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Office
30 North 4th Street
Lebanon, PA 17046Phone+1 484-802-7782Fax+1 717-270-2374- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a board certified family physician with a passion for preventive obstetrics. Med school at UPENN, residency at Duke, private practice x 13 years in NE Connecticut, 13 years teaching and researching at UPENN (including obtaining a Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Bio statistics, successfully applying for a K-23 federal grant, and publishing a variety of medical articles (including several editor's choice articles in AJOG) , 5 years at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and now working with the WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Lebanon, PA. I am currently spending 95% of my working time on the labor unit of the Good Samaritan Hospital with plans to retire (or at least cut down on work hours) in another year and a half.
Education & Training
- Perelman University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMSCE, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2018 - 2021
- Duke University HospitalResidency, Family Medicine, 1981 - 1984
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 1997 - 2024
- CT State Medical License 1984 - 1998
- NC State Medical License 1982 - 1986
- American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
- Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
Clinical Trials
- Active Management Of Risk In Pregnancy At Term to Reduce Rate of Cesarean Deliveries Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Author's reply re: The association between the regular use of preventive labour induction and improved term birth outcomesJames M. Nicholson> ;BJOG. 2015 Aug 1
- Limiting Elective Delivery Prior to 39 Weeks May Be Producing Harm Rather Than Benefit.James M. Nicholson, Lisa Kellar, Jerome L. Yaklic> ;JAMA Pediatrics. 2018 Dec 1
- 13 citationsPilot Randomized Trial of an Automated Smoking Cessation Intervention via Mobile Phone Text Messages as an Adjunct to Varenicline in Primary CareJessica Yingst, Susan Veldheer, Shari Hrabovsky, Erin Hammett, James M. Nicholson, Arthur Berg, Jonathan Foulds> ;Journal of Health Communication. 2018 Mar 26
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Hospital Affiliations
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania
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