Mark W. Nickels, M.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Mark Nickels is the Director of Transplant Psychiatry, where his clinical practice focuses on providing consultation to patients involved in the University of Rochester Medical Center Liver and Kidney Transplant programs, and the Advanced Heart Failure programs that include the VAD and Transplant programs. He has worked with these programs for over 20 years. 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, and was a long-time consultant to the Strong Epilepsy Center. He has worked extensively with primary care providers, including in primary care settings, with bariatric surgeons, and with providers in the Cancer Center. In addition to his clinical work, he is the Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship program, and is the Associate Director of the Psychiatry Residency program. Dr. Nickels is board certified in Psychiatry and in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.