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Taylor Nichols, MD

Attending Physician
School of Medicine
505 Parnassus Avenue, #L126
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Taylor Nichols
Education and Training

UC Davis School of Medicine,Sacramento, MD - 2013 Medicine

UCSF-SFGH,San Francisco 2017 Emergency Medicine Residency

UC Davis Medical Center,Sacramento 2020 Fellowship in Health Policy and Advocacy

UC Law SF - UCSF,San Francisco, MS - 2026 Health Policy and Law

Awards and Honors

Resident of the Year, Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, 2017

Media Award, California ACEP, 2021

Injury Prevention and Harm Reduction Award, California ACEP, 2023
Overview
Taylor Nichols, MD is board certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine.

He works clinically in the emergency department and on the inpatient addiction medicine consult service at Parnassus. He is also affiliated faculty in this Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

He completed medical school at the UC Davis School of Medicine, emergency medicine residency at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital, fellowship training in Health Policy and Advocacy at UC Davis Medical Center, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Health Policy and Law through a joint program of UCSF and UC Law SF.

He is involved in multiple organized medicine and health policy organizations. He is passionate about health equity and vulnerable populations, social and political determinants of health, health systems reform, physician wellness, and health care innovation.