Richard has more than three decades of experience as a physician in academic medicine and industry research and development. He has practiced as a rheumatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) since 1990, where he served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School (HMS) as an Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director of the Arthritis Unit at MGH. Prior to joining Paratus, he held senior leadership roles at Sanofi-Genzyme, including Senior Vice President and Head of Translational Medicine at the Sanofi-Genzyme Research and Development Center, overseeing early development programs spanning genetic disease, immune-mediated disease, neurologic disorders, and fibrosis and tissue repair. Richard has authored more than 120 manuscripts, chapters, and abstracts. He holds a B.S. in biology from Yale University and an M.D. and MHSc in biometry and medical informatics from Duke University School of Medicine.
