RichardWBockMD

Summary

• Dr. Richard Bock is a Vascular Surgeon in Asheville, NC. His medical training includes a Vascular Surgery fellowship at UCLA Medical Center and a General Surgery residency at University of Louisville, after graduating from University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Bock was Founding Director of the Mission Health System Vascular Center, where he and five beloved partners served for more than 20 years. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors of Mission Health system and on its Finance Committee. In 2016 Bock was recruited to Charlotte to serve as Chief & Medical Director of Vascular Surgery at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte. After rebuilding its program and recruiting his successor, in 2019 he returned to Asheville to open a 100% vein subspecialty practice.
  
  Bock has published papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Vascular Surgery, and other journals. He is an avid trail runner in the mountains above Asheville; his running friends accept his slow pace with grace and camaraderie. He and his wife of 35 years, Jennifer, serve on several community boards, visit their sons Carson and Spencer when they can, and spend their free time spoiling their second golden Retreiver, Tassie.