Dr. Cook is a third-generation physician from Annapolis, Maryland. He now resides in Southern Maryland with his wife Betty and three children: Liana, Sandra, and Marcus.
Richard Cook attended Howard University for his undergraduate education and received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and minored in Chemistry. While in college, Dr Cook played lacrosse for the Bisons and was a founding member of the team. After Dr. Cook graduated from the Howard University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Union Memorial Hospital/University of Maryland Program in Baltimore, Maryland, which is also known for being one of the nation’s top heart institutes, a top 100 hospital ranked by US News, and the official hospital for the Baltimore Ravens football team.
Dr. Cook is also a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and serves on the International Board of Prostate Cancer Prevention and Awareness. He is also President of the Charles County Medical Society, and a former member of the American Medical Association, the American Association of Physician Executives, the American College of Physicians, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Cook currently serves as the official Team Physician for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Baseball team, is an Associate Program Member at the University Medical Center, holds a Courtesy Faculty Appointment at the George Washington School of Nursing, and has been a Physician Peer Member for the State of Maryland Board of Physicians.
3450 Old Washington Road Suite 103 Waldorf, MD 20602
O: (301) 472-4290
F: (240) 607-3609
• Internal Medicine
• Chronic Disease Management
• Male Hormone Replacement
Union Memorial Hospital – University of Maryland Internal Medicine Baltimore, MD 2005
• Howard University College of Medicine
• Doctor of Medicine
• Washington, D.C. 2002
Howard University, Bachelor of Science in Biology Washington, D.C. 1995
Family, Church, friends, health, reading, music, and martial arts.
• 3450 Old Washington Road Suite 103 Waldorf, MD 20602
• O: (301) 472-4290
• F: (240) 607-3609
• Internal Medicine
• Chronic Disease Management
• Gynecology
• Georgetown University Hospital Internal Medicine Washington, D.C. 2005
• Washington Hospital Center Internal Medicine Washington, D.C. 2004
• Howard University College of Medicine
• Doctor of Medicine
• Washington, D.C. 2001
• University of California Davis, Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology Davis, CA 1995
Languages
• English
• Spanish