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


    Alexander S. Nicholas, DO, FAAO

    Contact

    Office: 215-871-6425

    Affiliations

    PCOM OMM Department

    Dr. Nicholas serves as professor and chair in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.

    Specialty

    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

    Board Certification

    Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, 1985

    • Education

      Internship: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1975-1976

      Medical School: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1975

      Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1971

    • Courses

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

    • Awards

      Linback Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1996

      Eimberbrink Award for Proficiency in Osteopathic Techniques, 1975

      Frederick Solomon, DO Award of Merit, 1999

      Honorary President, German-American Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO), 2013

      Andrew Taylor Still Medallion of Honor, 2014

    • 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)

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