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Karen J. Nichols

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Born

Rochester, Indiana, The United States

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Nonfiction, Science

Member Since

November 2020

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I am an osteopathic physician who practiced internal medicine and geriatrics in Mesa, AZ for 17 years. Then I served as Dean of Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine for 16 years. I have been president of the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Internists and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association. I was the first woman to hold each of those positions. Being a doctor and a leader is what I do. Being a woman is icing on the cake!
I discovered that all my years of training to be a physician taught me important knowledge and skills, However that knowledge and those skills were not interchangeable with what is needed to be an effective leader. I have taught leadership for over 20 yea ...more