Richards, Frank O., 1923-

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Surgeon, born 1923. Richards received his medical degree from Howard University School of Medicine in 1947 and completed his internship and surgical residency at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis. In 1954 Richards was appointed supervisor of surgery at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. He served on the clinical faculty of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and was the first African-American surgeon on the staffs of Barnes, Jewish, St. Luke's and DePaul Hospitals in St. Louis. Richards also served on the staffs of St. Louis Children's, Bethesda, Deaconess, and Christian Hospitals.

From the description of Frank O. Richards papers, 1937-2003. 1937-2003. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 63284145

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