Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Alan Richards, M.D.

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:
M.B., B. Ch. 1966 – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
1967 internship - University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg and Baragwanath Hospitals
1969 – 1975 residency - University of the Witwatersrand & Johannesburg Group of Teaching Hospitals
1974 - Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa
1977 – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, U.K.
1980 – Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

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Contact Name: Alan Richards, M.D.
Phone Number: 402-559-7775
e-mail address: arichards@unmc.edu

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• GRANT SUPPORT (last 3 years):

N/A

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• PUBLICATIONS (last 3-5 years):

Perdikis, G., Schmitt, T., Chait, D., Richards, A. “Blunt Laryngeal Fracture: Another Airbag Injury.” J. Trauma, 48:3 544-546. 2000.

Davis, R., Mittal, S., Perdikis, G., Richards, A. “Traumatic Hyper-Extension/Hyperflexion of the Lumbar Vertebrae with Entrapment and Strangulation of Small Bowel: Case Report.” J. Trauma Injury Infec Crit Care, 49: 958-959. 2000.

Balarum, S.K., Murray, B.T., Richards, A.T. “Adherent Thrombus from Bleeding Ulcer Results in Obstructing Duodenal Pseudotumor.” J Amer Coll Surg, 193:1 104. 2001.

McLane, L., Jones, K., Lydiatt, W., Lydiatt, D., Richards, A. “Taking Away the Fear: A Grounded Theory Study of Co-operative Care in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer.” Psycho-oncology 12(5): 474-490. 2003

Book Chapters:
Richards, A.T., Quinn, T., Fitzgibbons, R.J.: Abdominal wall hernias. In: Surgery Scientific Principles and Practice, Ed. Greenfield, L.J., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Richards, A.T.: Cord and Testicular Complications Following Groin Herniorrhaphy. In: Nyhus and Condon: Hernia Ed. R.J. Fitzgibbons, Greenberg, A.G., 5th Ed Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

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• PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

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• CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

AstraZeneca 1839 IL/0704: Methotrexate or Iressa for previously treated patients with SCC of the head and neck.

RTOG H-0129: Concurrent chemoradiation for advanced haed and neck cancer.

Introgen: Intratumoral injection of INGN (gene therapy) in conbination with chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone in patients withrecurrent unresectable SCC of the head and neck.

RTOG 0244: Submandibular salivery gland transfer to the submental space prior to start of radiation treatment for preventio of radiation inducedxerostomia in head and neck cancer patients.

ECOG 1301: Adjuvant biologic therapy in patients with stages III/IV head and neck SCC.

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• SPECIALIZED LABORATORY/CLINICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES:

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