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Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology and Critical Care (Intensive Care Medicine)

Stanford University School of Medicine (1993)

Professional interests include: lung transplant, heart transplant

300 Pasteur Drive Floor 1 Room A175
Palo Alto, CA 94305

(650) 725-7061

Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD is a pulmonologist in Loma Linda, CA specializing in adult pulmonology and critical care (intensive care medicine). He graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1993 and has 33 years of experience. Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD is affiliated with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Stanford Health Care.

Office Locations

11201 Benton Street Va Loma Linda Hcs (605)
Loma Linda, CA 92357

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Stanford Health Care

300 Pasteur Drive Floor 1 Room A175
Palo Alto, CA 94305

(650) 725-7061

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Some issues Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD can help you with:

Lung Transplant

Patients who have very severe lung disease may need a lung transplant. The diseased lung is entirely removed and replaced with a healthy lung, usually donated by a person who died. Either one or both lungs can be transplanted.

Contrary to popular belief, lung transplant is rarely used to treat lung cancer. It is a more common treatment for patients with other advanced lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lung transplant is a serious operation and is generally used as a last resort for patients who have only a short time to live without surgery.

During a transplant, an incision is made on the side of the chest (for a single lung) or in the middle (for both lungs). Patients may be hooked up to a heart-lung bypass machine, which will do the work of moving blood and oxygen through the body during the procedure. After the diseased lung is cut away from the main airway and blood vessels, the donor lung is stitched into place. Surgery may take as long as twelve hours, and a hospital stay of two to three weeks after surgery is not uncommon. For the first hours or day after surgery, patients use a ventilator, or a machine to help them breathe. Tubes will be inserted into the chest to help drain excess air and fluid. During recovery, physical therapy and breathing exercises are used to help the new lung work as well as possible.

Lung capacity is carefully monitored for several months after surgery. Patients who have had a transplant will also have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. These drugs stop the body's immune system from attacking the new lung. The main risks after a transplant are infection and rejection (when the immune system attacks the 'foreign' lung). A healthy lifestyle, including maintaining a diet high in vegetables and lean protein, not smoking, and getting enough exercise, is important to keeping the lungs functioning as well as possible. With proper care, many patients can live ten or even twenty years after a lung transplant.

In The News

“It can be parts of buildings, paint that is burned, certainly wood but also cars," said Dr. Mark Nicolls, Chief of the Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine Department at Stanford.”—"Breathing current Bay Area air compares to smoking '8 cigarettes,' health expert says", ABC7 News, September 2020

“"Developing walking pneumonia does not mean you have poor health," Stanford University pulmonologist Mark Nicolls said in an interview with The Post.”—"What Clinton's pneumonia diagnosis means, medically", Anchorage Daily News, September 2016

“In lieu of flowers or gifts, donations can be made in her honor to Stanford Hospital, care of Dr. Mark Nicolls M.D., Lung Rejection Research.”—"Lola Schaefer", Mercury News, October 2011

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	56

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Loma Linda, CA during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	33
hospital care	40
inpatient care	40

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	17
Female	18

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	23
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	18
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2013

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	37
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	43
Diabetes	75
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	71

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	23

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	34
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	29
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2014

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	30
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	43
Diabetes	75
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	81

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	76
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2015

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	35
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44
Diabetes	71
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	52

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	19
Female	12

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	18
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	17
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2016

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	45
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	48
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	58
Diabetes	75
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	96

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	29
Female	21

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	35
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2017

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	40
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	36
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	58
Diabetes	70
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	95

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	26
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	30
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	32

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2018

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	38
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	75
Dementia	20
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	70

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	25
Female	22

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	22
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2019

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	47
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	49
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	75
Dementia	26
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	94

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	32
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2020

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	30
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	69
Dementia	26
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	86

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	34
Female	21

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	35
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	26
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2021

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	31
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	29
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	75
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	89

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	32
Female	17

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	30
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	69
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	33
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	73
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Loma Linda, CA were hospital care and inpatient care.

doctor visit	74
hospital care	40
inpatient care	40

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD.

**Gender**
Male	27
Female	21

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	31
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	4
65 to 74	19

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD treated were chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol.

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	67
Asthma	6
Osteoporosis	29
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	66
Atrial Fibrillation	3
Cancer	0
Dementia	6

Education & Training

Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1993. He completed residency at Stanford University Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and has a state license in California.

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine (1993)

Residency: Stanford University Medical Center

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Stanford Health Care

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Mark Robert Nicolls, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	$9,248 $9,248
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company	$281 GIAPREZA $281
PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	$130 ANDEXXA $130
Abbott Laboratories	$107 Circulatory Support $107
Thoratec Corporation	$80 HeartMate II $80

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$6,750
Travel and Lodging	$2,083
Food and Beverage	$1,013

Biography

Dr. Mark Nicolls' areas of specialization are critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology. His clinical interests include lung transplant and heart transplant. His professional affiliations include U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Stanford Health Care. Dr. Nicolls graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and then he performed his residency at Stanford University Medical Center. Distinctions awarded to Dr. Nicolls include: Dickinson Richards Lecture, American Heart Association; Elected Member, Association of American Physicians; and Elected Member, The American Society for Clinical Investigation.