Katrina S. Nickels, MD

Addiction Fellow Physician
University of Kentucky, Kentucky

Katrina Nickels, MD is an Addiction Medicine Fellow Physician at the University of Kentucky, Department of Psychiatry, in Lexington, KY. She previously worked as a hospice and palliative physician with Bluegrass Care Navigators in Lexington, KY for 12 years. She did her medical training at the University of Kentucky, and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She joined ASAM in 2018 and is a board member of the KY chapter. Her clinical interests are the intersection of pain, palliative care, substance use, and serious medical illness.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• An Organizational Framework for Approaching Patients with OUD and Painful Serious Illness

  Friday, April 1, 2022
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

• The Inner Work of Caring for Individuals with Severe Substance Use Disorders

  Saturday, April 2, 2022
  1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET