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Christopher T. Richards, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Emergency Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • MS: Northwestern University (Health Services & Outcomes Research)
  • Fellowship: Northwestern/Chicago EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
  • Residency: Northwestern (Emergency Medicine)
  • MD: Stanford University (Bioethics & Medical Humanities)
  • BS: Georgetown University (Biology & Psychology)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medical Services) (Certification Date: 2015-12-23)
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Certification Date: 2013-06-13)

Specialties

Emergency Medicine
Neurovascular Emergencies

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Emergency Medicine

Stroke

Acute Stroke

Cerebrovascular Disease

Cerebrovascular Disorders

Ischemic Stroke

Stroke, including Hemorrhagic Stroke and Ischemic Stroke

Telehealth

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Cash, Rebecca E; Richards, Christopher T 2023. Emergency Medical Services Data: An Unexpected Source of Variation in Stroke Care Performance. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12 1, e028491

Fishe, Jennifer N; Smotherman, Carmen; Burcham, Shannon; Martin-Gill, Christian; Richards, Christopher T; Powell, Jonathan R; Panchal, Ashish R; Salloum, Ramzi G 2023. Measuring the Implementation Preferences of Emergency Medical Services Clinicians Using Discrete Choice Experiments. Prehospital emergency care, , 1-9

Gage, Christopher B; Terry, Mark; McKenna, Kim D; Powell, Jonathan R; Hollern, Megan; Ozanich, Matt; Richards, Christopher T; Martin-Gill, Christian; Panchal, Ashish R 2023. Consensus Standard for Evidence Integration into EMS Education and High-Stakes Testing. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 38 3, 338-344

Guerrier, Christina; Brailsford, Jennifer; Patel, Shama; Burcham, Shannon; Salloum, Ramzi G; Martin-Gill, Christian; Richards, Christopher T; Panchal, Ashish R; Fishe, Jennifer 2023. Emergency Medical Services Leadership Perspectives on Implementation of Evidence-Based Guidelines: A Qualitative Study. Prehospital emergency care, 27 7, 946-954

Mamer, Lauren E; Sozener, Cemal B; Richards, Christopher T; Meurer, William J 2023. Developing a Career in Stroke as an Emergency Physician. Stroke, 54 9, e431-e433

Martin-Gill, Christian; Brown, Kathleen M; Cash, Rebecca E; Haupt, Rachel M; Potts, Benjamin T; Richards, Christopher T; Patterson, P Daniel 2023. 2022 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care. Prehospital emergency care, 27 2, 131-143

Martin-Gill, Christian; Panchal, Ashish R; Cash, Rebecca E; Richards, Christopher T; Brown, Kathleen M; Patterson, P Daniel 2023. Recommendations for Improving the Quality of Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines. Prehospital emergency care, 27 2, 121-130

Richards, Christopher T; Oostema, J Adam; Chapman, Sherita N; Mamer, Lauren E; Brandler, Ethan S; Alexandrov, Anne W; Czap, Alexandra L; Martinez-Gutierrez, Juan Carlos; Martin-Gill, Christian; Panchal, Ashish R; McMullan, Jason T; Zachrison, Kori S 2023. Prehospital Stroke Care Part 2: On-Scene Evaluation and Management by Emergency Medical Services Practitioners. Stroke, 54 5, 1416-1425

Shownkeen, Harish; Richards, Christopher T; Buffo, Keely; Graham, Stephen; Iacob, Tudor; Mohajer-Esfahani, Mehr; Lindstrom, Anne; Garg, Anjali; Gutti, Padmaja; Sachdeva, Kapil; Shrivastava, Archana; Williams, Justin; Crumlett, Hillary; Huml, Jeffrey 2023. Outcomes of Patients Receiving Thrombolysis in a Mobile Stroke Unit: A 4-Year Retrospective, Observational, Single-Center Study. Prehospital emergency care, 27 5, 652-658

Zachrison, Kori S; Nielsen, Victoria M; de la Ossa, Natalia Perez; Madsen, Tracy E; Cash, Rebecca E; Crowe, Remle P; Odom, Erika C; Jauch, Edward C; Adeoye, Opeolu M; Richards, Christopher T 2023. Prehospital Stroke Care Part 1: Emergency Medical Services and the Stroke Systems of Care. Stroke, 54 4, 1138-1147

Cash, Rebecca E; Boggs, Krislyn M; Richards, Christopher T; Camargo, Carlos A; Zachrison, Kori S 2022. Emergency Medical Service Time Intervals for Patients With Suspected Stroke in the United States. Stroke, 53 3, e75-e78

