the highest quality of care to patients with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses.

Robert N. Richards, Sr., M.D. (ret.)


Education:

Undergraduate:
Pennsylvania Military College – 1942

Graduate:
Temple University Medical School – 1945

Internship:
Temple University Hospital – 1945-1946

Residency:
Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children – 1948-1949
Temple University Hospital – 1949-1951
Chairman, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery – r. John R. Moore

Post Graduate:
Temple University Hospital – 1951
Master of Science in Orthopaedics

Licensure:

Pennsylvania, Certified June 21, 1946
License Number: MD-021375-L

Certified As A:

Diplomat by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons – 1954

Elected As A Fellow Of:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – 1955
American College of Surgeons – 1955

Memberships:

Franklin County Medical Society
American Medical Association
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
PA Orthopaedic Society
Eastern Orthopaedic Association
PA Committee on Trauma for the ACS
PA Emergency Health Services Council
Hanlon Society

Work History

Orthopaedic Associates – August, 1953

Member

Surgical Staff of Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA – 1953

Offices Past and Present

1. Past President of PA State Orthopaedic Society
2. Past Chairman of the PA Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons
3. Member of the Advisory Committee, Central PA Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
4. Member of Admissions Committee, Central PA Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
5. Past President of Eastern Orthopaedic Association
6. Past Councilor from the State of Pennsylvania to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
7. Team Orthopaedic Surgeons
8. Past Managing Director, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
9. Lecturer-Practice Management and Marketing sponsored by Sofamor-Danek Medical Co, Memphis, TN
10. Past Orthopaedic Consultant-Chambersburg Area High School Athletic Teams

Publications

1. The Mobius Syndrome. Vo 35-A No. 2 Journal Bone & Joint Surgery.
2. Rescuing the Spine Injured Driver, Journal of Sports Medicine. 1973
3. Traumatic Hemarthrosis in the High School Athlete’s Knee, Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 6, No 1.