Richard A. Wright

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Richard Wright endowed chair banner Richard Wright, M.D. joined the faculty at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1978 and has been an active full-time faculty member, serving as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Medicine, as well as Division Chief and Fellowship Training Program Director in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition throughout his 31 years of service.

He has participated in numerous national/international visiting professorships and hosted over 60 teaching program directorships, including biannual medical alumni symposia, and founded the University of Louisville Mini Medical School, a monthly two-hour CME conference.

Dr. Wright lectures extensively on issues related to gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition.

His research interests include GERD, esophagocardiac reflexes, gastrointestinal motility, and functional bowel disorders.

Dr. Wright has been active in multiple subspecialty societies and is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), and American College of Physicians (ACP).

Throughout his career, he has trained over 80 practicing gastroenterologists.

Dr. Wright received the President’s Distinguished Service Award for International Service in 2000 and the Master Teacher Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) in 2005 from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, He is active in alumni affairs, receiving the Alumni Service Award in 2005, and was a Fulbright Scholar (Lithuania) in 2003.

Dr. Wright, who is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, serves on review boards of several journals and is the author of more than 80 scientific articles, abstracts, a book, and several book chapters.

He received his MD degree from the University of Pittsburgh and completed residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center

He followed that with fellowships in psychosomatic medicine and gastroenterology at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Arthur M. Schoen, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology

School of Medicine - Established 2007

A $1 million bequest from the estate of Arthur M. Schoen, M.D., created the School of Medicine's first chair in gastroenterology.

The Arthur M. Schoen, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology is the first endowed chair in the division and is used to recruit a top clinician to the department.

A 1943 graduate from the U of L School of Medicine, Schoen left money in his will to create a chair in his former department.

Schoen practiced medicine for more than 50 years and was an emeritus clinical professor of medicine in U of L's Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

The division has over 17 full-time faculty and 12 fellows, five Ph.D. researchers and more than $10 million in National Institutes of Health grants.

It also runs the Digestive Health Center at University Hospital, the only such center in Louisville.