Scott "the Yesdoc" Richards

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Gender Male
Industry Science
Occupation Psychiatric Physician (MD)
Location San Elijo Hills, California, United States
Introduction Scott B. "The Yesdoc" Richards, MD resides in San Elijo Hills, CA and is the father of 2 sons, Thomas and Dylan. On 09 July 2007, he became only the 18th person in history to complet the “triple crown” of open water distance swimming as he swam the English Channel in 13 hours 20 minutes. Prior to the English Channel attempt, he successfully completed the 28.5 mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim (NY City) on 24 June 2006 and then on 20 September 2006 swam the Catalina Channel in just over 10 hours. A 1977 Cum Laude graduate of Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL where he was an All State high school swimmer for four years, he holds a BA in Psychology from Marshall university (Summa Cum Laude, class of 1982) earning All Southern Conference swimming status his senior year. Medical School training at Temple University (‘86) was followed with a residency in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Mood and Eating Disorders, both done at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He served in the US Air Force as a staff Psychiatrist from 1990-1992 and currently practices Psychiatry with specialty in Eating Disorders for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Vista, CA.
Interests Long Distance Open Water Swimming, Music (progressive rock), Singing, Puggle Dogs, Science Fiction
Favorite Movies Analyze This, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Altered States, On a Clear Day, The Four Seasons, Same Time Next Year
Favorite Music Yes music, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, The Beatles
Favorite Books Illusions (by Richard Bach), The Physics of Star Trek, State of Fear, From Socrates to Sartre