Dr. Richard B Wait, MD



General Surgery   -  Massachusetts,  Springfield

 Overview

Dr. Richard B Wait, MD works in Springfield, Massachusetts is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Med Center Hospital Vt in 1979. Dr. Wait is affiliated with Baystate Medical Center and practicing for 45 years

 Specialties

  • General Surgery

 Conditions

• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy
• Arthritic Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• Exercise Management
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Hypochondriasis
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
  ...
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
• Wrinkles
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 Procedures

• Adrenalectomy
• Colectomy
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Embolectomy, Thrombectomy, or Vessel Exploration
• Excision of Stomach Tumor
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Hepatectomy
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
  ...
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Pancreatectomy (incl. Pancreas Transplant and Whipple Procedure)
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Renal Transplant and Nephrectomy
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Thoracentesis
• Tracheal Surgery
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery

 Years Since Graduation

  • 45

 State License

  • Massachusetts

 Spoken Languages

  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Yiddish

 Education & Training

Internship Hospital

Med Center Hospital Vt

Burlington
Year completed: 1979

Medical School

University Of Vermont College Of Medicine

Burlington, VT, United States

Graduated: 1978

 Awards

1   AAS
2   ACS
3   AMA
4   APDS
5   SAGES
6   SSAT
7   SUS

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Baystate Surgical Associates
3300 Main Street Suite 3B
Massachusetts (MA)
Springfield
1107
 Phone:(413) 794-7020
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center?    No
Office Volume:    225 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site?    Yes

Accepting New Patients

  • Yes
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 Map & Directions



Baystate Surgical Associates, 3300 Main Street Suite 3B, Springfield, Massachusetts (MA), 1107




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • Aetna HMO
  • Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
  • BlueConnect HMO
  • Choice Plus POS
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Cigna
  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna PPO
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care)
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
  • Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
  • LocalPlus
  • MultiPlan
  • MultiPlan PPO
  • Navigate HMO
  • Navigate POS
  • Open Access Plus
  • Options PPO
  • PHCS Network PPO
  • Preferred Blue PPO
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Tufts PPO
  • UnitedHealthCare

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 Affiliated Hospitals


Baystate Medical Center photo


Baystate Medical Center

759 Chestnut Street Massachusetts MA, Springfield, 1199

Baystate Medical Center is a hospital located in Springfield, MA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 15 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 14 of 16 procedures.



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