Education

 

Board Certified Family Physician                                                                                       2009-

St. John’s Family Medicine Residency Program, St. Paul, MN

Emphasis: Sports Medicine, Community Health, Health Policy

 

Doctor of Medicine                                                                                                               2006

University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

            Emphasis: Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Community Health

 

Bachelor of Arts, German Language and Culture                                                            2002

University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Duluth, MN                                                        
            Minor: Chemistry

 

 

Honors

 

            Resident Teacher Award                                                                                                     2009

            Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

 

Intern of the Year                                                                                                                 2007

St. John’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency                                                                   

 

President’s Student Leadership and Service Award                                                         2005

            University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

 

Dr. Julie Moller Foreign Language Scholarship                                                                2002

University of Minnesota Duluth, Foreign Language Department

           

Bush Foundation Grant for International Education                                                       2002   

            University of Minnesota Foreign Language Department

 

           

 

 

Advocacy Experience

 

Board of Directors,

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians                                                                2007–08

 

Board of Directors,

Minnesota Medical Association Political Action Committee                                                 2006 –

           

Resident Representative,

Curriculum Education Committee – U of M Department of Family Medicine                     2007 –08

 

Resident Representative,

Graduate Medical Education Committee – University of Minnesota GME Dept.                2007   

 

Resident Appointee,

Minnesota Academy of Family Practice – Legislative Committee                                        2007 –

 

Resident Representative,

Minnesota Academy of Family Practice – Education Committee                                         2007 – 08

           

Co-organizer/Medical Contact,

Kids First Town Hall Meeting – Senator John Kerry                                                             2005

 

Founder and Chair,

Minnesota Doctors For Kerry                                                                                                 2004

           

Co-Founder,

Harambe Cultural Arts Show                                                                                                             2003

 

 

Publications

 

            “Keeping Up With Iowa,” Metro-Doctors, Vol. 6, No. 2, March/April 2004.

 

            “Give Health Care Top Billing,” Minnesota Medicine, Vol. 87, No.10, October 2004.

 

“On the Road in Iowa, Hitting the Campaign Trail,”  The New Physician, Vol. 53, No. 7, October, 2004.

 

"Why I said 'no' to my employer's health plan," MPR News-Q, July 22, 2009, http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/07/21/nicholson/

 

"Here's a waste of health care dollars: Refuting myths," MPR News-Q, September 16, 2009, http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/16/nicholson/

 

"We need health care that's not bipartisan, but nonpartisan," MPR News-Q, February 24, 2010, http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/24/nicholson/

 

 

 Research Contributions

 

            Should Youth Run Marathons?   Preceptor: William O. Roberts MD

 

National Marathon Heat Study   Preceptor: William O. Roberts MD

 

Conferences Attended

 

            Twin Cities Marathon Sports Medicine Conference                                        1999, 2005 - 2007

            AAFP National Conference                                                                                       2007 - 2008

University of Minnesota Primary Care Update                                                          2009

 

Volunteer

           

            Medical Staff – Twin Cities Marathon                                                                      2005 - 2007

           

Assistant Elite Team Coach –  Saukko Cross-Country Ski Team                                        2004

           

Medical Staff – U.S.A. Cup Youth Soccer Tournament                                           1998 - 2007

 

President – Gitchi Gummi Sport Association                                                            2001 -  2002

 

Assistant Coach – Gitchi Gummi Sport Association                                                1998 -  2002

 

Medical Staff – Grandma’s Marathon                                                                                   1999

 

Professional Affiliations

           

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Medical Association

Minnesota Medical Association

MMA Political Action Committee

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Ramsey Medical Society