Dr. Richards' research interests include participation in the VA Cooperative Studies Program #594: Comparative Effectiveness in Gout: Allopurinol vs. Febuxostat. He is also the site PI: Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry.
- MBBS, University of the West Indies, 1988
- Residency, University of the West Indies, 1995
- Fellowship, Rheumatology, Georgetown University, 1997
- Research Fellowship, Rheumatology, University of Alabama-at-Birmingham, 1998
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Georgetown University, 2001
Education & Training
Richards, J.S., Dowell, S.M., Quinones, M.E., Kerr, G.S. How to use biologic agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have comorbid disease. British Medical Journal. 2015; 351: h3658.
Patel, R., Mikuls, T.R., Richards, J.S., Kerr, G., Cannon, G.W., Baker, J.F. Disease characteristics and treatment patterns in veterans with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant hepatitis C infection. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015; 67(4): 467-74.
Kerr, G.S., Richards, J.S., Nunziato, C.A., Patterson, O.V., DuVall, S.L., Aujero, M., Maron, D., Amdur, R. Measuring physician adherence with gout quality indicators: a role for natural language processing. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015; 67(2): 273-9.
Kalpakjian, C.Z., McCullumsmith, C.B., Fann, J.R., Richards, J.S., Stoelb, B.L., Heinemann, A.W., Bombardier, C.H. Post-traumatic growth following spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2014; 37(2): 218-25.
Kerr, G.S., Sabahi, I., Richards, J.S., Caplan, L., Cannon, G.W., Reimold, A., Thiele, G.M., Johnson, D., Mikuls, T.R. Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with disease severity and activity. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011; 38(1): 53-9.
Mikuls, T.R., Fay, B.T., Michaud, K., Sayles, H., Thiele, G.M., Caplan, L., Johnson, D., Richards, J.S., Kerr, G.S., Cannon, G.W., Reimold, A. Associations of disease activity and treatments with mortality in men with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the VARA registry. Rheumatology. 2011; 50(1): 101-9.
Dissick, A., Redman, R.S., Jones, M., Rangan, B.V., Reimold, A., Griffiths, G.R., Mikuls, T.R., Amdur, T.L., Richards, J.S., Kerr, G.S. Association of periodontitis with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study. Journal of Periodontology. 2010; 81(2): 223-30.
