Rachael Nicholson, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
Current Positions
- Director, Division of Vascular Surgery
- Interim Vice Chair of Education
- Clinical Professor of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
- Medical Director, Peripheral Vascular Laboratory
Education
- BS in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States
- BA in East Asian Languages and Culture, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States
- MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, United States
- Resident in General Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Chief Resident in General Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Fellow in Vascular Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certified (Vascular), American Board of Vascular Surgery, Iowa, United States
- Vascular Surgery, American Board of Vascular Surgery
- Board Certified, American Board of Surgery, Iowa, United States
- Iowa Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa, United States
Selected Publications
- Torres, J. & Nicholson, R. (In Press). SMA Embolectomy. In Scott-Conner, C. (Eds.) Operative Anatomy. (4) Essential Operative Techniques and Anatomy 4th Ed.
- Nicholson, R. & Kresowik, T. F. (In Press). Complications of Upper and Lower Extremity Percutaneous Arterial Puncture and Catheterization. Wakefield, T., Veith, F. & Stanley, J. (Eds.) (5) Current Therapy in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 5th Ed. J Stanley, F Veith, T Wakefield.
- Olmsted, C. & Nicholson, R. (In Press). Vascular Access Dialysis. Scott-Connor, C. (Eds.) (4) Essential Operative Techniques and Anatomy Ed. 4.
- Orion, K. & Nicholson, R. (In Press). Endovascular AAA Repair. In Nicholson, R. N., Amin, P. & Scott-Conner, C. (Eds.) Operative Anatomy. (4) Essential Operative Techniques and Anatomy 4th Ed.
- Aboul Hosn, M., Goffredo, P., Man, J., Nicholson, R., Kresowik, T., Sharafuddin, M., Sharp, W. J. & Pascarella, L. (2020). Supraclavicular Versus Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A 30 (7) 737-741. DOI: 10.1089/lap.2019.0722. PMID: 32412829.
- Hosn, M. A., Goffredo, P., Zavala, J., Sharp, W. J., Katragunta, N., Kresowik, T., Nicholson, R. & Pascarella, L. (2018). Analysis of Aortic Growth Rates in Uncomplicated Type B Dissection. Annals of vascular surgery 48 133-140. DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2017.09.023. PMID: 29217443.
- Hosn, M. A., Nicholson, R., Turek, J., Sharp, W. J. & Pascarella, L. (2017). Endovascular Treatment of a Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury in an Eight-Year Old Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature. Annals of vascular surgery 39 292.e1-292.e4. DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.11.001. PMID: 27908819.
- Sun, R. C., Nicholson, R., Sharp, W. J., Sharafuddin, M. & Kresowik, T. (2013). Possible genetic component to the etiology of perigraft hygromas. Vascular and endovascular surgery 47 (1) 42-4. DOI: 10.1177/1538574412463974. PMID: 23090841.
- Sharafuddin, M. J., Nicholson, R. M., Kresowik, T. F., Amin, P. B., Hoballah, J. J. & Sharp, W. J. (2012). Endovascular recanalization of total occlusions of the mesenteric and celiac arteries. Journal of vascular surgery 55 (6) 1674-81. PMID: 22516890. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.013.
- Sharafuddin, M., Nicholson, R., Kresoiwk, T. F., Amin, P. B., Hoballah, J. & Sharp, W. (2012). Endovascular recanalization of total occlusions of the mesenteric and celiac arteries. (Vols. 55). (6), pp. 1684-81. Journal of Vascular Surgery.