Mark W. Nickels, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-3347

Fax: (585) 276-2292

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Not Accepting New Patients

Locations

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

Faculty Appointments

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry , Crisis Services (SMD)

Patient Care Settings

Organ Transplant, Psychiatry

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. 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.

Credentials

Specialties

Education

1982
MD | Medical College of Wisconsin

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/1983 - 06/30/1986
Residency in Psychiatry at University of Rochester Medical Center

07/01/1982 - 06/30/1983
Internship in Psychiatry at University of Rochester School of Medicine GME

Awards

2021
The Otto Thaler MD Memorial Resident Teaching Award

2017
Interprofessional Paper Prize Award
Location: Rochester Academy of Medicine, 117th Annual Meeting and Awards

2014
The Otto Thaler MD Memorial Resident Teaching Award

1985 - 1986
Chief Resident
Sponsor: Department of Psychiatry
Location: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

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Publications

Journal Articles

9/2022
Ro G, Monte T; Nickels, MW. ""Addressing Stress and Burnout: Faculty and Trainees Connect with Creativity."" . Psychiatric News. 2022; .

6/10/2022
Choi 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.

9/2021
Leistman 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 & Chapters

2009
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 London

2000
Chapter Title: Confusion
Book Title: The 10 Minute Diagnosis
Author List: Nickels, MW
Edited By: Taylor, RB
Published By: Lippincott Williams &Wilkins 2000 in Philadelphia

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