Dr. Richard Azizkhan is the first recipient of the Lester W. Martin Chair in pediatric surgery and additionally serves as the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He previously served as the Surgeon-in-Chief and Director of the pediatric surgery training program at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Azizkhan is on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical Section and also serves as the Program Chairman for Pediatric Surgery American College of Surgeons. Additionally, he directs the Pediatric Surgery Training Program and is in charge of all surgical educational programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Also an avid researcher, Dr. Azizkhan is currently working on a book titled, Operative Pediatric Surgery, He is also acting as the Project Coordinator for Cincinnati Children’s International Medical Education Exchange Program with clinicians from Bosnia and Croatia. His research interests include trauma systems, injury prevention, fetal lung development, vascular malformations and solid tumors in childhood.

Dr. Azizkhan had been awarded a spot on the prestigious list of ‘Best Doctors in America’ on 6 different occasions, including the most recent 2008 posting. He has also been awarded the Honorary President for the Bosnian Pediatric Surgical Society, Miracle Maker of the Year by the Children’s Miracle Network and one of the honorary ‘Who’s Who in America’, to name just a few.

Dr. Azizkhan also participates in a number of professional organizations, including by not limited to the American College of Surgeons, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons and the Association for Advancement of Science.