Dr. Richard M. Buchta M.D.
Pediatrician
3811 Valley Centre Dr San Diego CA, 92130About
Dr. Richard Buchta is a pediatrician practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Buchta is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Buchta diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Buchta can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1967
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Letter: Familial renal agenisis and total dysplasia.
- Urinary tract infection due to Salmonella species in children/adolescents.
- Chronic fibrosing pancreatitis in a 12-year-old female.
- Use of a rapid strep test (First Response) by parents for detection of streptococcal pharyngitis.
- Attitudes of adolescents and parents of adolescents concerning condom advertisements on television.
- Drug usage among adolescents: a survey from a pediatric/adolescent practice.
- Hemorrhagic Neisseria gonorrhoeae conjunctivitis in an adolescent female.
- Minimum age requirements for scuba divers.
- Use of chaperones during pelvic examinations of female adolescents. Results of a survey.
- Seeing adolescent patients in private practice.
- Adolescent females' preferences regarding use of a chaperone during a pelvic examination. Observations from a private-practice setting.
- Did this boy have meningitis?
- Membranous conjunctivitis due to adenovirus type 7 infection.
- Ectopia lentis et pupillae.
- Anencephaly in female thoracopagus conjoined twins.
Treatments
- Acne
- Sinusitis
- Eczema
- Asthma
- Warts
- Ear Infection
- Swimmer's Ear
- Contact Dermatitis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Pain
- Tonsillitis
- Outer Ear Infection
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Los Angeles 1974
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