Internal Medicine
If there is one word to describe the career of Dr. Richard Sribnick, it would likely be
“passion” – a passion for excellence, for patients and for people. In 1971, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a perfect 4.0 grade average and was the first summa cum laude graduate from the chemistry department in the university’s history. His passion continued through medical school at Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the medical honor society. And it has been maintained over a nearly 30-year career as an internist and member of the Providence medical staff. He served as medical director for the Columbia Free Medical Clinic from 1994 to 2002, and has twice been recognized as Physician of the Year by the Columbia Mayor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. His patient advocacy found its way into print in 1994 with the publication of “Smart Patient, Good Medicine – Working With Your Doctor to Get the Best Medical Care,” which he co-authored with his brother, Dr. Wayne Sribnick. In 2006, Dr. Sribnick helped found the Darfur Action Group of South Carolina – serving as its chairman – and helped organize a rally that was topped in turnout only by sister rallies in New York and Washington, D.C..
More than a century ago, the poet and dramatist Christian Friedrich Hebbel wrote, “Nothing great in the world had ever been accomplished without passion.” Dr. Richard Sribnick is absolute proof that this statement is as true today as it was 100 years ago.
