Jeffrey M. Nicholas, MD, MS

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Faculty Appointment

• Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Deputy Chief of Surgery for Clinical Affairs, Grady Memorial Hospital

Telephone

• 404.616.5456
• 404.616.7322

Affiliations

• Grady Memorial Hospital
• Gwinnett Medical Center

Board Certification

• General Surgery
• Surgical Critical Care

Graduate School
MS Physiology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1986

Medical Degree
Class of 1990, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Postgraduate Training

• General Surgery Residency, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, 1990-1995
• Fellowship in Trauma, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1995-1996
• Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, Jackson Memorial Hospital/Ryder Trauma Center, University of Miami, 1996-1997

Honors and Awards

• Associate Examiner, Certifying Examination, American Board of Surgery, 2/2007 and 12/2002
• Young Surgeon representative, American College of Surgeons-GA Chapter; attended ACS Meeting in Washington, DC, that focused on mechanics of the legislative process and development of leadership skills; also met with senatorial and congressional leaders to discuss medical liability reform, federal funding of statewide trauma systems development, and proposed Medicare cuts, 6/12-6/14/2005
• Selected Participant, "Future leadership of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center," Woodruff Leadership Academy, 11/2004-05/2005
• Finalist, 2002 Healthcare Heroes Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons: Fellow; Georgia Committee on Trauma; Committee on Applicants, Georgia District #1
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• Southeast Surgical Congress
• Southern Medical Association
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Society of Critical Care Medicine, National Course Consultant, Fundamentals of Critical Care Support
• American Medical Association
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• Georgia Surgical Society
• Atlanta Surgical Association
• State of Georgia Trauma Systems Development Committee, Chairman of the Evaluation Subcommittee
• Georgia State Office of EMS, Trauma Center Site Surveyor
• State of Georgia Trauma Medical Review Committee, Trauma Systems Development Committee
• LifeLink of Georgia Advisory Board
• Georgia Surgical Society
• Wayne State University Surgical Society
  

Clinical Specialties

• Trauma surgery
• Surgical critical care
• Management of the open abdomen
• Abdominal compartment syndrome
• Nutritional support of the critically ill
• Surgical endoscopy
• Hemodynamic support and mechanical ventilation

Research Interests

• Treatment of patients sustaining traumatic injury that undergo damage control surgery requiring that the abdominal wall be left open, the focus being to optimize abdominal wall closure, minimize wound problems, and manage complex wound complications
• Investigation of the nutritional support of these patients and their consumption of hospital resources

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