Assistant Professor Trauma/Critical Care
414-805-8624 tcassini@mcw.edu
Terri deRoon-Cassini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Critical Care at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology & Physiology from the University of Wyoming, completed a Master’s of Science in Clinical Psychology from Marquette University, and in 2008 graduated with her Ph.D. from Marquette University in Clinical Psychology. Dr. deRoon-Cassini completed her internship at the Zablocki VA Medical Center with an emphasis on Health Psychology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after combat trauma. From 2008-2010 Dr. deRoon-Cassini completed her postdoctoral clinical and research training at the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she provided inpatient and outpatient clinical psychological care to injured trauma survivors. Currently she continues to see inpatients and outpatients who struggle with distress after trauma, and she conducts research on the biopsychosocial aspects of psychopathology and resilience following trauma, including military and civilian injury. Dr. deRoon-Cassini has secondary appointments with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and the Institute for Health & Society, and is an affiliate faculty member with the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.