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Richard M. Saunders, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

4.9 with 725 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Richard M. Saunders, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

4.9 with 725 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Dr. Saunders is a Penn Medicine physician.

Call 800-789-7366 Request Appointment

Acute Bronchitis
Airway Diseases
Airway Obstruction
Airway Scarring
Airway Stenosis (Tracheal Stenosis)
Allergic Aspergillosis
Allergic Pneumonitis
Allergic Wheezing
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Asbestos Lung Disease
Aspiration Pneumonia (Aspiration Pneumonitis)
Asthma
Asthmatic Bronchitis
Atelectasis
Autoimmune Pleuritis
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP)
Bronchiectasis
Bronchitis
Bronchoscopy
Bronchospasm
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Cough
Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Respiratory Failure
Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung Disease)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
Diaphragm Injury
Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease
Dyspnea
Dyspnea On Exertion
Emphysema
Empyema
Exercise Intolerance
Hemoptysis
Hepatic Hydrothorax
Home Sleep Study
Hypercarbia
Hypoventilation Syndrome
Hypoxia
Interstitial Lung Disease
Laryngotracheitis
Lung Abscess
Lung Cancer Screening
Lung Disease
Lung Infection
Lung Infiltrate
Lung Nodule
Lung Tumors
Maternal Respiratory Disease
Mechanical Ventilation
Needle Procedure
Occupational Lung Disease
Pleural Diseases
Pleural Effusion (Fluid in the Lung)
Pleural Thickening
Pleural Tuberculosis
Pleurisy
Pleuritic Pain
Pneumonia
Pneumonitis
Post-Infectious Cough
Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary Bullae
Pulmonary Clearance for Surgery
Pulmonary Complications of Neurological Diseases
Pulmonary Embolism (Pulmonary Embolus)
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary Function Tests
Pulmonary Granuloma
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Sarcoid
Pulmonary Stent Placement
Pulmonary Therapy
Radiation Pneumonitis
Reactive Airway Disease
Recurrent Lung Infections
Restrictive Lung Disease
Rheumatoid Lung Disease
Silicosis
Sleep Disorders
Smoker's Cough
Smoking related Disease
Spirometry
Stridor
Tracheal Mass
Tracheobronchitis
Tuberculosis (TB)
Wheezing
Whooping Cough

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Saunders is part of these programs:

Penn Pulmonary Diagnostics and Second Opinion Program

Board Certification

Internal Medicine, 1985
Pulmonary Disease, 1988

Education and Training

Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency: Danbury Hospital
Fellowship: New York Medical College

Primary Location

Penn Specialty Practices Pottstown

Suite 210
13 Armand Hammer Boulevard
Pottstown, PA 19464

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Humana / Choicecare
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)

Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Health Care/PA Preferred Health Networks
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program