Background
Whitfield, Richard Wriston was born on November 8, 1942 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of John Edward and Muriel Lincoln (Wriston) Whitfield.
Whitfield, Richard Wriston was born on November 8, 1942 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of John Edward and Muriel Lincoln (Wriston) Whitfield.
AB, Brown U., 1964; postgraduate, Harvard University Medicine, 1964-1966; Doctor of Medicine, Duke U., 1969.
Intern, resident, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1969-1971; senior resident pediatrics, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1971-1972; commissioned Lieutenant MC, United States Naval Reserve, 1972; advanced through grades to captain MC, United States Naval Reserve, 1987; pediatrician, China Lake (California) NWC, United States Navy, 1972-1974; private practice, Clinician's Laboratory, Bakersfield, California, 1974-1985; medical director children's services, director maternal, child and adolescent health, Kern County (California) Health Department, 1985-1986; pediatrician, Cedarwood Medical Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, 1986-1988; pediatrician, United States Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan, 1988-1992; pediatrician, United States Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina., 1992; head department pediatrics, United States Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina., 1993-1994; pediatrician, Many Lane Pediatric Associations, Ware, Massachusetts, since 1994; member department pediatrics Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Medical Edition and Research Foundation, Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1994. Instructor department pediatrics Tufts U. School Medicine, since 1995.
Board of directors Valley Fever Vaccine Project, Bakersfield, 1984-1986. Member school based clinic advisory board Berrien County, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 1986-1988. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.
Member Association Military Surgeons United States, 38th Parallel Medical Society, American Radio Relay League.
Married Georgellen Costan, June 1967 (divorced January 1977). Children: Richard W. Junior, Melissa C. M.Rebecca Ann Stockton, March 21, 1981.
Children: Christopher Anthony, David Alexander.
