Lois Richard, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in The Division of Hospital Medicine. She divides her time between the inpatient Hospitalist Service at Barnes Jewish Hospital and the IM Consult Service at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis. She is also a Senior Fellow in the Society of Hospital Medicine. Having established the St. Louis Chapter of SHM in 2010, she continues to be active on the local chapter Advisory Board. Dr. Richard has been Course Chair for “Care of the Hospitalized Patient” CME course since 2007, which now continues as “The Gateway Hospital Medicine Conference.”
Education
- BS, Chemistry: Murray State University, Murray, KY (1982)
- PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1998)
- Medical Degree: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1999)
- Residency, Internal Medicine: St. Louis University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO (2002)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests
Hospital medicine, inpatient care
Publications
Khariton Y., Richard L., “Approach to Edema”, In: Thomas Ciesielski, ed. The Washington Manual: General Internal Medicine Consult, 3rd Edition. In Press 2016
Richard LF, TE Dahms and RO Webster. Adenosine Prevents Permeability Increase in Oxidant-injured Endothelial Monolayers. American Journal of Physiology 274 (1 pt 2): H35-H42, Jan 1998.
Poster Presentations
“Pylephlebitis: A Rare but Serious Complication of Crohn’s Disease” Lois F. Richard, Maria Samuel, presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting March 30, 2015
“Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis” Tiffany Cheng, Anna Arroyo Plasencia, Lois F. Richard, Myra Rubio, presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting March 25, 2014
“Salmonella Typhi Abscess Following Liver Biopsy” Lois F. Richard, Myra L Rubio, presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting May 17, 2013
“Varicella zoster – Not all cases blister” M Rubio, Anna Arroyo Plasencia, Lois Richard, Steven Lawrence, presented at Society of Hospital Medicine St. Louis Chapter Meeting November 3, 2012
“Varicella zoster – Not all cases blister” M Rubio, Anna Arroyo Plasencia, Lois Richard, Steven Lawrence, presented at Spotlight on Women in Medicine & Science 6th Annual Symposium September 20, 2012
“Varicella zoster – Not all cases blister” M Rubio, Anna Arroyo Plasencia, Lois Richard, Steven Lawrence, presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, April 3, 2012
“Adenosine Prevents Permeability Increase in Oxidant-injured Endothelial Monolayers” Richard LF, RM Robinson-Hill, TE Dahms and RO Webster, The FASEB Journal 10 (3): A583, Mar 1996 presented at Experimental Biology 1996
“Xanthine/Xanthine Oxidase-induced Injury is Dependent on Neutrophils in Isolated Perfused Lungs” Richard LF, VJ Abernathy, Y Morishita, RO Webster and TE Dahms, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 151 (4): A63, April 1995 presented at American Thoracic Society 1995 International Conference