Richard Glassock
Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Biography
Harvard Medical School
Richard J. Glassock, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. (UK), F.A.S.N., is one of the most eminent physicians in the field of nephrology and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Glassock received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (summa cum laude) in 1956 at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He then attended Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC, in 1956–57. Glassock received his M.D. with highest honors from UCLA in 1960. After interning at UCLA, he held a fellowship in nephrology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as well as research fellowships at Harvard and Scripps Clinic. Glassock is certified in internal medicine and nephrology as a physician and surgeon. He has received numerous honors and awards and has published over 750 original papers in peer reviewed Journal, Books, Monograph, Book Chapter.
Honors and Awards
- 1st Annual Uremia Award co-recipient (with Thomas Starzl, M.D.), 1983
- Distinguished Service Award, National Kidney Foundation, 1984
- Presidents Award, National Kidney Foundation, 1986
- Honorary Professor, Beijing Medical College, 1987
- UCLA Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, 1989
- Dominic Cotungo Gold Medal, 1990
- David M. Hume Memorial Award, National Kidney Foundation, 1990
- Best Doctors in America, 1990–2003
- Kentucky Laureate Award, American College of Physicians, 1995
- Mastership, American College of Physicians, 1998
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians (UK)-2021
- Torchbearer Award, American Kidney Fund, 1997
- Distinguished Service Award, Association of Professors of Medicine, 1999
- Founders Award, Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine, 2000
- UKRO Award for Outstanding Achievement in Nephrology, 2005
- Robert Narins Award for Educational Excellence, American Society of Nephrology, 2008
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