SUSANNE B. NICHOLAS, M.D., M.P.H., PH.D.

PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST

Dr. Susanne Nicholas was born in Trinidad and Tobago and immigrated to the United States to pursue her medical degree. She is a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA and a board certified Nephrologist and Clinical Hypertension Specialist, with a joint appointment in the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Nicholas is passionate about her work in hypertension and chronic kidney disease and uses this as a platform to mentor minority students, fellows and junior faculty. She gives lectures nationally and internationally to students, physicians and other health care providers in basic science and clinical medicine.