Joseph Nickel, MD

Experience

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  John Glynn Inc

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Healthcare Consultant
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  San Francisco Health Plan

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

  Member Care Advocate

  Continuously provided outreach to members to ensure their health needs were being adequately addressed, monitor for decompensation of their conditions, and ensure continued access to outpatient resources. Served a large population with severe mental illness to increase access to care and worked with undomiciled members to increase access to stable housing and provide additional resources.

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  Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Jan 2021 - now

  Created a comprehensive certificate program in Gender and Sexual Minority Healthcare that provides critical knowledge to enhance the delivery of quality, culturally competent patient-centered care to LGBTQIA+ communities.The certificate program currently enrolls 130 students and is a series of seminars, lectures, and special electives available to MD, PA, CRNA, DNP and all medical science graduate students. It was found that our longitudinal lecture series as part of the certificate program resulted in statistically significantincreases in participants’ comfort and knowledge about LGBTQIA+ health care.More information about certificate:https://school.wakehealth.edu/education-and-training/certificate-programs/advanced-training-in-gender-and-sexual-minority-health-care Show less

  • Research Assistant, Psychiatry Health Equity

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Course Director and Founder, Gender and Sexuality Minority Advanced Training Certificate Program

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Doctor of Medicine Candidate

    Jun 2020 - now

  • Research Assistant, Otolaryngology Health Equity

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2023