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Office
2801 N State Road 7
Margate, FL 33063
Summary
- Brief Bio
Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
OBGYN/MIS/ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) CONSULTANT
• Nationally recognized, board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist.
• Bethesda Naval Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the National Naval Medical Center
• Tour of duty at the Naval Hospital, Rota, Spain
• Baylor College of Medicine full time Faculty
• Solo practice in Sugar Land, TX
• Merged with Women’s Specialists of Houston
• Worked at The Methodist Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital
o Trained established physicians and residents in the techniques of minimally and non-invasive surgery
• Named numerous times as one of Houston’s best doctors and OB/GYN physicians by H Texas magazine.
• Relocated to Las Vegas, NV
• Private practice 20%
• Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine 80%
o Taught residents minimally invasive surgical techniques
• Closed private practice to cover Army physicians, at Ft. Leonard Wood, while deployed to the Middle East
• Helped create the Moore County OBGYN Dumas, TX
• Introducing minimally invasive surgery to community
• Modern approach to obstetrics
• Developed the standard of care multi-modal, opioid-free cesarean section pain management protocol
o Prevent opioid addiction to opioid naïve
o Prevent relapse on former addicts
• Invited to present protocol to the US House of Representatives Bipartisan Heroin Task Force December 2017
• Featured in the online additions
• US News and World Report
• Parents.Com
• Mom.Me
• Babble.com
• Medium.com
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery/ERAS techniques
o Lectures
o Technique presentations
o Peer-to-peer phone calls
Licensure: CA TX FL VA NJ
Served as:
Board member of Safe Place in Dumas, TX, a shelter for abused spouses and children
Advisory board of OBGYN.NET
Moderator to their Pregnancy and Birth forum
Uterine Fibroid on-line forum.
Medical director for the SANE
Education & Training
- National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989 - 1993
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
- Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1989
- Sackler School of MedicineMD, Medicine, 1984 - 1986
- University of California, Santa BarbaraNo Degree, Physics/Cell Biology, 1984
- University of California, Santa BarbaraBA, Biology, 1981 - 1983
- San Diego State UniversityNo Degree, 1979 - 1980
- California State University-NorthridgeNo Degree, 1977 - 1978
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1991 - 2026
- CO State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- KY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 1998 - 2025
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Honorable Discharge United States Navy Reserve, 1995
- Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 17 citationsTissue expansion vaginoplasty for treatment of congenital vaginal agenesisRichard M. Chudacoff, Janette Alexander, Ruben Alvero, James H. Segars
Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1996-01-01
Journal Articles
- A Multimodal Approach for Opioid-Free Analgesia After Cesarean Section using Surgical Site Infiltration with Liposomal BupivacaineChudacoff R, J Reprod Med Gynecol Obstet, 1/1/2019
- Tissue Expansion Vaginoplasty For The Treatment Of Congenital Vaginal AgenesisChudacoff, RM, Alexander J, Alvero R, Segar JH, Obstetrics And Gynecology, 1/1/1996
- Streptococcus pneumonea Pelvic Inflammatory Disease A Case ReportChudacoff RM, Taylor R, Journal Of Reproductive Medicine, 1/1/1995
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Books/Book Chapters
Other
- Eliminating the Need for Opioids in Cesarean Section DeliveriesRichard Chudacoff MD, US News and World Report
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/for-better/articles/2017-11-16/eliminating-the-need-for-opioids-in-cesarean-section-deliveries
11/16/2017 - Non-invasive surgery using magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery technology.Chudacoff, RM, US Obstetrics and Gynecology (pp. 29-30)
1/1/2008
Press Mentions
- Stories of Grief, Hope and RecoveryNovember 30th, 2019
- Now You Can Get Your Prenatal Vitamins from a SmoothieJune 2nd, 2018
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Spanish, Hebrew
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