DonaldMartinNielsenMD

Internal Medicine • Alamo, CA

HIV/AIDS Medicine, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy, Medical Information Sciences, Infectious Disease

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Office
195 Oxford Court
Alamo, CA 94507
Phone+1 925-933-4710
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Education & Training

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1983 - 1985
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1976
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1973 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1978 - 2021

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

50 Most Influential Physician Executives (#26) Modern Healthcare, 2006
50 Most Influential Physician Executives (#46) Modern Healthcare, 2005
National Leadership Award Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care, 2004
National Leadership Award (American Hospital Association) Institute for Safe Medication Practices, 2000
Exceptional Leadership in Advancing the Quality Agenda National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), 1998
Attending of the Year Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Los Angeles, 1986
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The AMA clinical quality improvement forum on addressing patient safety.
Berman S> ;Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2000 Jul
74 citations
Toward the development of uniform reporting standards for managed care organizations: the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (Version 2.0)
Janet M. Corrigan, Don M. Nielsen> ;The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 1993 Dec 1
89 citations
Diagnosis and treatment of granulomatous mastitis
Michael B. Jorgensen, Donald M. Nielsen> ;The American Journal of Medicine. 1992 Jul 1
A controlled trial of early adjunctive treatment with corticosteroids for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. California Collabor...
Bozzette SA Sattler FR Chiu J Wu AW Gluckstein D Kemper C Bartok A Niosi J Abramson I Coffman J et al.> ;N Engl J Med. 1990 Nov 22
252 citations
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole compared with pentamidine for treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective, noncr...
Fred R. Sattler, Robert Cowan, Donald M. Nielsen, Joel Ruskin> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1988 Aug 15
3 citations
Imipenem/Cilastatin Therapy for Serious Bacterial Infections
Donald M. Nielsen, James R. Katz, Ronald D. AhLoy, Ralph S. Hansen, Richard D. Meyer> ;Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 1985 Jul 1
106 citations
Familial poliodystrophy, mitochondrial myopathy, and lactate acidemia.
Y. Shapira, S. D. Cederbaum, P. A. Cancilla, D. Nielsen, B. M. Lippe> ;Neurology. 1975 Jul 1
All things equal. We must have the same commitment to patient safety that we have to making medical advances.
Nielsen, D.> ;Hosp Health Netw. 2003 Aug
Introduction to the American Hospital Quest for Quality Prize.
Lovinger, G., Nielsen, D. M.> ;Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Oct
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Committees

Chair, Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set 2.0 Report Card Project 1993 - 1994
Chair, Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set 2.0 1992 - 1993

Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians - ACP
Member
American Association for Physician Leadership - AAPL
Member
American Medical Association - AMA
Member
American College of Healthcare Executives
Member

External Links

Donald (Don) Nielsenhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/donald-don-nielsen-md/9/ba2/584