Taylor Nichols, MD
Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Taylor Nichols, MD is board certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine.

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He works clinically in the emergency department and on the inpatient addiction medicine consult service at Parnassus. He is also affiliated faculty in this Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

He completed medical school at the UC Davis School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital, fellowship training in Health Policy and Advocacy at UC Davis Medical Center, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Health Policy and Law through a joint program of UCSF and UC Law SF.

He is involved in multiple organized medicine and health policy organizations. He is passionate about health equity and vulnerable populations, social and political determinants of health, health systems reform, physician wellness, and health care innovation.

Awards

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• Injury Prevention and Harm Reduction Award, California ACEP, 2023
• Media Award, California ACEP, 2021
• Resident of the Year, Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, 2017

Education & Training

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• MS Health Policy and Law UC Law SF - UCSF 2026
• Fellowship in Health Policy and Advocacy UC Davis Medical Center 2020
• Emergency Medicine Residency UCSF-SFGH 2017
• MD Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine 2013

Websites

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• LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Publications (8)

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Sex CharacteristicsUniversitiesFirearmsCerebral CortexHarm ReductionWilliams SyndromeCrime VictimsPublic PolicyRisk AssessmentEthical AnalysisPsychotic DisordersYoung AdultWounds, GunshotDepressive Disorder, MajorFragile X Syndrome

• Ethics of college vaccine mandates, using reasonable comparisons.
  Journal of medical ethics 2024 Lam LL, Nichols T
• BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics blog
  Ethics of college vaccine mandates: reply to Høeg et al. 2023 Lam L. Nichols T.
• Utilizing Lean Software Methods To Improve Acceptance of Global eHealth Initiatives: Results From the Implementation of the Basic Emergency Care App.
  JMIR formative research 2021 Rose C, Nichols T, Hackner D, Chang J, Straube S, Jooste W, Sawe H, Tenner A
• California ACEP Firearm Injury Prevention Policy.
  The western journal of emergency medicine 2021 Fernandez J, Nichols T, Basrai Z, Young R, Gertz M, Futernick M, Fenton A
• Novel educational adjuncts for the World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Course: A prospective cohort study.
  African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence 2020 Straube S, Chang-Bullick J, Nicholaus P, Mfinanga J, Rose C, Nichols T, Hackner D, Murphy S, Sawe H, Tenner A
• Insular cortex abnormalities in psychotic major depression: relationship to gender and psychotic symptoms.
  Neuroscience research 2013 Cohen JD, Nichols T, Keller J, Gomez RG, Schatzberg AF, Reiss AL
• Insular volume reduction in fragile X syndrome.
  International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 2011 Cohen JD, Nichols T, Brignone L, Hall SS, Reiss AL
• Morphometry of human insular cortex and insular volume reduction in Williams syndrome.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2009 Cohen JD, Mock JR, Nichols T, Zadina J, Corey DM, Lemen L, Bellugi U, Galaburda A, Reiss A, Foundas AL