Current Position

Dr Jason Cafer serves as the Medical Director for Behavioral Health Services at SSM Health/St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri. He is also an attending physician for a bustling 20-bed acute inpatient psychiatric ward.

Education and Certification

Dr. Cafer graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in 2003 and completed his Psychiatric Residency at the same institution in 2007. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and holds board certification in Addiction Medicine from the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Past Practice

Prior to his service at St. Mary’s, Dr. Cafer practiced inpatient psychiatry at Fulton State Hospital and provided outpatient services at Comprehensive Health Systems.

Entrepreneurship and Innovations

In 2007, Dr. Cafer founded Iconic Health, a medical informatics startup. Although it secured angel round funding, the venture ultimately dis not succeed.

Dr. Cafer was the Principal Investigator for Phase I and II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants for the "Online Rural Telepsychiatry Platform." The research, conducted from 2007 to 2009, was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.

He is also the inventor of United States Patent US8255241B2. This patent, for "Medication IconoGraphs: Visualization of Complex Medication Regimens," secured an SBIR grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Educational Contributions and Goals

While serving as a preceptor for the Stephens College Master of Physician Assistant Studies program, Dr. Cafer completed Cafers’ Psychopharmacology. He aspires to provide online Continuing Medical Education courses for psychiatrists and other medical professionals in the future.