Richard G. Birkhead, MD FACC
Undergraduate Degree:
Oberlin College, AB 1979
Medical Degree:
SUNY Upstate Medical, MD 1983
Residency:
Brown University,
Roger Williams General Hospital, 1983-1986
Chief Resident, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 1986-1987
Cardiology Fellowship:
Tufts University, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center 1987-1989
Joined MVC in 1989
Board Certification:
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
Certified Cardiac Device Specialist by the Heart Rhythm Society
TESTAMUR American Society of Echocardiography
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
Board Member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
Heart Rhythm Society
American Society of Echocardiography
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Languages: English
Current Hospital Positions:
Chief of Cardiology, Lowell General Hospital
Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Lowell General Hospital since 1991
Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Lowell General Hospital




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