Nicole A. Wilson, Ph.D., M.D.

(Pronouns: she/her/hers)

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-4435

Fax: (585) 276-2370

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Accepting New Patients

Research Labs

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Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box SURG
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery , Pediatric Surgery (SMD)
Assistant Professor - Department of Biomedical Engineering (SMD) - Joint
Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Patient Care Settings

Pediatrics, Surgery

Biography

I love pediatric surgery. Pediatric surgery allows me to get to know patients and families, sometimes during their hardest moments, and to work to improve the health and wellness of infants, children, and adolescents.

I strive to treat all patients and families with a teamwork approach, in which we all work together to provide the best outcome for the child. I believe that inclusive, multidisciplinary care for the whole patient (body and mind) is a key to success in today's healthcare environment. I promise to give my very best to help you and your child through whatever challenges you are facing.

Areas of Expertise (Clinical):

* Pediatric general and thoracic surgery
* Pediatric minimally invasive surgery
* Congenital neonatal diseases
* Management of pectus carinatum and excavatum

Areas of Expertise (Research):

* Computational imaging, 3D modeling
* Biomechanics
* Statistics, experimental design
* Device development

Engineering and pediatric surgery are naturally paired specialties – in addition to a pediatric surgeon, I am also a biomedical engineer. The complex and ever-changing nature of clinical pediatric surgery offers the chance to improve the lives of children by taking challenges we experience in the clinical setting into the laboratory environment to help create better solutions. To that end, I direct the Pediatric Surgery Structure-Function Laboratory. My mission is to create an environment aimed at developing novel tools that will improve the practice of pediatric surgery with a focus on computational imaging and machine learning technology.

I take pride in teaching and mentoring the next generation. My work and my lab support medical students, graduate students, residents, and other trainees with an interest in pediatric surgery and/or biomedical engineering.

Credentials

Education

2007
PHD | Illinois Institute of Technology
Specialist/Technology, Other, Biomedical Engineering

2013
MD | Rush Medical College at Rush University

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

09/01/2018 - 07/31/2020
Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine

07/01/2014 - 06/22/2018
Residency in Surgery (General Surgery) at Washington University School of Medicine

06/10/2013 - 06/30/2014
Internship in Surgery (General Surgery) at Washington University School of Medicine

02/01/2008 - 08/30/2009
Fellowship in Research at National Institutes of Health, NIH

07/01/2007 - 01/31/2008
Fellowship at University of Chicago

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Awards

2023
Jay Grosfeld, MD Scholar Grant
Sponsor: American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation

2018
Keith D. Amos, MD Memorial Award
Sponsor: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

2018
Eugene M. Bricker, MD Teaching Award
Sponsor: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

2018
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society
Sponsor: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

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Publications

Journal Articles

2/15/2024
Chacon M, Liu CW, Crawford L, Polydore H, Ting T, Wakeman D, Wilson NA. "In Search of the Truth: Choice of Ground-Truth for Predictive Modeling of Trauma Team Activation in Pediatric Trauma." Journal of the American College of Surgeons.. 2024 Feb 15; Epub 2024 Feb 15.

1/2024
Liu CW, Chacon M, Crawford L, Polydore H, Ting T, Wilson NA. "Machine Learning Improves the Accuracy of Trauma Team Activation Level Assignments in Pediatric Patients." Journal of pediatric surgery.. 2024 Jan; 59(1):74-79. Epub 2023 Sep 22.

7/18/2023
Wilson NA. "CORR Insights®: Machine Learning on Medicare Claims Poorly Predicts the Individual Risk of 30-day Unplanned Readmission After Total Joint Arthroplasty, Yet Uncovers Interesting Population-level Associations With Annual Procedure Volumes." Clinical orthopaedics and related research.. 2023 Jul 18; 481(9):1760-2. Epub 2023 Jul 18.

Books & Chapters

2021
Book Title: Botulinum Toxin Dosing Manual
Author List: Alter KE, Wilson NA
Edited By: Alter KE, Wilson NA.
Published By: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing 2021

2015
Chapter Title: Botulinum Neurotoxin for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions
Book Title: Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Manual
Author List: Alter KE, Wilson NA
Edited By: Alter KE, Wilson NA (Eds.)
Published By: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing 2015 in New York, NY

2015
Book Title: Botulinum Neurotoxin Injection Manual
Author List: Alter KE, Wilson NA (Editor and Illustrator)
Edited By: Alter KE, Wilson NA (Eds.)
Published By: Demos Medical Publishing (imprint), Springer Publishing 2015 in New York, NY

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