Dr. Richard Richter is a thoracic and cardiac surgeon from San Francisco, California. He has been working in the medical field for the past 39 years. Dr. Richter graduated in 1978 from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He continued with a residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus and a fellowship at the same medical institution. He is a is a board-certified specialist in thoracic and cardiac surgery. Dr. Richter contributed to a published study that focused on mitral valve replacement outcomes. He is currently affiliated with the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center.