Felix Richter, MD/PhD, ISMMS '21, MSH ‘24, Instructor in Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Felix Richter is an Instructor in Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his MD and PhD degrees, as well as his Pediatrics residency training, at Mount Sinai, where he developed a strong foundation in translational research, computational biology, and artificial intelligence.

During his graduate training, Dr. Richter created software and statistical learning approaches to integrate whole-genome sequencing, epigenomic, and RNAseq datasets. Leveraging these tools, he identified a role for noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease, culminating in a first-author publication in Nature Genetics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he developed scalable phenotyping methods to describe clinical trajectories of the disease, a contribution that was featured in The New York Times.

Dr. Richter’s accomplishments during this time include founding the largest neonatal intensive care unit translational research network to date (https://www.nicunet.com/), initiating a genetics study focused on understanding neonatal mortality, and advancing neonatal computer vision research. He has published 31 papers, including 13 as first or senior author, with 10 publications completed during his residency. His work has been recognized with an intramural grant and an early career award from the Thrasher Foundation. 

Dr. Richter credits the robust mentorship and institutional support he received at Mount Sinai as instrumental in establishing a strong foundation for his career as a pediatrician-scientist. He continues to advance innovative research aimed at improving neonatal outcomes and fostering collaboration across the field.