Richard Sargent, M.D.

Family Practice

Location: St. Peter's Medical Group - Broadway

Phone: 406-457-4180

Billing & Pricing Information: 406-447-2828

Fax: 406-457-4181

Address: 2550 Broadway POD 2G

Helena, MT 59601

Doctor profile: Richard Sargent, MD received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Idaho and went onto receive is MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Sargent completed his Family Practice Residency in Boise, Idaho where he was Chief Resident.

Dr. Sargent is Vice Chairman of the Montana Tobacco Advisory Board and was a leader in the effort to pass Helena’s Clean Indoor Air Ordinance in 2002. He was a spokesman for the Montana tobacco control initiative in 2002 and tobacco tax initiative in 2004 . He presented his findings on the reduction in heart attacks associated with Helena’s clean indoor air ordinance to the American College of Cardiology Scientific Assembly in April, 2003 and published the final article in the British Medical Journal in April 2004. He has also spoken on Health Effects of Second Hand Smoke, Economic Effects of Clean Indoor Air Ordinances, Cessation Methods, Tobacco use in Pregnancy, Fetal Effects of Tobacco Exposure and Tobacco Use and Mental Illness. In September 2006 the American Cancer Society awarded him their national advocacy award, named for Dr. Ted Marrs, for his work on tobacco control.

Dr. Sargent has been in private practice in Helena, Montana for since 1991 and chairman of Quality Assurance for six of those years. He is married and has three children.

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