Dr. Chason is an attending pediatric hospitalist for the Mid-Atlantic Kaiser Permanente Medical Group at Children’s National Medical Center. He was awarded a certificate in clinical tropical medicine (CTropMed®) from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2023. His interest in global health dates back to college when he began participating in medical mission trips to Central America (Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua) with US volunteer physicians. While a 1st year medical student at Tufts University in Boston he spent two months in Vellore, India where he worked at a major referral center and provided clinical care through mobile clinics stationed in rural villages. As a fourth-year medical student, he continued to pursue opportunities in low-income countries and was selected amongst students nationwide to work for three months in the pediatric ward at the “Hôpital Albert Schweitzer” in Lambaréné, Gabon.  As a second-year resident interested in exploring the field of infectious diseases, he spent four weeks in Lima, Peru at the “Instituto Nacional De Salud del Niño.” He worked hand in hand with arguably the most renowned pediatric infectious diseases specialist in the country - Dr. Jorge Candela. As a third-year resident, he spent five weeks in Luang Prabang, Laos at the “Lao Friends Hospital for Children." His main focus was educating Laotian pediatricians while supervising the care of hospitalized children. Most recently, his passion for teaching brought him to Thimphu, Bhutan for five weeks where we trained local pediatricians on hospital-based medicine via a volunteer organization called Health Volunteer Overseas