WilliamRichardsonMD

General Surgery • New Orleans, LA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Section Head General Surgery

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Office
1514 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70121
Phone(504) 842-4000
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, General Surgery, 1988 - 1995
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MS State Medical License 2018 - 2021
LA State Medical License 1997 - 2021
GA State Medical License 1995 - 1997
MA State Medical License 1991 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
Marc Zerey, Stephen P. Haggerty, William S. Richardson, Byron F. Santos, Robert D. Fanelli, L. Michael Brunt, Dimitrios Stefanidis> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2018 Jun 1
SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopy during pregnancy.
Pearl, J. P., Price, R. R., Tonkin, A. E., Richardson, W. S., Stefanidis, D.> ;Surgical endoscopy. 2017 Jun 24
Duration of Nil Per Os is causal in hospital length of stay following laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
Vaughn E. Nossaman, William S. Richardson, James B. Wooldridge, Bobby D. Nossaman> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2017 Apr 1
SAGES clinical spotlight review: intraoperative cholangiography.
William W. Hope, Robert D. Fanelli, Danielle S. Walsh, Vimal K. Narula, Raymond R. Price, Dimitrios Stefanidis, William S. Richardson> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2017 Mar 31
1 citations
Pathophysiology and Potential Non-Pharmacologic Treatments of Obesity or Kidney Disease Associated Refractory Hypertension.
Thierry H. Le Jemtel, William S. Richardson, Rohan Samson, Abhishek Jaiswal, Suzanne Oparil> ;Current Hypertension Reports. 2017 Feb 27
1 citations
SAGES VTE prophylaxis for laparoscopic surgery guidelines: an update.
William S. Richardson, Giselle G. Hamad, Dimitrios Stefanidis> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2017 Jan 13
1 citations
What is the value of the SAGES/AORN MIS checklist? A multi-institutional practical assessment.
Benham, E., Richardson, W. S., Dort, J., Lin, H., Tummers, A. M., Walker, T. M., Stefanidis, D.> ;Surgical endoscopy. 2016 Sep 9
7 citations
SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
David B. Earle, J. Scott Roth, Alan A. Saber, Steve Haggerty, Joel F. Bradley, Robert D. Fanelli, Raymond R. Price, William S. Richardson, Dimitrios Stefanidis> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2016 Jul 12
5 citations
Role of intraoperative fluids on hospital length of stay in laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a retrospective study in 224 consecutive patients
Vaughn E. Nossaman, William S. Richardson, James B. Wooldridge, Bobby D. Nossaman> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2015 Oct 1
Pledgeted repair of giant hiatal hernia provides excellent long-term results.
Thomas Kang, Hernan Urrego, Asahel Gridley, William S. Richardson> ;Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 2014 Oct 8
8 citations
Guidelines for laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis access surgery.
Stephen P. Haggerty, Scott Roth, Danielle S. Walsh, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Raymond R. Price, Robert D. Fanelli, Todd Penner, William S. Richardson> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2014 Oct 8
SAGES guidelines for the introduction of new technology and techniques.
Dimitrios Stefanidis, Robert D. Fanelli, Raymond R. Price, William S. Richardson> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2014 Jun 18
2 citations
Choledocholithiasis after gastric bypass: a growing problem.
Overby, D. W., Richardson, W. S., Fanelli, R. D.> ;Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 2014 Jun 11
How do SAGES members rate its guidelines
William W. Hope, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli, Dimitrios Stefanidis> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2014 Apr 1
36 citations
Guidelines for the management of hiatal hernia.
Kohn, G. P., Price, R. R., DeMeester, S. R., Zehetner, J., Muensterer, O. J., Awad, Z. T., Mittal, S. K., Richardson, W. S., Stefanidis, D., Fanelli, R. D.> ;Surgical endoscopy. 2013 Sep 11
12 citations
SAGES guidelines for minimally invasive treatment of adrenal pathology.
Dimitrios Stefanidis, Melanie Goldfarb, Kent W. Kercher, William W. Hope, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2013 Sep 10
6 citations
Laparoscopic versus robot-assisted surgery for median arcuate ligament syndrome.
Michael V. Do, Taylor A. Smith, Hernan A. Bazan, W.C. Sternbergh, Abbas E. Abbas, William S. Richardson> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2013 Jul 12
2 citations
SAGES evidence-based guidelines for the laparoscopic resection of curable colon and rectal cancer.
Marc Zerey, Lisa R. Martin Hawver, Ziad T. Awad, Dimitrios Stefanidis, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2013 Jan 1
33 citations
SAGES guidelines for the surgical treatment of esophageal achalasia.
Dimitrios Stefanidis, William S. Richardson, Timothy M. Farrell, Geoffrey P. Kohn, Vedra Augenstein, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2012 Feb 1
31 citations
Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and use of laparoscopy for surgical problems during pregnancy.
Jonathan P. Pearl, Raymond R. Price, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2011 Sep 23
Guidelines for institutions granting bariatric privileges utilizing laparoscopic techniques
Ronald H. Clements, Alan A. Saber, Julio Teixeira, David A. Provost, Robert D. Fanelli, William S. Richardson> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2011 Mar 1
66 citations
Guidelines for surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
Dimitrios Stefanidis, William W. Hope, Geoffrey P. Kohn, Patrick R. Reardon, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2010 Aug 20
SAGES guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery
D. Wayne Overby, Keith N. Apelgren, William S. Richardson, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2010 Aug 13
What is the utilization of the SAGES guidelines by its members?
Stefanidis, D., Richardson, W. S., Fanelli, R. D.> ;Surgical endoscopy. 2010 May 22
SAGES guidelines for the use of laparoscopic ultrasound
William S. Richardson, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Sumeet K. Mittal, Robert D. Fanelli> ;Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 2010 Apr 1
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