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Treats Adults and Children

James G Cain, MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP, FAAP, DABA

Anesthesiologist Pediatric Anesthesiologist Critical Care Medicine Physician

Anesthesiologist, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Critical Care Medicine Physician

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My bio

James G Cain, MD, MBA, FASA, FAAP, DABA serves as Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology at University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville. He has significant and broad leadership experience in Academic Anesthesiology, Perioperative Services, Advocacy, and Professional Societies. Dr Cain has a particular interest in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and endorses his Value Based Leadership Model.

Dr Cain has served on a multitude of Committees and Boards of Directors from the local to the international. He currently serves as President of the Trauma Anesthesiology Society and is a Past President of the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society, and the West Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists, while also long serving in the American Society of Anesthesiologists House of Delegates. Dr Cain has authored more than forty peer reviewed articles and manuscripts, invited articles and manuscripts, and book chapters. He has given more than three hundred invited lectures and professorships, including more than one hundred international lectures. He is routinely a highly rated educator and has organized a multitude of educational activities from educational programs through evaluative tools.

Dr Cain is triply board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine with advanced training in Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. He completed his Anesthesiology Residency and Fellowships at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and internship at Yale. He earned his MD and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and his BS from the University of Scranton, where he also lettered in Wrestling. Dr Cain previously served as Faculty at West Virginia University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital.

Board certifications

  • Anesthesiology

    American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology

    American Board of Anesthesiology

Education

  • Master of Business Administration

    University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business, 2012

  • Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

    Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hosspital, 1997

  • Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology

    Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital/Children's Hospital of Boston, 1996

  • Anesthesiology Residency

    Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, 1996

  • Primary Care Internal Medicine Internship

    Yale University School of Medicine, 1993

  • Doctor of Medicine

    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1992

  • Bachelor of Science

    University of Scranton "A Jesuit Institution", 1987

Specialties

Gender

Male

Positions

  • Professor of Anesthesiology

    University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, 2023 - Current

  • Chair, Department of Anesthesiology

    University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, 2023 - Current

  • Senior Vice Chair of Anesthesiology

    West Virginia University Medicine, 2018 - 2023

  • Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology

    West Virginia University Medicine, 2017 - 2023

  • Medical Director of Anesthesiology Quality and Performance

    West Virginia Medicine, 2020 - 2023

  • Director of Pediatric Trauma Anesthesiology

    West Virginia University Medicine, 2017 - 2023