Carly Richards, MD
Surgery
Accepting patients beginning
08/25/2025
Practices In:
Naperville
Patients Seen:
Ages 5+
I like to treat the whole patient. Colorectal disease care can be complex and life changing. I aim to give patients the best care possible while helping them find a way to be their healthiest self.
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Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Languages
English
Clinical Interests
Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Anal Cancer, Surgical Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (including Stricturoplasty), Fecal (and Flatus) Incontinence, Rectal Prolapse, Surgical Treatment for Chronic Constipation, Ostomy Revision, Ostomy Reversal, Colovesical Fistulas, Surgical Treatment for Endometrial Disease of the Colon and Rectum, Anal Fissures, Anal Fistulas, Hemorrhoids,
Personal Interests
I enjoy spending time with my family, running, lifting weights, and anything in the ocean.
Memberships
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
The Association of Women Surgeons
Edward Hospital
School
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Graduation Date:
2013
Degree:
MD
Residency
Tripler Army Medical Center
General Surgery
Fellowships
University of Louisville
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Provider’s Publications
Kobylarz FC, Ciampa ML, Suydam CR, Beydoun HA, Schlussel AT, Richards CRN. Optimal Time to Surgery for Small Bowel Obstruction: A Risk Adjusted Analysis Utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Am Surg. 2023 Dec;89(12):6035-6044. doi: 10.1177/00031348231183117. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37326589.
Richards, C. R. N., Joel, C., & Dickens, J. F. (2021). Review of a Role 2 in Afghanistan: Understanding the Data on Medical and Surgical Volumes in a Deployed Setting. Military medicine, 186(5-6), e599–e605. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa472. PMID: 33206967
Mayo, J. S., Brazer, M. L., Bogenberger, K. J., Tavares, K. B., Conrad, R. J., Lustik, M. B., Gillern, S. M., Park, C. W., & Richards, C. R. (2021). Ureteral injuries in colorectal surgery and the impact of laparoscopic and robotic-assisted approaches. Surgical endoscopy, 35(6), 2805– 2816. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-020-07714-1. PMID: 32591939
Richards CR, LaFerriere NR, and Johnson SM. The Rare Case of a True Rectovaginal Fistula and Its Repair (2019). Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. DOI. 48. 10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101256
Richards, C. R., Steele, S. R., Lustik, M. B., Gillern, S. M., Lim, R. B., Brady, J. T., Althans, A. R., & Schlussel, A. T. (2019). Safe surgery in the elderly: A review of outcomes following robotic proctectomy from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample in a cross-sectional study. Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 44, 39–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.06.004. PMID: 31312442
Richards, C., Ishihara, K., Grayson, C., Lustik, M., & Yheulon, C. (2018). Serum lactate predicts resource utilization, but not surgical need, in the emergency department. The Journal of surgical research, 226, 89–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.01.020 PMID: 29661294
Ha, A., Richards, C., Criman, E., Piaggione, J., Yheulon, C., & Lim, R. (2018). The safe use of surgical energy devices by surgeons may be overestimated. Surgical endoscopy, 32(9), 3861– 3867. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6116-1 PMID: 29497829
Richards, C. N., & Schneider, P. A. (2017). Will mesh-covered stents help reduce stroke associated with carotid stent angioplasty?. Seminars in vascular surgery, 30(1), 25–30. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2017.04.007 PMID: 28818256
Richards, C. R., Clark, M. E., Sutherland, R. S., & Woo, R. K. (2017). Retrospective Review of Pediatric Blunt Renal Trauma: A Single Institution's Five Year Experience. Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health, 76(5), 119–122. PMID: 28484665
Richards, C. R., Clark, M. E., Bowen, D. K., Uratake, D., Ayubi, F., Katras, T., & Kellicut, D. C. (2015). Necrotizing soft tissue infection following a peripheral bypass. Annals of vascular Carly Richards, M.P.H., M.S., M.D. Page 4 of 5 surgery, 29(4), 843.e17–843.e8.43E22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2014.12.036 PMID: 25733218
Richards C, Tran C, Fugh-Berman A. Promoting to Everyone, Focusing on No One: The Illogical Promotion of the Influenza Vaccine (2014). World Health and Medical Policy. 6(1):63. DOI: 10.1002/wmh3.85
Provider’s Research
Procedures
Abdominal Surgery, Appendectomy, Cholecystectomy / Gall Bladder Surgery, Colon Polyp Removal, Colon Surgery, Colonoscopy, Colostomy Revision/Reversal, Endoscopy, General Surgery, Hemorrhoids, Hernia Surgery, Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Surgery, Rectal/Anal Surgery, Robot-Assisted Surgery
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Fecal Incontinence, Hernia, Pilonidal Cysts
