CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSAWARDSPUBLICATIONSMark W. Nickels, M.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersOffice: (585) 275-3347Fax: (585) 276-2292A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentNot Accepting New PatientsLocationsUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterSchool of Medicine and Dentistry601 Elmwood Ave, Box PSYCHRochester, NY 14642Faculty AppointmentsProfessor of Clinical Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry , Crisis Services (SMD) Patient Care SettingsOrgan Transplant, PsychiatryBiographyProfessional BackgroundDr. Mark Nickels is the Director of the Psychiatry Residency program. His clinical work is in Transplant Psychiatry, having worked with the Liver, Kidney and Heart Transplant programs for over 20 years. He is the Director of Transplant Psychiatry. Dr. Nickels has a special interest in working at the interface between psychiatry and medicine/surgery. He has provided psychiatric consultation in general hospital settings, was a long-time consultant to the Strong Epilepsy Center, has worked extensively with primary care providers including in primary care settings, with bariatric surgeons, and with providers in the Cancer Center. He is also the Interim Director of the Inpatient Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Services. Dr. Nickels is board certified in Psychiatry and in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.CredentialsSpecialtiesEducation1982MD | Medical College of WisconsinPost-doctoral Training & Residency07/01/1983 - 06/30/1986Residency in Psychiatry at University of Rochester Medical Center07/01/1982 - 06/30/1983Internship in Psychiatry at University of Rochester School of Medicine GMEAwards2021The Otto Thaler MD Memorial Resident Teaching Award2017Interprofessional Paper Prize AwardLocation: Rochester Academy of Medicine, 117th Annual Meeting and Awards2014The Otto Thaler MD Memorial Resident Teaching Award1985 - 1986Chief ResidentSponsor: Department of PsychiatryLocation: University of Rochester, Rochester, NYVIEW ALL expand_morePublicationsJournal Articles9/2022Ro G, Monte T; Nickels, MW. ""Addressing Stress and Burnout: Faculty and Trainees Connect with Creativity."" . Psychiatric News. 2022; .6/10/2022Choi JJ, Peters CJ, Nickels MW. "Arranging Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment for a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device." Progress in transplantation : official publication, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization ... [et al.]. 2022 Jun 10; :15269248221107033. Epub 2022 Jun 10. 9/2021Leistman SC, Melaragno JI, Dokus MK, Martens JA, Salter MA, Hutchinson DJ, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Al-Judaib B, Nickels MW. "The Rochester Relapse Risk Scale: Developing a Standardized Approach to Predicting Substance Relapse in Liver Transplant Candidates." Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation.. 2021 Sep; 19(9):919-927. Books & Chapters2009 Chapter Title: Psychological Considerations Book Title: Manual of Heart Failure Management Author List: Nickels, MW Edited By: Bisognano, JD, Baker, ML, Earley, MB Published By: Springer 2009 in London2000 Chapter Title: Confusion Book Title: The 10 Minute Diagnosis Author List: Nickels, MW Edited By: Taylor, RB Published By: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins 2000 in PhiladelphiaVIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS