School: Fatima Medical Science Foundation Our Lady of Fatima University

Manila, Philippines 6/1996-11/2000

Undergraduate: University of South Carolina Columbia, SC

BS Biology 8/1990-12/1994

AWARDS: Combat Care Award for outstanding medical service in a combat zone, 2008, Balad AFB, Iraq

Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious medical achievement and service in Iraq, 2008.

Teacher of the year 2012-2013, MUSC/Trident Family Medicine Residency

LICENSURE: South Carolina License #24765, Current, Expires 6/30/2015 Illinois License # 336.085425, Expired 7/31/2011

Missouri License # 2009014090, Expired 1/31/2011 Florida License # ME 91718, Expired 1/31/2011

PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS: American Academy of Family Physicians South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Aerospace Medical Association

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine American College of Sports Medicine

Society of Teachers in Family Medicine

Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors SC AHEC Program Directors Council

CERTIFICATIONS: Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, 8/2005 CAQ from the ABFM in Sports Medicine, 7/2010

BLS, ACLS, PALS, ATLS (not current)

Exercise Testing and Prescription certified ACSM

Certified Lab Director, completed 20 hour CLIA requirement, “The

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act and the Physician’s Office Laboratory”, University of Iowa, 12/2013

CLINICAL

RESPONSIBLITIES: Inpatient Attending, Family Medicine Teaching Service, Trident Regional Medical Center, 2012-present, (includes critical care services) Inpatient Attending, Main University Hospital, Family Medicine Teaching Service, MUSC, 2012-present

Medical Director, MUSC Family Medicine Center at James Island, Faculty Practice, 2012-2013

Medical Director and staff physician, Trident Family Health, Residency and Faculty Practice, 2014-present

Lab Director, MUSC Family Medicine Center at James Island and Trident Family Health, 2013-present

Primary Care and Sports Medicine Ambulatory Clinic, MUSC Family Medicine Center at James Island, 2012-present

Chief of Primary Care Sports Medicine, MUSC Sports Medicine, 2013- Present (supervise and oversee program with 8 Athletic Trainers)

MED STUDENT

TEACHING: Family Medicine Rural Clerkship, Assistant Director, 3rd year, MUSC College of Medicine, 2012-2013

Family Medicine Rural Clerkship, Musculoskeletal Workshop, MUSC, 2012-present

Family Medicine Clerkship, Objective Structured Learning Encounters (OSLE), MUSC, 2012-present

Urethral Catheterization, MUSC Simulation Center, 3rd Year College of Medicine Clerkship Orientation, 2012-2014

Coordinator, FamTrack, Interest group for longitudinal learning experiences for 1st and 2nd year medical students, MUSC, Charleston SC, 2012-2014

Fundamentals of Patient Care, Physical Diagnosis for 2nd year medical students, MUSC College of Medicine, Charleston SC, 2012-2014 Sports Medicine 4th year Elective, Medical Student Director, MUSC College of Medicine, 2013-present

RESIDENT

TEACHING: Clinical Preceptor, Trident Family Medicine Residency, 2012-present Procedure Clinic, Ambulatory Procedures, Trident Family Health, 2012-present

Sports Medicine Interest Group, MUSC/Trident Family Medicine Residency, 2012-present

MSK/Orthopedics Curriculum Director, MUSC/Trident Family Medicine Residency, 2012-present

Resident Skills, Longitudinal workshops for PGY2, PGY3: Musculoskeletal workshops, joint injection workshop, outpatient procedures workshops, 2012-present

OTHER TEACHING: Athletic Training Instructor, Charleston Southern University,

Preceptor for General Medicine Block for Athletic Training Students, 2014-Present

MENTORING: MUSC Medical Student Career Advisor: AJ Meelan, COM Class of 2013 Omici Uwagbai, COM Class of 2014

William David Peterson, COM Class of 2014 Steven Hill, COM Class of 2014

Andrew Gettys, COM Class of 2014 Hiliary Cash Weill, COM Class of 2015 Brian Hill, COM Class of 2015

John Minner, COM Class of 2016 Garrett Rowe, COM Class of 2016 Lance Braye, COM Class of 2017

MUSC Military Medical Student Interest Group Faculty Advisor 2012-present, Advisor to Tri-Service medical students committed to the military in the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) PUBLICATIONS: DeCastro A. Alopecia. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Ed. Frank J.

Domino. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012 Ed.

Daniels, JM, DeCastro, A, Ra Nae Stanton, Finger injuries: 5 cases to test your skills. J of Fam Practice 2013; 62(6):300-304.

DeCastro A, Hueston W, Mims L, Sinusitis, Primary Care: Clinics in

Office Practice, Elsevier, 2013

DeCastro A, Carek PJ. (2014). Osteoporosis. In E.T. Bope & R.D. Kellerman (Eds.), Conn’s Current Therapy 2014. (pp.594-598). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

DeCastro A. Knee pain and Heel pain algorithms. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Ed. Frank J. Domino. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014 Ed.

