Christopher T. Richards, MD

BS: Georgetown University Washington, DC, (Biology & Psychology)

MD: Stanford University Stanford, CA, 2008 (Bioethics & Medical Humanities)

MS: Northwestern University Chicago, IL, 2014 (Health Services & Outcomes Research)

Residency: Northwestern Chicago, IL, 2012 (Emergency Medicine)

Fellowship: Northwestern/Chicago EMS Chicago, IL, 2013 (Emergency Medical Services)

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

American Board of Emergency Medicine (Certification Date: 06-13-2013 ) - (Recertification Date: to 01-01-2024 )

Emergency Medicine

Stroke

Acute Stroke

Cerebrovascular Disease

Cerebrovascular Disorders

Ischemic Stroke

Stroke, including Hemorrhagic Stroke and Ischemic Stroke

Telehealth

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Emergency Medicine

Neurovascular Emergencies

Grant: #R18-HS-025359 Investigators:Prabhakaran Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Enhancing Stroke Prehospital and Emergency Evaluation and Delivery (E-SPEED) Role:Co-Investigator Active Type:Grant

Grant: #R-D2C-1310-07237 Investigators:Prabhakaran, Aggarwal, Washington Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Community Engagement for Early Recognition and Immediate Action in Stroke (CEERIAS) Role:Co-Investigator Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #U10-NS086608 Investigators:Prabhakaran National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke StrokeTrials Network (StrokeNet) Regional Coordinating Center Role:Junior Faculty Fellow Completed Type:Fellowship

Grant: #R25-NS088248 Investigators:Meurer National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course Role:Trainee Completed Type:Fellowship

Grant: #T32-HS000078-16 Investigators:Holl Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ/NRSA T32 Training Grant Role:Post-doctoral Fellow Completed Type:Fellowship

Grant: #U. Chicago AWD100573 (SUB00000229) sub R18HS025359 Investigators:Richards, Christopher 05-03-2019 -04-30-2022 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Enhancing Stroke Prehospital and Emergency Evaluation and Delivery (E-SPEED) Role:PI $12,129.00 Active Level:Federal

Grant: #AWD104242 (SUB00001089)/ U01NS131797-01 Investigators:Richards, Christopher 08-07-2023 -07-31-2028 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Implementation of a Stroke Protocol for Emergency Evaluation and Disposition (I-SPEED) Role:PI 31910.00 Hold Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Fishe, Jennifer N; Crowe, Remle P; Cash, Rebecca E; Nudell, Nikiah G; Martin-Gill, Christian; Richards, Christopher TImplementing 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) , 511-519More Information

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, ShyamCincinnati 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) , 312-318More Information

Nash, Christopher J; Richards, Christopher T; Schwieger, Gina; Malik, Sanjeev; Chiampas, George TMedical 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) , 22-27More Information

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, ShyamIdentifying 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) , 761-766More Information

Tataris, Katie L; Richards, Christopher T; Stein-Spencer, Leslee; Ryan, Stephanie; Lazzara, Pete; Weber, Joseph MEMS 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) , 610-615More Information

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

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) , 886-8More Information

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

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) , 1652-7More Information

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) , 300-7More Information

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) , 104-10More Information

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) , 757-64More Information

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) , 843-50More Information

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) , 697-705More Information

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-e364More Information

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) , 106-114More Information

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) , 104552More Information

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) , 104567More Information

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) , 1902-1909More Information

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) , 677-683More Information

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) , 2130-2136More Information

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) , 286-304More Information

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-e78More Information

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) , 674-681More Information

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) , 1220-1227More Information

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) , 2676-2679More Information

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-e152More Information

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) , e016344More Information

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-e433More Information

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) , 338-344More Information

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) , 1416-1425More Information

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) , 1138-1147More Information

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, 1-9More Information

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) , e028491More Information

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) , 121-130More Information

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) , 131-143More Information

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) , 652-658More Information

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) , 946-954More Information

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) , e12763More Information

Liberman, Ava L; Apley, Daniel; Zhu, Jingyu; Romo, Elida; Holl, Jane L; Khorzad, Rebeca; Maas, Matthew; Mendelson, Scott J; Richards, Christopher T; Song, Sarah; Prabhakaran, Shyam  (2025). Evaluating Acute Stroke Diagnosis Using Simulation Scenarios. Annals of emergency medicineMore Information

Martin-Gill, Christian; Patterson, P Daniel; Richards, Christopher T; Misra, Anjali J; Potts, Benjamin T; Cash, Rebecca E  (2025). 2024 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care. Prehospital emergency care, 29 (6) , 703-712More Information

Ruff, Ilana M; de Havenon, Adam; Bergman, Deborah L; Dugue, Rachelle; Frontera, Jennifer A; Goldstein, Joshua N; Hemphill, J Claude; Marulanda-Londono, Erika; Prabhakaran, Shyam; Richards, Christopher T; Sunmonu, N Abimbola; Vilar, Paul; Wolfe, Stacey Q  (2024). 2024 AHA/ASA Performance and Quality Measures for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Report From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke, 55 (7) , e199-e230More Information

Academic - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45267-0769
Phone: 513-558-5281