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El Dr. Dowd est\u00e1 especializado en Neurocirug\u00eda y Cirug\u00eda Endosc\u00f3pica de la Columna Vertebral.<\/p>\n<p>Complet\u00f3 su residencia en el Tufts Medical Center de Boston, Massachusetts, y una beca de Oncolog\u00eda Neuroquir\u00fargica en el Rhode Island Hospital de Providence, Rhode Island.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Su filosof\u00eda de la asistencia consiste en creer que la asistencia es una colaboraci\u00f3n entre el m\u00e9dico y el paciente. \u00c9l cree que como m\u00e9dico, es su trabajo para ayudar a los pacientes a entender el problema en cuesti\u00f3n. Juntos revisan todas las opciones y deciden cu\u00e1l creen que es el mejor camino a seguir.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cuando no trabaja, le gusta pasar tiempo con su familia, navegar, hacer senderismo y tocar la guitarra.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287737,"template":"","specialty":[65],"language":[],"keywords":[1337,899,1332,862,891,912,314,1339,315,905,903,1086,1334,1087,883,884,1338,1333,900,882,1085,894,888,901,886,898,881,869,1084,1340,1088],"address":[63,569],"class_list":["post-277301","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-neurosurgery","keywords-7d","keywords-aicd","keywords-back-fusion","keywords-back-pain","keywords-brain-and-spine","keywords-brain-aneurysm","keywords-brain-cancer","keywords-brain-injury","keywords-brain-tumor","keywords-cerebrovascular-surgery","keywords-complex-brain-surgery","keywords-complex-reconstructive-spine-surgery","keywords-corpectomy-stenosis","keywords-degenerative-disease-of-the-spine","keywords-disc","keywords-disc-herniation","keywords-endoscopic-spine-surgery","keywords-hydrocephalus-shunt","keywords-neck-surgery","keywords-neurosurgery","keywords-pituitary-surgery","keywords-sciatica","keywords-scoliosis","keywords-skull-base-surgery","keywords-skull-tumor","keywords-spinal-stenosis","keywords-spine","keywords-spine-pain","keywords-spine-surgery","keywords-stereotactic-radiation-therapy","keywords-traumatic-brain-injury-treatment","addresses-68_81","addresses-68_83"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Richard Dowd MD, MS - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/richard-dowd-md-ms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Richard Dowd MD, MS - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Richard Dowd earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. 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