Richard G. Barbers, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Internal Medicine

Title:

  • Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program, Keck Hospital of USC

Department:

Locations:

Sub-specialties:

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine

Background:

After teaching and practicing medicine at UCLA and the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Barbers joined the Keck School of Medicine faculty in 1990. Dr. Barbers’ teaching subjects include lung transplantation and asthma and he has published and lectured extensively in these areas.

Education:

  • Loyola College, Baltimore, B.S., 1971
  • Doctor of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC., 1975

Internships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Los Angeles, CA, June 1975 - 1976

Residencies:

  • Cedars-Sinai/University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Los Angeles, CA, 1976 - 1978

Fellowships:

  • NRSA (NIH) Trainee, University of California (Clinical Immunology and Allergy), Los Angeles, CA, 1979 - 1981
  • NRSA (NIH) Trainee, University of California (Pulmonary Disease), Los Angeles, CA, 1981 - 1982

Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Critical Care Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Thoracic Society
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Academy of Allergy and Immunology
  • Trudeau Society of Los Angeles
  • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Los Angeles Chapter
  • Los Angeles County Medical Society
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Los Angeles Academy of Medicine
  • Los Angeles Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology
  • California Society of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

Awards:

  • Tri-Beta Honor Society, Loyola College Chapter, Baltimore, MD, 1968
  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, 1985
  • Fellow, American College of Allergy and Immunology, 1988
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1988
  • Fellow, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, 1990
  • Fellow, Los Angeles Academy of Medicine, 1993
  • America's Top Doctors, 2003 - 2007

Languages:

  • English