Richards, Christopher T 2022. Strengthening the stroke chain of survival in community emergency departments. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 3 4, e12763

Richards, Christopher T; McCarthy, Danielle M; Markul, Eddie; Rottman, Doreen R; Lindeman, Patricia; Prabhakaran, Shyam; Klabjan, Diego; Holl, Jane L; Cameron, Kenzie A 2022. A mixed methods analysis of caller-emergency medical dispatcher communication during 9-1-1 calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Patient education and counseling, 105 7, 2130-2136

Jauch, Edward C; Schwamm, Lee H; Panagos, Peter D; Barbazzeni, Jolene; Dickson, Robert; Dunne, Robert; Foley, Jenevra; Fraser, Justin F; Lassers, Geoffrey; Martin-Gill, Christian; O'Brien, Suzanne; Pinchalk, Mark; Prabhakaran, Shyam; Richards, Christopher T; Taillac, Peter; Tsai, Albert W; Yallapragada, Anil 2021. Recommendations for Regional Stroke Destination Plans in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Communities From the Prehospital Stroke System of Care Consensus Conference: A Consensus Statement From the American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, American Society of Neuroradiology, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, and Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology: Endorsed by the Neurocritical Care Society. Stroke, 52 5, e133-e152

Kass-Hout, Tareq; Lee, Jungwha; Tataris, Katie; Richards, Christopher T; Markul, Eddie; Weber, Joseph; Mendelson, Scott; O'Neill, Kathleen; Sednew, Renee M; Prabhakaran, Shyam 2021. Prehospital Comprehensive Stroke Center vs Primary Stroke Center Triage in Patients With Suspected Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke. JAMA neurology, 78 10, 1220-1227

Mayampurath, Anoop; Parnianpour, Zahra; Richards, Christopher T; Meurer, William J; Lee, Jungwha; Ankenman, Bruce; Perry, Ohad; Mendelson, Scott J; Holl, Jane L; Prabhakaran, Shyam 2021. Improving Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis Using Natural Language Processing of Paramedic Reports. Stroke, 52 8, 2676-2679

Prabhakaran, Shyam; Khorzad, Rebeca; Parnianpour, Zahra; Romo, Elida; Richards, Christopher T; Meurer, William J; Lee, Jungwha; Mendelson, Scott J; Holl, Jane L 2021. Door-In-Door-Out Process Times at Primary Stroke Centers in Chicago. Annals of emergency medicine, 78 5, 674-681

Colton, Katharine; Richards, Christopher T; Pruitt, Peter B; Mendelson, Scott J; Holl, Jane L; Naidech, Andrew M; Prabhakaran, Shyam; Maas, Matthew B 2020. Early Stroke Recognition and Time-based Emergency Care Performance Metrics for Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 29 2, 104552

Garcia, Roxanna M; Prabhakaran, Shyam; Richards, Christopher T; Naidech, Andrew M; Maas, Matthew B 2020. Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Gastrostomy after Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association, 29 2, 104567

Huebinger, Ryan M; Zaidi, Hashim Q; Tataris, Katie L; Weber, Joseph M; Pearlman, Kenneth S; Markul, Eddie; Stein-Spencer, Leslee; Richards, Christopher T 2020. Retrospective Study of Midazolam Protocol for Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies. The western journal of emergency medicine, 21 3, 677-683

Prabhakaran, Shyam; Richards, Christopher T; Kwon, Soyang; Wymore, Erin; Song, Sarah; Eisenstein, Amy; Brown, Jen; Kandula, Namratha R; Mason, Maryann; Beckstrom, Heather; Washington, Knitasha V; Aggarwal, Neelum T 2020. A Community-Engaged Stroke Preparedness Intervention in Chicago. Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 18, e016344

Rosenman, Marc B; Oh, Elissa; Richards, Christopher T; Mendelson, Scott; Lee, Julia; Holl, Jane L; Naidech, Andrew M; Prabhakaran, Shyam 2020. Risk of stroke after emergency department visits for neurologic complaints. Neurology. Clinical practice, 10 2, 106-114

Smith, Matthew S; Bonomo, Jordan; Knight, William A; Prestigiacomo, Charles J; Richards, Christopher T; Ramser, Evan; Adeoye, Opeolu; Bertsch, Stuart; Shirani, Peyman; Vagal, Achala; Fichtenbaum, Carl J; Housholder, Anne; Khatri, Pooja; Kleindorfer, Dawn O; Broderick, Joseph P; Grossman, Aaron W 2020. Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposed Algorithm. Stroke, 51 6, 1902-1909

