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Dr. Richardson is one of the best known and well respected Flight Surgeons in the USAF. He has acted as primary physician for numerous operational flight units within the USAF and NASA. He has commanded several units including the Residency of Aerospace Medicine for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, whose key focus was research and training of physician candidates for the aerospace medical profession. His most recent appointment was as director of the Kelsey-Seybold clinic at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Dr. Richardson is a recognized expert in Spatial Disorientation and Motion Sickness in the high motion provocative military and space flight environments. As the former Director of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Residency — the largest, most respected Residency of Aerospace Medicine in the World — he graduated a record number of 79 residents from Aerospace Medicine. It was during this assignment that he volunteered and was chosen to take the first USAF hospital into Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom, service for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. After 26 years in the USAF, Dr. Richardson retired when he was offered the position of Program Director by the Kelsey-Seybold Clinics of Houston to run their medical services at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. He ran a $120M contract that involved providing all medical services, not only at JSC but also in Moscow, Russia and in White Sand, NM for NASA and civil servants. Dr. Richardson is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and the American College of Preventive Medicine.