A beloved husband and father, passed away in Palm Coast, Florida on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Rolando was preceded in death by his loving wife of 52 years, Meridian C. Casis (Mae). Married in 1965, they immigrated from the Philippines to Chicago where they raised their six children in South Barrington, IL until their retirement to Florida.
Rolly earned his medical degree from Far Eastern University in 1965. He finished his anesthesia residency at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, and went into private practice thereafter. His career as a physician continued on as Chief of the Department of Anesthesia, and soon to follow, Medical Director of the Day Surgery Center at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The surgi-center that he helped develop, grew to be one the busiest and well known, thus making Dr. Casis one of the pioneers of outpatient surgery in the state of Illinois.
Dr. Casis was also involved with medical missions; going to great lengths and effort, leaving his family and practice one month each time, using his own resources and flying thousands of miles away from home. He worked on plastic and reconstructive surgery for children with a Chicago based medical group which underwrites medical and surgical missions around the world. He was also the chairman of the Philippine Medical Association of Chicago’s first Medical and Surgical Mission doing similar work in 1986. For over 30 years, he collected medical equipment & surgical supplies for the underprivileged in the Philippines. Medical missions to Dr. Casis was as natural as putting his patients to sleep for surgery.
One of the many awards he received was a Chairman Emeritus from the Far Eastern University, Dr. Nicanor Reyes School of Medicine Alumni Foundation in 2008. He was presented with a Presidential Citation by the President of the Philippines, Gloria M. Arroyo, for providing medical student scholarships and serving in medical missions in the underserved areas in the Philippines.
Other accomplishments and leadership roles include: President of the Philippine Medical Association in Chicago in 1986, Vice President and then President of the FEUDNR-MAF, Vice President of the Northwest Suburban Anesthesiologists Ltd, was a delegate to the Illinois State Medical Society, President of Northern Illinois FEU Medical Alumni Chapter, Chairman of the PMAC Medical Alumni Foundation1986-1989 and the President of the Philippine American Association of Palm Coast, Florida 2009-2010.
Dr. Casis spent his final years enjoying his home in Hammock Dunes where he loved to garden, sing karaoke, play the stock market and visit with friends and family.
He will be missed and lovingly cherished by his daughters Myra; Liza; Sophia (Eric) Uhl; Dr. Joyce Casis (Dean); Ann Marie (Damian) Neville; son, Joseph Rolando; four grandchildren, Peyton and Austin Uhl; Deaglan and Ariya Neville and many nieces, nephews, friends and family.
The Visitation will be held on Friday, August 12 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old Kings Road South, Flagler Beach, Florida.
Family and friends will be received from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022 followed by a 11:00 a.m. funeral mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 4600 Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast, Florida.
Funeral Procession and Burial will begin immediately after mass at Craig Flagler Palms Cemetery, 511 Old Kings Road South, Flagler Beach, Florida reception will follow.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in honor of Rolando C. Casis, may be made to the Philippine American Association of Palm Coast (PAAPC) PO Box 350328, Palm Coast, FL 32135.
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