ALEXANDER S. NICHOLAS, DO, FAAO, DIST.
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - Philadelphia
Professor and Chair

Courses

1st-3rd year medical curriculum: Osteopathic Principles and Practice/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Clinical rotations: 3rd and 4th year medical students

Awards

• FAAO Distinguished Service Award for recognition of outstanding contribution to the Osteopathic medical profession, May 2017
• PCOM Alumni Association's Certificate of Merit, March 2014
• Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor, 2014
• Honorary President, German-American Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO), 2013
• Frederick Solomon, DO Award of Merit, 1999
• Linback Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1996
• Eimberbrink Award for Proficiency in Osteopathic Techniques, 1975

Publications

A. Nicholas, E. Nicholas, Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, 2008. 589 pp.

Goldstein, F., Jeck, S., Nicholas, A., Berman, M., Lerario, M., Preoperative Intravenous Morphine Sulfate with Postoperative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Reduces Patient Analgesic Use After Total Abdominal Hysterectomy, JAOA, Vol 105, No 6, June 2005

Ehrenfeuchter & Nicholas, Soft Tissue Techniques,Chapter, Foundations for OsteopathicMedicine, Willicor and Wilkins, 2003

Washington, Nicholas, et al, Presence of Chapman Reflex Points in Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia, JAOA, October 2003

Ehrenfeuchter, W., Nicholas, A., Heilig, D., Soft Tissue Techniques, Robrt C Ward (Ed), Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd Edition Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 2003, p 819-833

Ehrenfeuchter WC, Heilig D, Nicholas AS: Chapter 54. Soft tissue techniques; 819-833r - In Ward RC (ed): Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine (2nd edition). Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

Oleski & Nicholas, Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Postoperative Pain, JAOA,Suplement, September, 2002

Nicholas, Oleski, and Mitchell, “Advantages Osteopathic Family Physician Have in the Treatment of Low Back Pain”, Osteopathic Family Physician News, October 2002

Jaeger, V., DiNubile, N., Nicholas, A., Plent, S., Caring for Low Back Pain, Evaluation and Management of Acute Low Back Pain, Aetna US Healthcare, Mei al Education Collaborative, April, 2000

Nicholas, A., Bezilla, T., Jones, R., "Osteopathic Manipulation for Management of Pain", JAOA, vol 99, No. 6, supplement to June 1999, p 5-10

Ehrenfeuchter, W., Nicholas, A., Heilig, D., Soft Tissue Techniques, Robert C. Ward (Ed), Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1997, p 781-794

Gross, G., Nicholas, A., "Thoracic Somatic Dysfunction: A Case Report, The Journal of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association December 1996, Vol. 40, No.5, p 14-16

Nicholas, A., Debias, D., Arbizo, M., Ehrenfeuchter, W., England, K., Greene, C. Heilig, D., Kirschbaum, M., "A Somatic Component to Myocardial Infarction: Three year Follow Up", British Medical Journal, June 1991, 302, p 1581

Nicholas, A., Debias, D., Ehrenfeuchter, W., England, K., England, R. Greene, C. Heilig, D., Kirschbaum, "A Somatic Component to Myocardial Infarction", JAOA, Feb 1987, Vol. 87, 123-129. (Reprinted with permission of British Medical Journal).

Nicholas, A., Debias, D., Ehrenfeuchter, W., England, K., England, R. Greene, C. Heilig, D., Kirschbaum, M., "A Somatic Component to Myocardial Infarction", British Medical Journal, July 1985, 291, pp. 13-17

Nicholas, A., "Dysfunction of the Innominate Complex", Osteopathic Medicine, January 1979, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 64-77

Nicholas, A., "Palpation in Osteopathic Medicine", Osteopathic Annals, July 1978, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 36-42

"Purification and Characterization of Mercenene":Part 1 Ammonium Fractionation and its Effect on the Growth of Krebs-2 Carcinoma, JAOA, Vol. 72, October 1972 in Conjunction with Department of Physiological Chemistry, PCOM

Memberships

• American Osteopathic Association
• Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
• American Academy of Osteopathy
• German-American Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO)