Richard Albert MD

Almost 50 years after he began his medical training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Richard Albert, MD has returned to CU, with a full-time appointment in the Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine and a leadership role as the department’s Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs.

Albert graduated from the CU School of Medicine in 1971, and completed the first two years of residency training here before transferring to the University of Washington to complete his residency. After a fellowship in CU’s top-ranked pulmonary program, Albert returned to the University of Washington, where he remained until becoming Chief of Medicine at Denver Health in 1997.