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Hope Richard, MD, PhD

Vice Chair, Clinical Operations; Chief, Anatomic Pathology Division; Associate Professor

Hope Richard, MD, PhD Director of Neuropathology

Department: Pathology

Phone: (804) 628-1016

Fax: (804) 827-4434

Hope Theresa Richard, MD, PhD, is Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Chief of the Anatomic Pathology Division, and the Director of Neuropathology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. She holds the Saul Kay Endowed Chair in Diagnostic Pathology. She is an associate professor of pathology and received her PhD and MD from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama. Then she completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency training, as well as her Neuropathology Fellowship training at VCU.

Dr. Richard currently serves as the Director of the Neuropathology Fellowship, and is an active member of the teaching faculty in the VCU School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Dr. Richard’s research interests include the pathogenesis and genetics of primary CNS neoplasms.

Clinical Specialties: Neuropathology and Autopsy

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Education

Postgraduate Medical Training

2013 - 2015 Neuropathology Fellowship, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University

2009 - 2013 AP/CP Residency, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical Education

2005 - 2009 MD College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Graduate Education
2000 - 2005 PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Licenses & Certifications

Medical License Active

Commonwealth of Virginia

Board Certifications

2013 American Board of Pathology - AP/CP Certification no expiration

2015 American Board of Pathology - Neuropathology Certification no expiration

Awards

2026 Richmond Top Doctors Pathology, Richmond Magazine

2026 Virginia Top Docs Pathology, Virginia Business Magazine

2024 Richmond Top Doctors Pathology, Richmond Magazine

Professional Service (outside)

CAP House of Delegates, Virginia Representative

Recent Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Ohene-Nyako M, Nass SR, Richard HT, Lukande R, Nicol MR, McRae M, Knapp PE, Hauser KF. Casein Kinase 2 Mediates HIV- and Opioid-Induced Pathologic Phosphorylation of TAR DNA Binding Protein 43 in the Basal Ganglia. ASN neuro. 2023 Jan 01; Volume: 15 Pg: 1759091423 PMID: 36890725

Chang G, Xie GS, Ma L, Li P, Li L, Richard HT. USP36 promotes tumorigenesis and drug sensitivity of glioblastoma by deubiquitinating and stabilizing ALKBH5. Neuro-oncology. 2022 Oct 14; PMID: 36239338

Li L, Zhou A, Wei Y, Liu F, Li P, Fang R, Ma L, Zhang S, Wang L, Liu J, Richard HT, Chen Y, Wang H, Huang S. Critical role of lncEPAT in coupling dysregulated EGFR pathway and histone H2A deubiquitination during glioblastoma tumorigenesis. Science advances. 2022 Oct 07; Volume: 8 Issue: 40 Pg: eabn2571 PMID: 36197973

Broaddus WC, Somasundaram A, Carr MT, Opalak CF, Richard HT, Wolber SB, Sangiray HE. Resolution and Re-ossification of Orbital-Wall Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Following Stereotactic Needle Biopsy. Journal of neurological surgery reports. 2022 Jul 19; Volume: 83 Issue: 3 Pg: e90-e94 PMID: 35864894

Li P, Richard HT, Zhu K, Li L, Huang S. The Roles and Regulation of m6A Modification in Glioblastoma Stem Cells and Tumorigenesis. Biomedicines. 2022 Apr 22; Volume: 10 Issue: 5 PMID: 35625706

Sahajwalla D, Vorona G, Tye G, Harper A, Richard H, Sisler I, Ellett M, Cameron B, Rivet D, Urbine J. Aggressive vertebral hemangioma masquerading as neurological disease in a pediatric patient. Radiology case reports. 2021 Mar 01; Volume: 16 Issue: 5 Pg: 1107-1112 PMID: 33732402

Pilato CM, Walker MS, Nguyen AM, Hanna ME, Huang SL, Lutins EM, Meredith MA, Haar PJ, Thangarajh M, Richard HT, Chow WN. Dystrophic muscle distribution in late-stage muscular dystrophy. Autopsy & case reports. 2020 Nov 20; Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pg: e2020221 PMID: 33344329

Book Chapters

Richard H. Pathology of pediatric oligodendroglioma. In: Paleologos NA and Newton HB, (eds). Oligodendroglioma: Clinical Presentation, Pathology, Molecular Biology, Imaging, and Treatment, San Diego: Elsevier Inc./Academic Press, 2019.

Richard, H. and Fuller, C. (2016). Oligodendroglial Tumors. In: A.M. Adesina et al (Eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors (2nd edition, 43-53) Springer International Publishing.

Richard, H. and Fuller, C. (2016). Hemangioblastoma. In: A.M. Adesina et al (Eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors (2nd edition, 143-151) Springer International Publishing.

Richard, H., Harrison, J., Fuller, C. (2015). Central Nervous System Tumors. In: Idowu, M.O., Dumur, C.I., and Garrett, C. (Eds) Molecular Oncology Testing for Solid Tumors: A Pragmatic Approach. (1st edition, 537-565) Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Richard, H., Harrison, J., Fuller, C. (2015). Choroid Plexus Tumours. In: Love, S., Perry, A., Ironside, J., Budka, H. (Eds) Greenfield’s Neuropathology (9th edition, 1709-1716). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

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