Richard Quan, M.D. is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology.

He earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He trained at Stanford University in pediatric gastroenterology/nutrition and did a postdoctoral fellowship conducting research in gastroenterology.

He has held academic positions at the University of Texas, Southwestern, the University of Nevada, the University of California-Davis and the Medical University of South Carolina. He was a medical officer at the Food and Drug Administration in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, assisting in the regulation of infant formula and other products. He has many years of clinical experience in private practice as well as in academic centers. He remains involved in regulatory matters of infant formula and food.