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Patricia Richey MD, FAAD, FACMS is a double fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon and cosmetic dermatologist. She is also board-certified in both Dermatology and Mohs micrographic surgery. After graduating from Georgetown University magna cum laude, she attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, where she had been accepted as part of the highly competitive “Early Assurance Program.” She completed her dermatology residency at the University of Iowa and was unanimously elected sole chief resident by the faculty. She then remained at the University of Iowa for her Mohs micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology fellowship. Following her Mohs surgery fellowship, she was chosen by Dr. Rox Anderson and Dr. Mathew Avram for the clinical and research fellowship in laser and dermatologic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Harvard Medical School.
She has authored many peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters and is regularly invited to speak on dermatologic surgery, cosmetic and laser dermatology, and medical innovation at national medical conferences. In 2023, she was named the winner of the “Dr. Richard E. Fitzpatrick Clinical Research and Innovations Award” by the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. The same year, she was selected as one of eight “Mohs Surgeons Leading the Future” by the American College of Mohs Surgery. Dr. Richey was most recently the Director of Mohs Surgery at Boston University, where she also practiced cosmetics. In 2025, the dermatology residents voted her the “Teacher of the Year.”
In the spring of 2026, Dr. Richey opened the doors to her own dermatology practice, Richey Dermatology: Laser and Skin Cancer Center, in Chevy Chase, MD.
