Our team

Dr. Richard Chern, MD

Dr Richard Chern, MD is certified in hormone therapy and provides hormone therapy to men and women from across the country. Patients arrive from as far as California, Washington DC and Puerto Rico for treatment and treats patients from England, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines. He is on staff at BioTE Medical as a consultant and teacher of hormone therapy. He teaches providers from across the country and has even taught some of our local BioTE providers. Dr Richard Chern, MD is respected by his peers and treats over thirty doctors, nurse practitioners and their families in the local area. Dr Richard Chern MD is a platinum BioTE provider and runs one of the largest BioTE hormone clinics in the country.

You can call Dr Richard Chern, MD for an appointment at

The Hormone Restoration Center at 850-837-1271. Dr Richard Chern, MD has been practicing medicine and seeing patients for over 25 years. He received his Board Certification in Family Practice in 2001 and has experience in both traditional and non-traditional medicine. He spent 20 years in the Air force serving as a flight surgeon in Active Duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves. He has experience in public health, physiology, travel medicine, fatigue management and has provided volunteer medical services for over 20 years. Dr Richard Chern, MD is known for being personable and is always willing to go the extra mile to make sure each patient feels like part of our family.

Susan Griffin APRN

Sue Griffin, ARNP is a Nurse Practitioner who completed the OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner Course at Emory University School of Medicine in 1990. Sue Griffin, ARNP is certified in hormone therapy and has been treating patients with hormone therapy for over 30 years. She has 23 years experience in OB/Gyn and a national board certification with experience in both public health and private practice. Sue is dedicated to providing treatment in the area of hormones and feels passionately that restoration of both hormone and thyroid balance in women and men is important to the improvement of overall health. She has been a BioTE hormone pellet provider for nearly 10 years and has successfully treated thousands of patients. Sue Griffin, ARNP is one of the most knowledgeable hormone pellet providers in the country and a key provider at The Hormone Restoration Center.