Meet Dr. Brett Richards

If a arm, hand, or shoulder injury or chronic pain affects your quality of life in Ogden, you want a specialist with fellowship training, years of experience, and a high quality pain treatment clinic on your side. Dr. Brett Richards and his team share a deep commitment to providing patients with the best possible outcomes. Using state-of-the-art arm, hand, and shoulder pain relief treatments and procedures, Dr. Richards provides specialized nonsurgical and surgical solutions for a wide variety of conditions that affect the upper body.

Background

Dr. Richards was born and raised in Texas. He received his undergraduate education from Texas A&M before obtaining his medical doctorate at Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Richards completed an Orthopedic Surgery residency at Louisiana State University where he found a passion for the upper extremities.

This passion lead Dr. Richards to receive additional specialization in arm, hand, shoulder and upper extremity pain treatments in Ogden. In 2008, he came to Utah to complete a fellowship in Upper Extremity, Micro-vascular and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Richards has called Utah his home ever since.

Medical Training and Experience

Prior to coming to Ogden, Dr. Richards was the upper extremity team physician for NCAA Division I and II scholarship athletes at two universities in south Texas. Dr. Richards brought his love of athlete medical care to the Beehive State where he still enjoys bringing injured athletes back up to speed. He now practices as a arm, hand, and shoulder pain treatment specialist at Ogden Clinic’s Professional Center South with physician assistant Casey Johnston and his trusted staff members.

Dr. Richards does not just work with high level athletes; he cares for a diverse patient population with a number of musculoskeletal ailments.  His clinical interests include nerve compression, arthritis of the hand, wrist and elbow, limb contractures secondary to stroke or traumatic brain injury, and sports-related injuries of the upper extremity. Dr. Richards specializes in orthopedic, hand, arm, shoulder, and upper extremity surgery and pain treatments in Ogden, with treatment like Xiaflex injections for Dupuytren’s Disease.

In his spare time Dr. Richards enjoys golfing, fishing, and skiing with his family.

Education

University of Utah
Fellowship, Upper Extremity, Micro-vascular and Reconstructive Surgery – completed 2008

Louisiana State University
Residency, Orthopedic Surgery – completed 2007

Ross University
School of Medicine
M.D., 2001

Texas A & M University
B.S., Biomedical Science, 1996

Honors and Awards

Emanuel B. Kaplan Award - 2008
 

Experience

Ogden Clinic
Ogden, UT – 2012 to Present

The Orthopedic Center
of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX – 2008-2012

The Curtis National
Hand Center
Baltimore, MD– 2001-2002