Dr. Richard P Hughes MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
3909 Lancaster Hwy Catowba Occupational Richburg SC, 29729About
Richard Hughes is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Richburg, SC. Hughes specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Hughes participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
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Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 1975
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