Richard Snyder , M.D., F.A.C.C.

Specialty:
Cardiovascular Disease

Special Interests:
Preventative, Diagnostic, and Interventional Cardiology

Board Certifications:
Cardiovascular Disease

Clinics:
HeartPlace Medical City

Hospitals:
Medical City Dallas Hospital

Insurance Plans

Services Provided:

• Advanced lipid testing
• Advanced medical management
• Advanced stress testing
• Complex coronary angioplasty and stents
• Comprehensive cardiology consultation
• Comprehensive device follow-up clinic including internet-based home follow-up system
• Diagnostic right and left cardiac catheterization
• Exercise therapy
• Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators including biventricular devices for congestive heart failure
• Transesophageal echocardiography
• Transthoracicechocardiography

Academic Background:

• Undergraduate: L'Universite Catholique de L'Ouest, Angers, France, 1980-1981
• Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Arts in French, 1979-1983
• Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center, M.D. degree, 1983-1987
• Internship: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Internal Medicine Internship, 1987-1988
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency, 1988-1990
• Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Cardiology Fellowship, 1991-1993

Professional Associations:
Dallas County Medical Association
American College of Cardiology, Fellow
Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology
Texas Medical Association

Honors and Awards:
D Magazine's Best Doctors 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Texas Monthly's Super Doctors 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009


Professional Appointments:

• Privileges and Credentials Committee, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, 1998.
• Cardiology Performance Improvement Committee, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 1997-Present.
• Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology and Echo Lab, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 1999-2000.
• Critical Care Committee, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 1999-2000.
• Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical City Dallas Hospital 2001.
• Medical Executive Committee, Medical City, 2001-2004
• Chairman, Performance Improvement Council, Medical City Dallas Hospital 2002.
• President of the Medical Staff, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 2003.
• Member, Privileges and Credentials Committee, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 2004-Present.
• Chairman, Privileges and Credentials Committee, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 2004.
• Board of Trustees, Medical City, 2002-2004.
• Chairman, ER Compensation Committee, Medical City Dallas Hospital, 2003-Present.
• Treasurer, HeartPlace PAC 2003-Present.
• Board of Directors, HeartPlace PA, 2000-2002, 2004-Present
• Councilor, Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology, 2003-2005
• Legislative Committee, Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology, 2002-Present.
• Chairman, Legislative Committee, Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology, 2003-2005.
• President, Texas Chapter American College of Cardiology, 2007-Present
• Board of Governors, American College of Cardiology, 2007-Present
• Board of Directors, Dallas County Medical Society, 2006-Present
• Representative, Texas Medical Association, 2005-Present
• Board of Directors, TEXPAC, Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee, 2006-Present.
• Member, TMA AD HOC Committee Physician/Hospital Issues, 2006
• Member, Quality Strategic Directions Committee, American College of Cardiology, 2007-Present
• Board Of Directors, ACCPAC, American College of Cardiology Political Action Committee, 2007-Present
• Board of Directors, Cardiovascular Provider Resources, 2007-Present
• Chairman, Legislative Committee, Dallas County Medical Society, 2008-Present
• Board of Directors, ACC PAC national, 2008-2010
• Member, ACC State Advocacy Committee, 2008
• Member AD HOC Committee on Insurance and Managed Care, TMA, 2008
• Treasurer/Secretary, Dallas County Medical Society 2009, 2010
  

Publications

Personal Interests:
Coaching and playing soccer, weight training in the House of Pain, skiing, politics.

Personal Narrative:
Raised in Dallas Dr. Snyder attended Jesuit College Prepatory. He developed an interest in medicine while working as an anesthesia technician in the OR at Medical City during his high school and college summers. Dr Snyder joined HeartPlace in 1996 opening the office at Medical City that same year. Although an interventionalist, he prides himself on being first and foremost a preventative specialist, emphasizing the prevention of disease primarily through risk factor modification, especially through diet and exercise. He is particularly involved in medical political advocacy. "Being an advocate for our patients must be much more than just words. We as physicians will have almost as much impact on the health care our patients receive in the legislative chambers as we have in the exam room". In his spare time he and his wife Dr. Shelley Hall MD, also a cardiologist with HeartPlace, enjoy spending time with their five children, Eileen, Bobby, Jessica, Alex and Nicholas.

Last Updated: 03.11.10

I am accepting new patients.

Interventional Cardiology