Chesley Richards, MD

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta GAUSA
30333

Biographical Sketch: Chesley Richards, MD, MPH is the Director, Office of Prevention Through Healthcare (OPTH) in the Office of Policy, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OPTH, a new office at CDC, works to build and enhance strategic collaboration between public health and healthcare sector stakeholders to improve the use of preventive services, and to enhance the quality and safety of healthcare. Previously, Dr. Richards served as the Deputy Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion in the National Center for Infectious Diseases at CDC. Dr. Richards is a board certified internist and geriatrician and holds an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Emory University. Dr. Richards earned his MD from the Medical University of South Carolina, an MPH in Health Policy and Administration from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a graduate of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) at CDC and the Program on Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to coming to CDC, Dr. Richards served as the Chief of General Internal Medicine and Associate Director for Internal Medicine Residency Training at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Richards’s interests include patient safety, healthcare quality, preventive services, especially among older adults.