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This resolution expresses condolences and honors the life, service, and achievements of Dr. Xavier Marquis McCaskey, recognizing his over 30 years of exemplary service as a multidisciplinary clinician, military veteran, and Naturopathic Practitioner, whose work has significantly advanced integrated behavioral health and whole-person healing. It highlights his pioneering role in Integrated Behavioral Health, his expertise across various disciplines like psychoanalysis and psychopharmacology, and his co-founding of the Healing Minds Institute in 1993 with his late wife, Dr. Ronisha Anderson McCaskey, to provide holistic and culturally responsive care. The resolution also acknowledges his extensive academic achievements, including multiple Master’s degrees and a PhD, his clinical specializations in naturopathic medicine, psychopharmacology, and other areas, and his continued leadership as CEO of the Ronisha Anderson McCaskey Natural Healing Institute. Furthermore, it commends his dedication to community service through gang intervention, criminal justice reform, and culturally centered healing initiatives, his military service as a Captain in the Coast Guard and Army, and an Ensign in the Navy, and his deep inspiration from his late wife’s vision for holistic healing and personal transformation, ultimately recognizing his unwavering commitment to service, scholarship, leadership, and community advancement.
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