Richard L. Smith, MD

Board Certified, Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology

Bio

Dr. Smith joined Asheville Gastroenterology Associates in 1978. Shortly thereafter he became the first physician in the state of North Carolina to remove stones from the bile duct by newly developed endoscopic techniques.

Special Interests

• Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases

Education

Undergraduate Studies

• Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer NC 1962-1966

Medical School

• Tulane University, New Orleans LA 1969-1972

Internship/Residency - Internal Medicine

• University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA 1972-1975

Fellowship - Gastroenterology

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 1975-1977

Professional Memberships/Societies

• American College of Gastroenterology 
  
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  
• North Carolina Medical Society
  
• Buncombe County Medical Society