Howard Center is pleased to announce that Deborah Richter, MD, was recently hired to provide services and supports to those in recovery from alcohol and substance use. The appointment comes following the recent closure of Maple Leaf Farm, as Howard Center and other providers seek to provide continuous service for individuals who previously had been enrolled at Maple Leaf. Dr Richter was employed by Maple Leaf Farm and post-closure continuously served her clients through a temporary placement at the Vermont Department of Health. Dr Richter will be working at Howard Center’s Pine Street Counseling two days a week and will soon be joined by a nurse and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor.
Dr Deborah Richter practices primary care and addiction medicine in Vermont and is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program. Her extensive speaking engagements include addresses to community and church groups, Rotary Clubs and other business groups, medical student and physician groups –about the need for and merits of a universal health care system. Dr Richter serves as president of Vermont Health Care for All, an organization that educates the Vermont community about the structure and features of universal health care systems. She received a two-year fellowship from the Open Society Institute, which allowed her to educate employers about the benefits of a universal health care system.
She is the co-author of several books on health care, and her work has also been featured in several national publications. She lives with her husband in Montpelier Vermont.