Nicholas Stollenwerk, M.D. for UC Davis Health

Nicholas Stollenwerk, M.D.

Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship Program Director

Medical Student Pulmonary Course Director

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Specialties

Pulmonary Medicine

Interventional Pulmonology

Critical Care Medicine

Internal Medicine

Department

Internal Medicine

Locations and Contact

UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
2825 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95816

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UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
2279 45th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

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Phone: 916-734-5959

Additional Numbers

Clinic Fax

916-703-7969

Physician Referrals

800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)

Philosophy of Care

Patients want high quality medical care, and they want it provided in an efficient and timely manner. They also want a health care provider that values communication; one that communicates with clarity and compassion. I share these beliefs. It is my goal to provide care that reflects these values.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Stollenwerk's clinical interests:

Pulmonary Medicine:  

  1. Interventional Pulmonology: advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, airway interventions, and pleural disease management
  2. Lung Cancer: diagnosis, staging, and management

Critical Care Medicine:

  1. Medical critical care
  2. Multidisciplinary care for critically ill
    subspecialty patients
  3. Bedside ICU procedures for the diagnosis and management of critical illness

Point-of-Care Ultrasound:

  1. Independent of the specific disease being managed, I am interested in the application of ultrasound performed by the clinician at the time of direct patient care. This application of point-of-care ultrasound can improve the safety of medical procedures, improve diagnostic accuracy, and help direct patient management and further diagnostic testing.

Research/Academic Interests

As a clinician-educator, my academic interests focus on bedside teaching, as well as course and curriculum development.

Specifically, I am interested in the following:

  1. Developmental learning theory for training future physicians: I am primarily interested in teaching learners the skills they need to become better future clinicians. However, I am particularly interested in teaching students, and young physicians, how to become better leaders and teachers themselves. It is also my goal for learners to develop the skills necessary to continue to learn after they finish training.
  2. Teaching procedures: In additional to teaching basic and advanced procedures, I focus on improving procedure safety and teaching less invasive procedural approaches.
  3. Expanding the application of point-of-care ultrasound: I am interested in expanding use in both in the inpatient and outpatient clinical setting, and for diagnosis and for therapeutic procedures.

Division

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC Davis Medical Group

Undergraduate School

B.S., UC Riverside, Riverside CA 1998

Medical School

M.D., UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 2001

Residency

Internal Medicine, University of California Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA 2001-2005

Fellowship

Internal Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA 2005-2008

ATS Innovations in Fellowship Education Award, 2018

Pulm/CCM Fellows Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2012

Fellow of the Year, UC Davis Department of Internal Medicine, 2006, 2007, 2008

Magna Cum Laude, BS, UCR/UCLA Biomedical Sciences Program, 1998

Zavorsky GS, van Wijk XMR, Gasparyan S, Stollenwerk NS, Brooks RA. Stability of Whole Blood Electrolyte Specimens at Room Temperature vs. Slushed Ice Conditions. J Appl Lab Med. 2022 Mar 2;7(2):541-554. doi:10.1093/jalm/jfab089. PMID:34448844.

Zavorsky GS, Gasparyan S, Stollenwerk NS, Brooks RA. Stability of Whole Blood Lactate Specimens at Room Temperature Versus Slushed Ice Conditions. Respir Care. 2021 Mar;66(3):494-500. doi:10.4187/respcare.08023. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID:32873752.

Ma W, Gong J, Shan J, Lewis D, Xiao W, Moore EH, Zhang Y, Hung J, Mans NZ, Wei S, Welborn J, Stollenwerk NS, Lam KS, Li T. Safety and Efficacy of Osimertinib in the Treatment of a Patient With Metastatic Lung Cancer and Concurrent Somatic EGFR L858R and Germline EGFR T790M Mutations. JCO Precis Oncol. 2018 Nov;2:1-7. doi:10.1200/PO.18.00076. PMID:35135138.

Cocciardi S, Mohammadi M, Black H, Stollenwerk N. Use of Bedside Ultrasonography in Hospitalized Patients.  Hospital Medicine Clinics. 2017;6(4):593-605. doi:10.1016/j.ehmc.2017.05.011.

Yoneda KY, Scranton JR, Cadogan MA, Tassell V, Nadanaciva S, Wilner KD, Stollenwerk NS. Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Crizotinib in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Independent Review of Four PROFILE Trials. Clin Lung Cancer. 2017 Sep;18(5):472-479. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 14. PMID:28373069.

Nguyen LP, Ahdoot S, Sriratanaviriyakul N, Zhang Y, Stollenwerk N, Schivo M, Harper R. Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia Associated With Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Successfully Treated With Corticosteroids: A Two-Patient Case Series. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2016 Apr 13;4(2):2324709616643990. doi:10.1177/2324709616643990. PMID:27152316.

Sriratanaviriyakul N, Lam F, Morrissey BM, Stollenwerk N, Schivo M, Yoneda KY. Safety and Clinical Utility of Flexible Bronchoscopic Cryoextraction in Patients With Non-neoplasm Tracheobronchial Obstruction: A Retrospective Chart Review. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2015 Oct;22(4):288-93. doi:10.1097/LBR.0000000000000203. PMID:26439016.

Wood DE, Nader DA, Springmeyer SC, Elstad MR, Coxson HO, Chan A, Rai NS, Mularski RA, Cooper CB, Wise RA, Jones PW, Mehta AC, Gonzalez X, Sterman DH; IBV Valve Trial Research Team. The IBV Valve trial: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial of endobronchial therapy for severe emphysema. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2014 Oct;21(4):288-97. doi:10.1097/LBR.0000000000000110. PMID:25321447.

Price D, Kenyon NJ, Stollenwerk N. A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. Ann Intensive Care. 2012 Oct 12;2(1):43. doi:10.1186/2110-5820-2-43. PMID:23062076.

Shah PL, Slebos DJ, Cardoso PF, Cetti E, Voelker K, Levine B, Russell ME, Goldin J, Brown M, Cooper JD, Sybrecht GW; EASE trial study group. Bronchoscopic lung-volume reduction with Exhale airway stents for emphysema (EASE trial): randomised, sham-controlled, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2011 Sep 10;378(9795):997-1005. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61050-7. PMID:21907863.