Richard Byrd, MD, FACRS, is a Baton Rouge native who graduated from University High. After obtaining his bachelor of science in zoology at Louisiana State University, he attended LSU Medical School in Shreveport, La., where he obtained his medical doctorate. He completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship in Shreveport. Dr. Byrd then spent two years in post graduate training in colon and rectal surgery with Jeff Griffin, MD, in New Orleans.