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Robert J Richardson, MD

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Robert J. Richardson, MD, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon at UF Health Cardiothoracic Surgery – Leesburg.

Dr. Richardson attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He completed a general surgery residency at Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Los Angeles, California, and received his training in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and Denver Children’s Hospital in Denver.

Prior to joining UF Health, Dr. Richardson was a faculty member at Baylor University in Houston, where he taught and practiced general, cardiovascular and trauma surgery at Ben Taub General Hospital and Methodist Hospital until he entered private practice. Dr. Richardson has been performing open heart surgeries in Leesburg since 1998.

In addition to his clinical and surgical expertise, Dr. Richardson is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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