
Richard Schmidt
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About
Dr. Richard J. Schmidt is a reproductive endocrinologist and board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who is now retired from clinical practice. Over a career of more than 25 years he focused on IVF and individualized fertility treatment, previously serving as medical director and laboratory program director at NOVA IVF in Mountain View, California. He studied engineering and biochemistry as an undergraduate at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He then completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology and subspecialty training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, with part of that training at NOVA IVF. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Education
Undergraduate, Engineering and Biochemistry
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Residency, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
Subspecialty Training, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center / NOVA IVF
Certifications
- –Board Certified, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- –Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG)
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