Eisenstein, Amy R; Song, Sarah; Mason, Maryann; Kandula, Namratha R; Richards, Christopher; Aggarwal, Neelum T; Prabhakaran, Shyam K 2018. A Community-Partnered Approach to Inform a Culturally Relevant Health Promotion Intervention for Stroke. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 45 5, 697-705

Mendelson, Scott J; Aggarwal, Neelum T; Richards, Christopher; O'Neill, Kathleen; Holl, Jane L; Prabhakaran, Shyam 2018. Racial disparities in refusal of stroke thrombolysis in Chicago. Neurology, 90 5, e359-e364

McElroy, Lisa M; Schmidt, Kathryn A; Richards, Christopher T; McHugh, Megan C; Holl, Jane L; Adams, James G; Ladner, Daniela P 2016. Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care. Transplantation, 100 4, 886-8

Richards, Christopher T; Lindeman, Patricia; Stein-Spencer, Leslee 2016. CHICAGO-STYLE TEMS. JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services, 41 4, 20-3

Callese, Tyler E; Richards, Christopher T; Shaw, Pamela; Schuetz, Steven J; Paladino, Lorenzo; Issa, Nabil; Swaroop, Mamta 2015. Trauma system development in low- and middle-income countries: a review. The Journal of surgical research, 193 1, 300-7

McElroy, Lisa M; Schmidt, Kathryn A; Richards, Christopher T; Lapin, Brittany; Abecassis, Michael M; Holl, Jane L; Adams, James; Ladner, Daniela P 2015. Early Postoperative Emergency Department Care of Abdominal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation, 99 8, 1652-7

Richards, Christopher T; Adams, James G; Prabhakaran, Shyam 2015. Recent Evidence for Endovascular Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Annals of emergency medicine, 66 4, 441-2

Callese, Tyler E; Richards, Christopher T; Shaw, Pamela; Schuetz, Steven J; Issa, Nabil; Paladino, Lorenzo; Swaroop, Mamta 2014. Layperson trauma training in low- and middle-income countries: a review. The Journal of surgical research, 190 1, 104-10

Richards, Christopher T; Gisondi, Michael A; Chang, Chih-Hung; Courtney, D Mark; Engel, Kirsten G; Emanuel, Linda; Quest, Tammie 2011. Palliative care symptom assessment for patients with cancer in the emergency department: validation of the Screen for Palliative and End-of-life care needs in the Emergency Department instrument. Journal of palliative medicine, 14 6, 757-64

Richards, Christopher T; Crawley, LaVera M; Magnus, David 2009. Use of neurodevelopmental delay in pediatric solid organ transplant listing decisions: inconsistencies in standards across major pediatric transplant centers. Pediatric transplantation, 13 7, 843-50

Fishe, Jennifer N; Crowe, Remle P; Cash, Rebecca E; Nudell, Nikiah G; Martin-Gill, Christian; Richards, Christopher T . Implementing Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines: A Systematic Literature Review. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 22 4, 511-519

Nash, Christopher J; Richards, Christopher T; Schwieger, Gina; Malik, Sanjeev; Chiampas, George T . Medical Care at a Large Vertical Running Event. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 22 1, 22-27

Richards, Christopher T; Fishe, Jennifer N; Cash, Rebecca E; Rivard, Madison K; Brown, Kathleen M; Martin-Gill, Christian; Panchal, Ashish R . Priorities for Prehospital Evidence-Based Guideline Development: A Modified Delphi Analysis. Prehospital emergency care, 26 2, 286-304

Richards, Christopher T; Huebinger, Ryan; Tataris, Katie L; Weber, Joseph M; Eggers, Laura; Markul, Eddie; Stein-Spencer, Leslee; Pearlman, Kenneth S; Holl, Jane L; Prabhakaran, Shyam . Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale Can Identify Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 22 3, 312-318

Richards, Christopher T; Wang, Baiyang; Markul, Eddie; Albarran, Frank; Rottman, Doreen; Aggarwal, Neelum T; Lindeman, Patricia; Stein-Spencer, Leslee; Weber, Joseph M; Pearlman, Kenneth S; Tataris, Katie L; Holl, Jane L; Klabjan, Diego; Prabhakaran, Shyam . Identifying Key Words in 9-1-1 Calls for Stroke: A Mixed Methods Approach. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 21 6, 761-766

Tataris, Katie L; Richards, Christopher T; Stein-Spencer, Leslee; Ryan, Stephanie; Lazzara, Pete; Weber, Joseph M . EMS Provider Perceptions on Termination of Resuscitation in a Large, Urban EMS System. Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, 21 5, 610-615