Domenic W. Casablanca, MD, FAAFP, DABFM

Domenic W. Casablanca, MD, FAAFP, DABFM, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in nearby Shelton, Connecticut. He graduated from The University of Scranton with a bachelor of science in biochemistry and then from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed his family practice residency in 1996 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey. His career started in rural Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, practicing full-scope family medicine with obstetrics for three years. He then spent 17 years in Shelton, the first 10 as sole proprietor in a practice he established in 1999, the next five as a site leader in a private group and the last two employed by a university-owned system, practicing full-scope except obstetrics. He was previously the chair of the Division of Family Medicine at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, where he practiced inpatient, outpatient, nursery, nursing home and home-based care in his hometown community.

A leader in medical education and his community

In 2016, Dr. Casablanca transitioned to core faculty at the Middlesex Health Family Medicine Residency Program, a four-year family medicine residency where he continues to practice full-scope family medicine. He is the clinical director of the program’s East Hampton, Connecticut, practice site and teaches the practice management curriculum. He is a well-respected resident advisor and holds teaching appointments at UConn, Yale and the Frank H. Netter/Quinnipiac School of Medicine. Dr. Casablanca remains deeply devoted to his patients, many of whom he has been serving for over 25 years. He has successfully led several community outreach initiatives, including an expansion of the residency’s home-based primary care program and the establishment of home-based practice sites at a local assisted living facility and a residential care home for patients with serious psychiatric illnesses. He is secretary of the Department of Family Medicine at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut.

Advocating for family medicine

Dr. Casablanca has served in multiple roles in both his state and national academies. He joined the Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) Board of Directors in 2002 and served as CAFP president in 2008-09. He is a delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates and presently serves as chair of the FamMedPAC Advisory Board. He is a former chair of both the FMX subcommittee of the Commission on Continuing Professional Development and the AAFP Commission on Federal and State Policy. He was twice convener of the AAFP Working Group on Rural Health.

Dr. Casablanca lives in Oxford, Connecticut, with his wife, Donna. They have four adult children. His interests include outdoor cycling, reading, traveling, fantasy sports and attending live theater and sporting events. He has served his community as a school and sideline physician, youth sports coach, board member of his local health district, officer of the Medical Alumni Council of The University of Scranton and board member of the Queen of Clergy Residence of the Diocese of Bridgeport. He is an active musician and reader at his parish. He lives and serves with a spirit of passion and gratitude and aspires to be a role model and mentor to students, residents and junior faculty.