- Dr. Richard Light, MD
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Dr. Richard Light, MD
Pulmonology
- Tennessee, Nashville
Overview
Dr. Richard Light, MD works in Nashville, Tennessee is a specialist in Pulmonology, Internal Medicine and graduated Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1969. Dr. Light is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Hospital and practicing for 55 years
Specialties
- Pulmonology
- Internal Medicine
Conditions
• Acidosis• Bronchiolitis
• Bursa Injection
• Chest Cold
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Coats' Disease
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Coloboma of Iris
• Coloboma of Lens Ala Nasi
• Coloboma of Optic Papilla
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• Cone Dystrophy, X-Linked, With Tapetal-Like Sheen
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Demyelinating Diseases
• Device Implantation and Extraction
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 1
• Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 5
• Familial Hypertension
• Familial Polyposis
• Galloway-Mowat Syndrome
• Gliomatosis Cerebri
• Gua Sha
• Hand and Wrist Fracture and Dislocation Treatment
• Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
• Mammosite Catheter Insertion
• Memory Disorders
• Partial Shoulder Replacement
• Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Retinitis Pigmentosa - Mental Retardation - Deafness
• Skin Infections
• Spinal Reconstruction
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
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Procedures
• Acidosis• Alkalosis
• Asthma
• Atelectasis
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchitis
• Bronchoscopy
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Classic Polyarteritis Nodosa
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• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Empyema
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lung Abscess
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Nodule
• Metastatic Respiratory System Cancer
• Pleural Effusion
• Pneumonia
• Pneumonitis (Due to Solids or Liquids)
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Edema
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Eosinophilia
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Incompetence
• Respiratory Failure
• Sarcoidosis
• Sleep Apnea
• Systemic Sclerosis
• Thoracentesis
• Ventilation Management
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 55
State License
- Tennessee
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD, USA
Year completed: 1969
Baltimore, MD, USA
Year completed: 1969
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, United States
Graduated: 1968
Baltimore, MD, United States
Graduated: 1968
Awards
1 ACCP
2 ATS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Office Address
3601 Tvc
Tennessee (TN)
Nashville
37232
Phone:(615) 322-3000
Accepting New Patients
- No
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care of Tennessee
- Coventry Health Care of Tennessee PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Network S
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- WellCare
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