Richard Park, MD

Dr. Richard Park is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Ascend Partners, a growth-oriented healthcare private equity firm based in New York City. Dr. Park is the founder and former CEO of CityMD, a leading urgent care company that has treated over 8 million patients through its 150+ locations in New York and New Jersey. Under his leadership, CityMD grew successfully from a single-site startup medical office in 2010 to almost $500mm of revenues in 2019 through de novo site openings and medical practice acquisitions. Dr. Park is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with deep healthcare operating experience, and is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor who has worked with companies from conceptualization through execution and multiple exits. Prior to founding CityMD in 2010, Dr. Park was an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. As a physician educator, he served as Associate Program Director and was voted Teaching Attending of the Year by the residents from 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Dr. Park is also a co-editor of McGraw Hill’s Intensive Review of Emergency Medicine.

At Ascend Partners, Dr. Park plays a central role in advancing the growth and impact of the firm’s portfolio companies. He serves as CEO of Rendr, the nation’s largest primary-care-focused multi-specialty physician group dedicated to the Chinese-American community, and as Executive Chairman of Seoul Medical Group, one of the leading independent physician associations serving Asian-American communities with a significant presence in California and other states. He also contributes his expertise as a board member of Essen Health Care, Rendr, and Seoul Medical Group.

Dr. Park earned his B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.