Role: Director of Family Medicine Obstetrics and Core Family Medicine Faculty
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Duke University Medical Center (family medicine)
Undergraduate: Earlham College
Dr. Nicholson grew up in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, went to college in Indiana (1973-1977) and has lived and practiced in North Carolina (1981-1984), Northeastern Connecticut (1984-1997), Philadelphia (at Penn 1977-1981 and 1997-2012) and in central Pennsylvania (at Penn State/Hershey 2012-2018). He joined WellSpan on New Year’s Eve 2018.
Dr. Nicholson is a family physician and enjoys taking care of all types of folks. The academic focus of his career has been family-centered maternity care including a longstanding search for better methods of term pregnancy management. He has published a series of major journal articles and has given medical lectures in dozens of venues across the nation and in six different countries. Dr. Nicholson has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals including BJOG, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Journal of the American Medical Association and others.
He has a national and international reputation in researching preventative induction of labor and still birth prevention. He is frequently invited to the national Still Birth Conference and Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting.
Interests: the management of term pregnancy (37 weeks gestation and beyond), with particular attention to mother and baby outcomes including rates of cesarean delivery, neonatal intensive care unit admission, stillbirth and cost of care
Hobbies: gardening, playing or watching soccer (futbol — "the beautiful game"), playing my viola, visiting our off-the-grid cabin in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, visiting my children, grandchildren and a variety of other family members, trying to keep up with several woodpiles and watching my children play on various college sports teams
