World-class credentials.

Offering unique training and experience to our community.

David D. Richardson, MD
Medical director and surgeon

After graduating with top honors from the University of Southern California (USC), Dr. Richardson received a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship to attend Harvard Medical School. While in medical school, he accepted a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health to study visual cognition. Dr. Richardson then completed an internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, which was followed by ophthalmology training at LAC+USC/Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles—one of the top ophthalmology residencies in the country.

Trained in the most Advanced Cataract Surgery Techniques

Dr. Richardson joined SGVEye in 1999 and became San Gabriel’s first ophthalmologist to use such modern technologies as the accommodating Crystalens. He currently performs more state-of-the-art cataract surgeries at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center than any other ophthalmologist.

A teacher as well as a surgeon

A highly regarded, accomplished surgeon, Dr. Richardson is also a volunteer faculty member at USC, where he teaches ophthalmology residents how to perform advanced cataract surgery.

Dr. Richardson is a diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Education and training

Faculty positions

· Volunteer Faculty, LAC+USC Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology

• Honors and awards