Richard Park

Dr. Park is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Ascend Partners, a growth-oriented, healthcare focused private equity firm. Ascend’s mission is to build thriving communities by partnering with companies and entrepreneurs who are improving healthcare access, affordability and quality for underserved populations all while delivering top-tier private equity returns. Dr. Park also founded and acted as the CEO of CityMD, a company that maintains over 120 urgent care walk-in medical clinics in an effort to give all citizens access to quality healthcare. Since its start in 2010, CityMD has served kindness to over 2.8 million unique patients in Metro New York and Seattle. CityMD was the first urgent care provider in Metro New York allowed to accept Medicaid insurance. It transformed the urban healthcare model based on the pillars of quality, speed, and exceptional experiences. Dr. Park graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in 1999 and the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School. He has extensive experience in emergency medicine at both Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Nassau University Hospital.