DennisDarrelNicholsMDFACS

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgeon Advanced Heart Failure Therapies / Mechanical Circulatory Support Orthotopic Heart Transplant Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

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Office
62 W Seventh Ave
suite 110
Spokane, WA 99204
Phone+1 509-456-0262

Fax+1 509-462-6500
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Education & Training

University of TennesseeFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1998 - 2000
Tripler Army Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1996
UniforMed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2022 - 2023
CO State Medical License 2002 - 2005
HI State Medical License 1993 - 1996
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 06
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

75 citations
Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Strategies After On-X Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement.
John D. Puskas, Marc W. Gerdisch, Dennis Nichols, Lilibeth Fermin, Birger Rhenman, Divya Kapoor, Jack G. Copeland, Reed D. Quinn, G. Chad Hughes, Hormoz Azar, Michael ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Jun 19
177 citations
Reduced anticoagulation after mechanical aortic valve replacement: Interim results from the Prospective Randomized On-X Valve Anticoagulation Clinical Trial randomized...
John D. Puskas, Marc W. Gerdisch, Dennis Nichols, Reed D. Quinn, Charles Anderson, Birger Rhenman, Lilibeth Fermin, Michael McGrath, Bobby Kong, Chad Hughes, Gulshan K...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014 Apr 1
13 citations
Aplasia cutis congenita. Case report.
Dennis D. Nichols, Anthony G. Bottini> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 1996 Jul 1