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Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
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Get to know Thomas Ridder, MD
Conditions Treated
- Neurosurgery
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
Undergraduate 2002
Randolph-Macon College (VA)
Graduate 2003
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical Education 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Internship 2008
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency 2014
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Fellowship 2015
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
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