Dr. Richards's 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 JS, Dowell SM, Quinones ME, Kerr GS. How to use biologic agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have comorbid disease. BMJ. 2015 Aug 17;351:h3658. PMID: 26282936.
Patel R, Mikuls TR, Richards JS, Kerr G, Cannon GW, Baker JF. Disease characteristics and treatment patterns in veterans with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant hepatitis C infection. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Apr;67(4):467-74. PMID: 25187185.
Kerr GS, Richards JS, Nunziato CA, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Aujero M, Maron D, Amdur R. Measuring physician adherence with gout quality indicators: a role for natural language processing. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Feb;67(2):273-9. PMID: 25047509.
Kalpakjian CZ, McCullumsmith CB, Fann JR, Richards JS, Stoelb BL, Heinemann AW, Bombardier CH. Post-traumatic growth following spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2014 Mar;37(2):218-25. PMID: 24559420.
Kerr GS, Sabahi I, Richards JS, Caplan L, Cannon GW, Reimold A, Thiele GM, Johnson D, Mikuls TR. Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with disease severity and activity. J Rheumatol. 2011 Jan;38(1):53-9. PMID: 20952475.
Mikuls TR, Fay BT, Michaud K, Sayles H, Thiele GM, Caplan L, Johnson D, Richards JS, Kerr GS, Cannon GW, Reimold A. Associations of disease activity and treatments with mortality in men with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the VARA registry. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Jan;50(1):101-9. PMID: 20659916.
Dissick A, Redman RS, Jones M, Rangan BV, Reimold A, Griffiths GR, Mikuls TR, Amdur RL, Richards JS, Kerr GS. Association of periodontitis with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study. J Periodontol. 2010 Feb;81(2):223-30. PMID: 20151800.
