CSB Faculty
Fred Richards, III, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
The University of Texas at Austin, 1984
MED 236D
(210) 567-3878
RICHARDSF@UTHSCSA.EDU
Dr. Richards is a teacher of Gross Anatomy and Embryology for the first year medical students, the first year dental students, and he is involved in team-teaching senior medical students several selective courses in Advanced Gross Anatomy. He also co-teaches Gross Anatomy for Graduate Students and Allied Health Students, and he is the course director for a selective course in Head and Neck Anatomy for dental students.
Before he became a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dr. Richards was an Adjunct Professor in Gross Anatomy and Embryology for first year medical students at UTHSCSA. He was also an Adjunct Professor in Gross Anatomy for the Department of Physical Therapy at UTHSCSA for several years.
Dr. Richards was chosen by the senior medical class of 2005 as one of only two faculty members for charter membership in the UTHSCSA Gold Humanism Honor Society. The UTHSCSA female medical students have awarded Dr. Richards the Gender Equity Award, the AMWA Barbara Sanford Memorial Award, and in 2010 they honored him with the AMWA Barbara Sanford Equity Teaching Award. The medical class of 2011 honored him with the Teacher of the Year Award. The senior medical students have awarded him an Outstanding Faculty Award several times including the senior class of 2012.
The dental students have awarded Dr. Richards the Dental School Faculty Assembly Teaching Excellence Award. The UTHSCSA freshmen dental students have also awarded Dr. Richards the Professor of the Year Award several times including the Class of 2015.
In the Spring of 2009, Dr. Richards received the University of Texas Health Science Center's highest teaching award, the Presidential Teaching Excellence Award. To the left, Dr. Richards is pictured receiving the award from Dr. William Henrich, M.D., President of UTHSCSA.
In the spring of 2010 he was inducted by the faculty into the University of Texas Health Science Center's Academy of Master Teachers.
In the fall of 2010 Dr. Richards was awarded the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor by the University of Texas Board of Regents.
Other interests of his include activities with his family, church, and exercise.