DeCastro A, Wilhoit B, Splinting of Upper and Lower Extremities,

The Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures, Mayeaux, EJ,

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2nd Edition, pending publication Wilhoit B, DeCastro A. Case study: knee pain in runners. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine; Leawood, KS [Internet]. 2014.

LOCAL

PRESENTATIONS: “Nerve Entrapment Syndromes” An Intensive Review of Family Medicine, June 2012, MUSC CME Seminar, Kiawah Island, SC Sports Medicine Topic Speaker

“Sports Trauma and Event Management”, Trident Sports Medicine Seminar Series, Trident Regional Medical Center, May, 22 2013 “Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Trauma”, An Intensive Review of Family Medicine, MUSC CME Seminar, June 2013, Kiawah Island, SC, Emergency Medicine topic speaker and event facilitator

“Sideline Trauma”, Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Provider Conference, Francis Marion Hotel, Trident Sports Medicine CME Seminar, Charleston, SC, May, 3 2014

“Sports Supplements”, Trident Sports Medicine Seminar Series, Trident Regional Medical Center, May 15th, 2014

“Sudden Cardiac Death in Sports”, Trident Sports Medicine Seminar Series, Trident Regional Medical Center, June 18th, 2014

“Performance Enhancing Drugs”, Trident Sports Medicine Seminar Series, Trident Regional Medical Center, 9/2014

“Sports Medicine Assessment of Common Shoulder and Knee Injuries in the Pediatric Athlete”, Musculoskeltal Workshop for primary care physicians, 17th Annual Frontiers in Pediatrics, MUSC Department of Pediatrics CME Course, Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC, December 6, 2014

REGIONAL/ NATIONAL

PRESENTATIONS: “Incorporating Medical Students in Department-Wide Quality Improvement Activities – A Focus on Chronic Disease Registries” Poster, STFM Conference on Practice Improvement,

Greenville, SC, Dec 2012

“Fostering Student Leadership in Family Medicine: FamTrack, an Innovative Curriculum for Self-Selected Medical Students”, 46th Annual STFM Spring Conference, Baltimore, MD, Lecture-discussion presentation, May 2013

“Translating Resident Success in Quality Improvement Initiatives Into Medical Student Quality Improvement Education”, 46th Annual STFM Spring Conference, Baltimore, MD, Works-in-progress presentation, May 2013

“Improving Chronic Pain Management In an Academic Family Medicine Center While Teaching Quality Improvement” 47th Annual STFM Spring Conference, San Antonio, TX, Works-in-progress presentation, May 2014

“Popliteal Injury in a Football Player”, AMSSM 22nd

Annual Meeting, Poster, 2013

“18 year old Basketball Player with Profound Muscle Weakness: Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis”, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), 23rd Annual Meeting, Case Presentation. 2014 “Improving Hospital Readmission Rates for Ambulatory Sensitive Conditions”, I3 Collaborative Conference, Multi-residency Quality improvement/population health Collaborative across, SC, NC, VA, presentations, Concord, NC, Fall 2013

“Implementing a Resident Diabetic Registry”, I3 Collaborative Conference, Learning From Each Other Presentation, Concord, NC, Fall 2014

FACULTY

DEVELOPMENT: NIPPD fellowship, 2014-2015

REVIEWER: Question Author, Sports Medicine In-Training-Exam 2012, ABFM Peer review, Journal of Family Practice

DEPARTMENT

COMMITTEES: DFM Operations Committee Member 2012-Present DFM Resident Evaluation Committee

DFM Resident Admission Committee DFM Quality Improvement Group HOSPITAL

COMMITTEES: MUSC Faculty Senate Alternate, member, 2012-2013

MUSC EPIC (EMR) Ambulatory Steering Committee, 2012-2014 MUSC EPIC (EMR) Superuser committee, member, 2013-2014 MUSC COM, Faculty interviewer for medical school applicants

Trident Regional Medical Center, Medical Executive Committee, Member, 1/2014-present

Trident Regional Medical Center, Physician Wellness Committee, Member, 1/2014-present

Trident Regional Medical Center, Chair, GME committee Trident Cardiac Care Committee, Member, 1/2014 Present Trident Bylaws Committee, member, 1/2014-present

Trident Utilization Management Committee, member, 1/2014-present Trident Sepsis group, member 2014-present

TEAM PHYSICIAN: Charleston Battery Soccer (USL Pro Soccer) 2013-present Lowcountry High Rollers (Roller Derby) 2013-present Charleston Area High Schools (multiple) 2013-present EVENT MEDICAL

COVERAGE: Chicago Marathon 2009

Cooper River Bridge Run 2013

Family Circle Cup Women’s (WTA) Professional Tennis Event 2014 OTHER: USAF Flight Surgeon, Active Reservist; trained in Aerospace Medicine

Chief Medical Review Officer for Drug Demand reduction program Former team physician Quincy University, IL, and Culver-Stockton College, MO, and University of Missouri football, Columbia, MO Trained at ACSM Exercise Specialist Course for exercise prescriptions Trained in musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided injections Physician at free medical clinic for indigent patients

INTERESTS: Enjoy skiing, travel, golf, running, and fitness

PERSONAL: Married to a physician who is also in Family Medicine; we have three children