Dr. Richard S. Hoffman, MD, FACP

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Get to know Endocrinologist Dr. Richard S. Hoffman, who serves patients in Staten Island, New York.

A leading endocrinologist, Dr. Hoffman is affiliated with Staten Island University Hospital, a division of the Northwell Health System.  

Dr. Hoffman graduated with his medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in 1965. He then went on to perform his internship and residency in internal medicine at Long Island College Hospital. He continued his residency in Medicine at Boston City Hospital and served as a Teaching Fellow in Medicine at Tufts Medical School. He became a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Boston City Hospital and Research Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Thorndike Memorial Laboratory at Boston City Hospital with a specialty in endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism. 

Distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), he is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Diplomat and board-certified in endocrinology & metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty of Endocrinology & Metabolism Diplomate. 

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