Representative William 'Bill' Cassidy's Biography

Biographical

Full Name: William 'Bill' Cassidy
Current Office: U.S. House - District 6, Republican
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last Elected: 12/02/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Laura; 3 Children: Will, Meg, Kate
Birth Date: 09/28/1957
Birth Place: Highland Park, IL
Home City: Baton Rouge, LA

MD, Louisiana State University-Monroe, 1983
BS, Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, 1979

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2008-present
Senator, Louisiana State Senate, 2006-2008
Assistant Whip, House Republican Conference

Member, Air Force Caucus
Member, Caucus on United States-Turkish Relations and Turkish Amerians
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Member, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
Member, Congressional Caucus on Community Health Care Centers
Member, Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition
Member, Congressional Constitution Caucus
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Member, Congressional Fire Service Caucus
Member, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
Member, Congressional Levee Caucus
Member, Congressional Life Insurance Caucus
Member, Congressional Prayer Caucus
Member, Congressional Pro-life Caucus
Member, Congressional Rural Caucus
Member, Congressional Rural Housing Caucus
Member, Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Member, Congressional Sportsman Foundation
Member, Historic Preservation Caucus
Member, House Dietary Supplement Caucus
Member, House Nursing Caucus
Member, House Rural Education Caucus
Member, House Rural Health Care Caucus
Member, Immigration Reform Caucus
Member, International Conservation Congressional Caucus
Member, Parkinson's Caucus
Member, Republican Study Committee
Member, The National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
Member, Bi-Cameral Congressional Arthritis Caucus
Member, Bi-Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
Member, Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease
Member, Community College Caucus
Member, Congressional Allergy and Asthma Caucus (Co-Chair)
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Member, Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
Member, Congressional Biomass Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Member, Congressional Chicken Caucus
Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC)
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Member, Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus
Member, Congressional Dyslexia Caucus (Co-Chair)
Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Member, Congressional Fragile X Caucus
Member, Congressional French Caucus
Member, Congressional Gulf Coast Caucus
Member, Congressional Health Care Caucus
Member, Congressional Kidney Caucus
Member, Congressional Military Family Caucus
Member, Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
Member, Congressional National Guard Caucus
Member, Congressional Prayer Caucus
Member, Congressional Rice Caucus
Member, Congressional School Health and Safety Caucus (Co-Chair)
Member, Congressional Services Caucus
Member, Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Member, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus
Member, Congressional Task Force on Childhood Obesity
Member, Congressional Transparency Caucus
Member, Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
Member, GOP Doctors Caucus
Member, House Tea Party Caucus
Member, Mitochondrial Disease Caucus
Member, PORTS (Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security) Caucus

Associate Professor of Medicine, Earl K. Long Hospital, Louisiana State University, 1988-present
Doctor, Earl K. Long Hospital, Louisiana State University, 1988-present
Co-Founder, Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, 2001
Physician, Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, 2001
Board Member, Political Action Committee, Louisiana State Medical Society

Administrator, Hurricane Katrina K-Mart Hospital, Baton Rouge, 2005
President, East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Society, 1998
Member, American College of Physicians
Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Member, Chapel on the Campus
Sunday School Teacher, Chapel on the Campus
Member, The Gastroenterology Society
Member, Louisiana State Medical Society
Member, Rotary Club, Baton Rouge

 

Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://cassidy.house.gov/contact-bill

Washington, D.C. Website
http://cassidy.house.gov/

Capitol Website - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/RepBillCassidy

Capitol Website - Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/BillCassidy

Capitol Website - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/RepBillCassidy

Washington, D.C.
1535 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-3901
Fax: 202-225-7313

District
5555 Hilton Avenue
Suite 100

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

Phone: 225-929-7711
Fax: 225-929-7688

District
29261 Frost Road
Post Office Box Box 426

Livingston, LA 70754

Phone: 225-686-4413
Fax: 225-929-7688