Richard Dean Smith, MD

B.S. Kansas State University.

M.D. Kansas University Medical Center.

Intership: Sacramento County Hospital, now University of California Davis Medical Center.

Residency: Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.

Board Certified: Internal Medicine, 19 March 1965. Rheumatology, 19 October 1976.

Academic Appointment: Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1974. Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine 1982 to 1990.

Chief Arthritis Section, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California, 1968 to 1992.

Associate Director Rehabilitation Services, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California, 1984 to Feb 1997.

Acting Medical Director December 1987—December 1988.
Medical Director Feb 1997 to present.

Head of Institutional Review Board, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California, 1981—1984.

Member of Institutional Review Board, 1981 to 1996.

Oxford University Society.

Plummer Society, Mayo Clinic.

Philip S. Hench Society, Mayo Clinic.

Member: Redroom.com

Other:
Member Vestry, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Walnut Creek, CA, Jan 1991 to Jan 1992.

Best Book 2006 Awards Finalist.