Professor, Vice Chair, Chief
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Gresham Richter, MD, FACS, FAAP is a Professor, Vice Chair, and Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s (AC). He is the distinguished recipient of the Hamlen and Siebert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology and the past chair-holder of the Benjamin and Milton Waner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery. He has received numerous clinical and research awards including recognition for Best Doctor’s in America for many years. He maintains a very busy clinical practice in pediatric otolaryngology and vascular anomalies, fields in which he has published over 140 manuscripts, 4 books, and 40 book chapters. Dr. Richter received his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Colorado. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology at UAMS and a fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He returned to Arkansas to join UAMS faculty and founded the Arkansas Vascular Biology Program, a robust laboratory at AC dedicated to understanding and discovering new therapies for complex vascular lesions. He has held numerous administrative positions including Chief of Staff, President of the Child’s Health Organization and Director of the Vascular Anomalies Clinic and Research Center at AC. Outside of the hospital, Dr. Richter is an entrepreneur and owns several companies. He serves on the board of several national and international associations and has been the President of the American Bronchoesophagological Association and the Society for Ear Nose and Throat Advances in Children. He remains to be the inaugural Editor in Chief of the Journal of Vascular Anomalies.