Board Certification
Family Practice

Undergraduate
Baker University, B.S. Biology

Medical School
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas

Residency
Swedish Family Medicine, Littleton, Colorado

Memberships
American Academy of Family Physicians

Advanced Training
ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ALSO – Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
ATLS – Advanced Trauma Life Support
PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support
NRR – Neonatal Resuscitation Program

Publication
Gouchi Zang1, Robert D. Nichols1, Michael Parmely1, Masaru Taniguchi2, Toshinori Nagayama2.  Gamma interferon production by hepatic NK T cells during Escherichia coli infection is resistant to the inhibitory effects of oxidative stress. 
Infect  Immun. 2003 May;71(5):2468-77.
PMID: 12704118 [PubMed-indexed for MEDLINE]

Personal Information
Dr. Dru Nichols and his wife, Emilie, live in Ottawa, KS and have two little girls, Foster and Dylan.  He enjoys sports, hunting, fishing and reading.