Overview
Richard Blake, MD, has been practicing medicine since 1995. He treats patients ages 18 and over at Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology. His cardiovascular medicine practice encompasses cardiovascular hypertension, congestive heart failure, ischemic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, elevated blood lipids, pacemakers, echocardiograms and stress testing.Inspired to be a doctor by his father, Dr. Blake chose to specialize in cardiology because of its scope. He calls it a “dynamic field, with wide breadth.”His approach to care is to treat patients “as if they were in my family,” and he tries to demonstrate humankindness by listening to patients and asking them about their lives.Dr. Blake received undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Kentucky and its medical school. He trained at Wake Forest University for medicine and at the University of Kentucky for cardiology. He counts classical music, particularly piano music, among his hobbies.
Dr. Blake is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease. His top areas of expertise are Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Pediatric Myocarditis, and Arrhythmias.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
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- HMO
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- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
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- PPO
- HMO
- EPO
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- PPO
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
227 Falcon Drive, Suite 104, Mount Sterling, KY 40353
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Familial Ventricular Tachycardia
- Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Blake isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Blake isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Blake isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Blake isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Blake isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.