William R Cashion, MD

Dr. Richard Cashion comes to Austin Heart from College Station, Texas. After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at
Austin, he received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Post-graduate training began with an Internal
Medicine residency at the Harvard Medical Service at Boston City Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a cardiology fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Cashion has had several academic appointments including a teaching fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A & M Health Science Center. Dr. Cashion is American Board of Internal Medicine certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Nuclear Cardiology.

Office Location:

Harker Heights

Personal Interests:

Fly fishing, golf, cross-country skiing

Professional Associations:

• Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX (1995-2005)
• Active Medical Staff, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, Bryan, TX (1995-2005)
• Active Medical Staff, College Station Medical Center, College Station, TX (1995-2005)
• American Heart Association
• Texas Medical Association
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• American College of Physicians, Fellow
• Texas Club of Internists (1988-2006)
• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Founding Member
• North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
• Brazos-Robertson Counties Medical Society (1994-2005)
• Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Fellow

Professional Affiliations:

• Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas Health Science Center, College Station, TX (1995-2005)
• Active Medical Staff, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, Bryan, TX (1995-2005)
• Active Medical Staff, College Station Medical Center, College Station, TX (1995-2005)
• Practice/ Founder, Cashion Cardiology, College Station, TX (1994-1998)
Columbia-Brazos Valley Physician Advisory Committee, Brazos Valley Medical Center, College Station, TX (1996-1997)
• Consulting Staff, Cardiology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (1994-1997)
• Consulting Staff, Cardiology, Huntsville Memorial Hospital, Huntsville TX (1995)
• Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1990-1995)
• President, The Methodist Hospital, Medical Staff, Houston, TX (1992-1994)
• Senior Attending, Internal Medicine Service, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (1993-1994)
• Consulting Cardiologist, Diagnostic Center Hospital, Houston, TX (1993-1994)
• Consulting Cardiologist, San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Baytown, TX (1979-1994)
• Consulting Cardiologist, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX (1975-1994)
• Active Staff, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (1975-1994)
• Consulting Cardiologist, Gulf Coast Medical Center, Baytown, TX (1992-1993)
• Director, Cardiology B teaching Medical Services, Internal Medicine Service, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (1980-1992)
• Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1980-1990)
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1975-1980)
• Consulting Cardiologist, Providence Hospital, Hillcrest Baptist Hospital and McLennan County Family Practice Program, Waco, TX (1974-1975)
• Chief, Cardiology Service, Scott Air Force Base Medical Center, Scott AFB, IL (1973-1974)
• Cardiologist, Scott Air Force Base Medical Center, Scott AFB, IL (1972-1974)
• Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1971-1972)
• Director, Phonocardiogram Laboratory, Harvard Medical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1971-1972)
• Attending Cardiologist, Harvard Medical Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA (1971-1972)
• Teaching Fellow in Medicine, Georgetown Medical School, Washington, D.C. (1969-1971)
• Teaching Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1967-1969)

Publications

• Abelmann, W., Cashion, W.R., Jr.: Third Thoughts on the Therapy of Myocardial Infarction Medical Counterpoint. Vol. 4, 31, 1972.
• Tawric, G.M., Morris, G.C., Howell, J.F., Ogura, J.W., Spencer, Cashion, W.R., W. H., Peterson, P.K., Lee, J.R.: Results of Coronary Bypass More Than Five Years After Operation in 434 Patients. Am. J. Card., Vol. 40:655, 1977.
• Chapman, D.W., Spencer, W.H., Cashion, W.R., Costin, J.C.,: Chapter 8, Clinical Manifestations of Ischemic Heart Disease Text: Rehabilitation in Ischemic Heart Disease. Edited by William P. Blocker, M.D., David Cardus, M.D., Robert A Chahine, M.D., pages 87-97.
• Cashion, W.R., Jr.: Normal Peripheral Resistance Hyptertension in Blacks. Am. Col. Physicians Regional Meeting. Las Vegas, Nev., March 4, 1974.
• Zeluff, G.W., Cashion, W.R., Jackson, D.E.: Evaluations of the Coronary Arteries and Myocardium by Radionulide Imaging. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care St. Louis. Vol.9, No.2, pp. 344-349, March-April 1980 Copyright C.B., Mosby Co.
• Cashion, W.R., Cardiac Scanning. The Methodist Hospital Journal, Dec.,1978.
• Cashion, W.R., Jackson, Daniel: Heart & Lung-The Journal of Critical Care-A Diagnostic Problem: Young Man with Cardiomegaly and Distended Neck Veins. Vol. II, #5, Sept-Oct., 1982, pp 485-489.
• Cashion, W.R., What About Chelation? Editorial, Texas Medicine, Feb., 1984.
• Nielsen, A.P., Cashion, W.R., Spencer, W.H., Norton, H.J., Divine, G.W., Schneriemeyer, T.D., Griffin, J.C.: Long-Term Assessment of Unipolar and Bipolar Stimulation and Sensing Thresholds Using a Lead Configuration Programmable Pacemaker Jrnl. Of Amer. College of Card., Vol. #5, May, 1985, pp.1189-1204.
• Raizner, A.R., Tortoledo, F.A., Vernai, M.S., Van Reet, R.E., with Young, J.B., Rickman, F.D., Cashion, W.R., Samuels, D.A., Pratt, C.M., Attar, M., Rubin, H.S., Lewis, J.M., Klein, M.S., and Roberts, R.: Intracoronary Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Jrnl. Of American College of Card., Feb., 1985, pp. 301-308.
• Winters, W.D., and Cashion, W.R..: Imaging Techniques in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Heart & Lung, Vol.14, No.3, May, 1985, pp.259-264.
• Peripheral Vascular Angioplasty, The Methodist Hospital NETWORK NEWS.
• Mahmarian JJ, Pratt CM, Borges-Neto S, Cashion WR, Roberts R, Verani MS. Quantification of infarct size by 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography during acute myocardial infarction in humans: comparison with enzymatic estimates. Circulation 1988; 78:831-839

Medical Education & Training

Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Residency: Harvard Medical Service at Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Specialty Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovacular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology

Gender

Male

Languages

English

William R Cashion, MD

Specialty

Cardiology
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William R Cashion, MD

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(512) 206-4300

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