Jarod A. Richards, MD

Dr. Richards is a fellowship-trained sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon who performs arthroscopy and joint preservation through primary arthroplasty of the knee, hip, and shoulder. He is a native of the Kentuckiana area and is thrilled to return to take care of UofL athletes and patients. After graduating valedictorian from North Harrison High School, Dr. Richards attended the University of Southern Indiana as a Presidential Scholar where he graduated summa cum laude. His medical school was completed at Indiana University School of Medicine where he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Dr. Richards returned to Louisville for his orthopaedic surgery residency where he was voted by faculty to the role of Chief Administrative Resident and twice won the Resident Researcher of the Year award. As a resident, Dr. Richards was the head team physician for the Bullitt East High School football program which won the 2022 Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Class 6A state title.

He attended the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute at the University of Missouri for a sports medicine, arthroscopy, and joint preservation fellowship where he assumed the role of assistant team physician for the Mizzou football (Cotton Bowl champions), basketball, soccer, and softball programs. Dr. Richards’ training at the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute also brought with it advanced arthroscopic techniques with a focus on joint preservation, cartilage restoration, lower extremity alignment, and ligamentous reconstruction. Dr. Richards has published in the fields of knee, hip, and shoulder surgery. His current research interests center around complex knee topics such as lower extremity alignment, osteotomy, meniscus transplantation, cartilage transplantation, multiligamentous knee instability, and the intersection between robotics and orthopaedics. Dr. Richards, his wife Katherine, two children Molly and James, and their dog Ender live in the 100+ year old home he and his father renovated in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville.