Richard Blake, MD

Richard Blake, MD, has been practicing medicine since 1995. He treats patients ages 18 and over at Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology. His cardiovascular medicine practice encompasses cardiovascular hypertension, congestive heart failure, ischemic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, elevated blood lipids, pacemakers, echocardiograms and stress testing. Inspired to be a doctor by his father, Dr. Blake chose to specialize in cardiology because of its scope. He calls it a “dynamic field, with wide breadth.”His approach to care is to treat patients “as if they were in my family,” and he tries to demonstrate humankindness by listening to patients and asking them about their lives. Dr. Blake received undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Kentucky and its medical school. He trained at Wake Forest University for medicine and at the University of Kentucky for cardiology. He counts classical music, particularly piano music, among his hobbies.