Division Faculty


Faculty Profile:

Dane Nichols, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, OHSU
E-mail: nicholda@ohsu.edu


Degrees:
  • BS - University of Oregon, 1977
  • MD- Oregon Health Sciences University, 1981


Residency:

  • Internal Medicine - Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation , 1981-1984


Fellowship:

  • Critical Care - Wayne State University, 1990-1992


Research Interest:

  • ARDS


Clinical Interest:

  • ARDS


Representative Publications:

  • Carlson RW, Nichols DJ, Crnkovich DJ. Vital Signs, Initial Evaluation of the Critically Ill. In Procedures on the Critical Patient, P. Gutierrez (Lizardi), Editor. Editorial Cuellar, Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Nichols DJ, Anwar MS. Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies. In Pocket Companion to Principles and Practice of Medical Intensive Care, R Carlson, M Geheb (eds). W.B. Saunders.
  • Aiyer MK, Nichols DJ. OB/GYN. In Pocket Companion to Principles and Practice of Medical Intensive Care, R Carlson, M Geheb (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994.
  • Carlson RW, Nichols DJ, Henderson CD. Priorities of Initial Assessment and Management. In Pocket Companion to Principles and Practice of Medical Intensive Care, R Carlson, M Geheb (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994.
  • Nagamoto,T, Nichols DJ. Trauma. In Pocket Companion to Principles and Practice of Medical Intensive Care, R Carlson, M Geheb (eds). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994.
  • Nichols DJ, Carlson RW. Clinical Manifestations of Increases in Microvascular Permeability. In Reperfusion Injuries, BA Zikria, Editor. The Futura Publishing Co., Inc., Mount Kisco, NY, 1994.
  • Harvey M, Nichols DJ, Carlson RW. Building Bedside Collaborative Practice. In Textbook of Critical Care, Third Edition , 1995.
  • Nichols DJ, Carlson RW: Management of Pulmonary Edema in the Elderly. Clinical Concepts Series, Southern Medical Association 7:1, 15-18, 1994.
  • Haupt, MT, Maziarz, R, Nichols, DJ. Mechanical ventilation in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient: Is there need for re-evaluation? Chest 116:857-859, 1999.


Biosketch:

Dr. Nichols received his medical training here at OHSU. Upon completion of his studies at OHSU, Dr. Nichols went to New Orleans, La. for an Internal Medicine Residency and then on to Wayne State University for a Critical Care Fellowship. He then was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine where he was employed as the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit until he returned to OHSU in 1999.

Dr. Nichols has a long history of excellence in teaching, and has received numerous awards and honors including the Off-Service Faculty Teaching Award, Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Internal Medicine Residency Program Teaching Award while at the University of Illinois.

Specializing in Critical Care medicine, Dr. Nichols has focused his activities on resident education and the management of ARDS and the management of septic shock. Dr. Nichols was the past Fellowship Director for both the Critical Care Fellowship Program and the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program.
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