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Joseph A. Nicholas, M.D., M.P.H.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Administrative: (585) 341-6776

URMFGA member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

groupAn Accountable Health Partner

assignmentNot Accepting New Patients

Locations

Dept of Medicine, Box 58
Highland Hospital

Faculty Appointments

Patient Care Settings

Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine

Biography

Dr. Nicholas is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is an attending physician on the inpatient geriatrics service as part of the Highland Hospital Geriatrics Group. He currently serves as an Associate Program Director for the URMC residencies in Internal Medicine and Medicine-Pediatrics. He is also the Medical Director for the Highlands at Brighton Transitional Care Facility.

Highland Hospital Geriatrics Group website
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/highland/departments-centers/geriatrics/highlandgg.aspx

The Highlands at Brighton website
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/highlands-at-brighton/

His academic interests include clinical reasoning and decision making, co-management of geriatric surgical patients, and medication education.

Dr. Nicholas completed his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and residencies in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester and Preventive Medicine at the New York State Department of Health.

Credentials

Specialties

    Education

    MPH | State University of New York at Albany

    1997
    MD | University of Pittsburgh

    Post-doctoral Training & Residency

    07/01/2003 - 06/30/2005
    Fellowship in Preventive Medicine at New York State Department of Health

    07/01/1998 - 06/30/2001
    Residency in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

    07/01/1997 - 06/30/1998
    Internship in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

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