Specializing
in Neurological and General Ophthalmology. He has been in
practice since 1990.
Education
- Weber
State College; Ogden, Utah, B.A. 1981
- University
of Utah School of Medicine; Salt Lake City, Utah, M.D. 1985
- Recommended
for honors in Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology Research,
Neurology and Plastic surgery preceptorships, University of Utah School of Medicine; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1984-1985
Post
Doctoral Training
Oakwood
Hospital; Dearborn, Michigan, 1985-1986
Henry
Ford Hospital; Detroit, Michigan, 1986-1989
Henry
Ford Hospital; Detroit, Michigan, 1989
Fellowships
- Neuro-Ophthalmology,
Mayo Clinic; Rochester, Minnesota, 1989-1990
Licensure and Board Certification
- Licensed
in the state of Utah
- Diplomat
of the American Board of Ophthalmology, May 1991
- Diplomat
of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1986
Academic & Administrative Appointments
- Adjunct
Professor of Zoology, Weber State University; Ogden, Utah, 2000
Hospital
Appointments
- McKay-Dee
Hospital Center,
Ogden, Utah
- Ogden
Regional Medical Center,
Ogden, Utah
Memberships,
Offices and Committee Appointments
- Member
of:
- American
Medical Association
- Utah
State Medical Association
- Ogden
Surgical Society
- Utah
Ophthalmology Society
Research
- Retrospective
study of effects on non fixated IOL loops on continued
corneal endothelial cell loss
- Retinal
Pigment Epithelial Cell Chemotaxis
- Pupillography
in diagnosis of sleep disorders
- Cause
and Diagnosis of oculomotor, trochlear and abducens nerve
palsies
- Clinical
differentiation between anteritic and non anteritic anterior
ischemic optic neuropathy.
- Glaucoma
and Ocular Hypertension
Publications
- Ophthalmic
Surgery
- Journal
of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- New
England Journal of Medicine
- Archives
of Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology
- American
Journal of Ophthalmology
Family
- Dr. Richards has four children.
Hobbies
- He
enjoys historical research, photography, fishing and
spending time with his family.
He
is the author of "The Savage View," a biography of a Utah
photographer. |