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Dr. Richard Jacob Derman, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Accepting new patients
59 years of experience
Jefferson Medical College Residency 1020 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 955-6983

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Brief Intro

Richard J. Derman, M.D., MPH, FACOG, was appointed chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology in May 2008. Dr. Derman served in a number of senior leadership roles prior to his tenure at Christiana. Before completing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Cornell University, The New York Lying-In Hospital, and his MPH degree from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Derman served as a Peace Corps physician in India and a medical director of the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. Upon completion of his residency, he was medical director and CEO of a federally funded agency dedicated to maternal-child health. He remained on the faculty at Cornell until 1994, when he accepted a professorship and became director of Women's Health at the University of Illinois School of Medicine, where he also served as an adjunct professor at the university's School of Public Health. Dr. Derman has served as medical director and PI of the Center of Excellence in Women's Health both at University of Illinois and University of Missouri, Kansas City. Dr. Derman has held the positions of associate dean for clinical research, interim associate dean for research, associate dean for women's health, Schutte Chair in Women's Health and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City. Dr. Derman is a principal investigator of the Global Research Network for Women's and Children's Health, funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Education Background

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Howard University College Of Medicine - 1966

Location & Hours

Jefferson Medical College Residency
1020 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Specialties Treated

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Insurance Accepted

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UnitedHealthcare

Cancer 44
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 41
Orthopedics 71
Neurology & Neurosurgery 54
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 71
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 73
Diabetes & Endocrinology 27
Children's Hospital 13
Urology 72
Psychiatry 80
Geriatrics 67
Rehabilitation 64
Obsterics & Gynecology 14
Ophthalmology 3
Ear, Nose & Throat 8
Rheumatology 2
Long Term Care 11
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 43