RICK SNYDER, MD, FACC

Board Certified Interventional Cardiologist

Cardiovascular Disease

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Interventional Cardiology

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ABOUT DR. SNYDER:

Board certified in Cardiovascular disease, Interventional Cardiology, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Dr. Snyder serves as the President of HeartPlace. Formally he was the President of both the medical staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital and the Dallas County Medical Society. He also was on the Board of Governors for the American College of Cardiology in DC for three years. Amongst other leadership roles Dr. Snyder currently serves as the Chairman of Aspen Specialty Physician Network, as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Medical Association, and on the Dallas County Health and Human Services Public Health Advisory Committee.

Raised in Dallas Dr. Snyder attended Jesuit College Preparatory. 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 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. As clinicians we treat one patient at a time, but as physician advocates, we can help everyone all at once. He speaks English and French. In his spare time, he and his wife Dr. Shelley Hall, also a cardiologist with HeartPlace, enjoy spending time with their five children as well as the following hobbies:

  • Soccer

  • Snowboarding

  • Resistance Training in The House of Pain

  • Medical Advocacy

  • Politics

  • Notre Dame Football

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Interventional Cardiology

  • Cardiovascular Disease

  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

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CLINIC LOCATIONS:

HEARTPLACE DALLAS

7777 Forest Lane

Suite A-341
Dallas, TX 75230

972-566-5700

844-290-4358

EDUCATION:

  • Fellowship, Cardiology: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1991-1993)

  • Residency, Internal Medicine: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1988-1990) 

  • Internship, Internal Medicine: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1987-1988)

  • Medical School, MD Degree: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1983-1987)

  • Undergraduate, BA Pre-professional Studies/French: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (1979-1983)

  • Undergraduate: L'Universite Catholique de L'Ouest, Angers, France (1980-1981)

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Peer Reviewed Publications​

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  • Negus BH, Willard JE, Glamann DB, Landau C, Snyder II RW, Lange RA. Utility of Routine Cardiac Catheterization in Young, Asymptomatic Survivors of Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 88, No. 4, pI-60, 1993.​

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  • Jacobsen TN, Snyder II RW, Grayburn PA, Llange RA, Lyson T, Victor RG. Intranasal Cocaine Decreases Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Humans. Circulation 88, No. 4, p I-85, 1993.​

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  • Bowden DM, Dubach MF, Snyder II RW, Askaris, German DC. Three-Dimensional Computer Analysis of MPTP-Induced Dopaminergic Cell Loss in the Monkey. Neuroscience Abstracts 9:166, 1985

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Media​

  • HeartPlace Dr. Richard Snyder Physician Biography

  • Dr. Rick Snyder speaks on behalf of the Dallas County Medical Society about West Nile virus & aerial spraying. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) - August 7, 2012

  • Dr. Rick Snyder speaks on behalf of the Dallas County Medical Society about West Nile virus & aerial spraying. FOX4-TV (Channel 4) - August 7, 2012

  • Dr. Rick Snyder speaks on behalf of the Dallas County Medical Society about West Nile virus & aerial spraying. NBC5-TV (Channel 5) - August 16, 2012

Presentations​

  • Legislative Update, The Impact of the ACA on Transplantation - 2017; Medical City Dallas Transplantation Forum; Dallas, TX, April 2017​

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  • Legislative Update 2016; Texas Transplantation Society Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, 2016​

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  • Cardiology Update 2015: American College of Physicians, Texas Chapter, annual meeting, Dallas, TX, November 7th, 2015​

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  • The Impact of the ACA on Medicine in Texas 2015 :The Good, the BAD, and the very, very Ugly; Medical Ground Rounds, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX, October 8th, 2015​

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  • The Impact of the ACA on Transplantation in Texas :The Good, the BAD, and the very, very Ugly; Texas Transplantation Society annual meeting, Austin, TX, July 26, 2015​

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  • HealthCare 2014: The Political Landscape Cardiovascular Update 2014, Las Vegas, NV Jan. 21, 2014​

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  • HealthCare Reform 2013: A Physicians' Perspective Physician Legislative Workgroup, Rules Committee Chamber, Capitol Hill ,Washington DC. November 15,2013​

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  • New anti-coagulation and anti-platelet medications and how to reverse or manage them leading into elective or emergency surgery Surgical Grand Rounds Medical City Dallas, November 11, 2013​

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  • 112th U.S. Congressional New Member Healthcare Policy Briefing, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, February 8, 2011