Richard Burwick,
Assistant Professor of OB/GYN
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Dr. Richard Burwick is a Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician with San Gabriel Valley Perinatal Medical Group in Los Angeles, California, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Western University of Health Sciences. He is the OB-GYN Residency Site Director and Medical Student Site Director at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Burwick obtained his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, and Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California Berkeley. He completed his OB-GYN residency training at UCLA-Harbor, and Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He has been in clinical practice for the past 12 years, and he has continuously taught and mentored medical students and OB-GYN Residents and received numerous teaching awards. To-date he has served as a clinical Preceptor for over 30 Western University Medical students on their 3rd year core OB-GYN rotation at Pomona Valley Hospital. Dr. Burwick has a strong research background and is a leading expert on the role of complement proteins in preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Dr. Burwick has published over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and he has served as Principal Investigator on clinical trials evaluating complement blockade for the treatment of preeclampsia and COVID-19 in pregnancy. He is part of FUNDARED-Materna, a multicenter research team centered in Colombia, South America, which is studying complement biomarkers in preeclampsia. He has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally on preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome as well as other rare blood and kidney disorders. Dr. Burwick has worked collaboratively with the aHUS Foundation, the France Foundation, The American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG), the Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders, National Kidney Foundation, and the Preeclampsia Foundation.