Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Wyderski knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a physician. He attended the University of Dayton (and remains an avid UD basketball fan) for his undergraduate education and selected the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for his MD degree, residency, and fellowship training. He later received his Master of Medical Management degree from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Rich is certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics through the American Board of Internal Medicine.

After completion of his training, he cared for patients in private practice for 6 years. He then accepted a position as an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Wright State University School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, and later became an Associate Residency Program Director and was promoted to Clinical Professor. His love of educating and nurturing future physicians eventually led to a position as an Associate Professor at Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC in 2011 where he practiced as a hospital physician and became the Director of Perioperative Medicine.