Sarah Richards, MD, FACP
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Senior Medical Director, Clinician Experience, Nebraska Medicine
About Dr. Richards
Sarah Richards, MD is a practicing hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Senior Medical Director for Clinician Experience for Nebraska Medicine. Sarah attended medical school and residency at UNMC and has been a member of the faculty since 2011. Sarah’s interest in clinician burnout and wellbeing started during her residency after she herself struggled with burnout and a complicated twin pregnancy. She has been in a formal clinician wellbeing leadership role for the Division of Hospital Medicine since 2015 and has led the organization’s clinician wellbeing efforts since 2017. She completed a Chief Wellness Officer leadership course at Stanford and her coach training through Spiro/AAMCC in 2021.
Sarah believes that the foundation of good coaching is a trusting relationship. She enjoys coaching on a variety of topics including burnout, professional satisfaction, work-life integration, challenges faced by leaders, and the unique challenges that come with being a woman and a mother in medicine. Through one-on-one coaching sessions with Sarah, you will feel empowered to think creatively and thoughtfully about how best to move forward with the challenges you bring to the sessions.