Karen Nichols, D.O.
Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Nichols is a board-certified internist specializing in geriatrics. She is a graduate of the University Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City. She did her rotating internship and internal medicine residency at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital (now Tulsa Regional Medical Center).

Dr. Nichols has been in practice in Mesa, Arizona for 15 years. She is the Division Director of Internal Medicine at Midwestern University - Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as the Assistant Dean of Post Graduate Medicine. She is a past President of the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association, President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Osteopathic Association.

Current AOA committee appointments include: Chair - End of Life Committee; Chair - Bureau of State Government Affairs; Chair of Blue Ribbon Committee for the Unity Campaign; Member, Women's Health Initiative; Member - Editorial Board over JAOA and DO.

Dr. Nichols serves on the board of the University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City and as the Vice President of the American Osteopathic Foundation.