Dr. Melinda Nickels MD

General Surgeon - Lubbock, TX

Dr. Melinda Nickels specializes in general surgery in Lubbock, Texas. Details of Dr. Nickels' 23 years experience as an MD, her hospital affiliation and education at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Nickels

Dr. Melinda Nickels
3509 22nd St
Lubbock, TX 79410

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Melinda Nickels identified specializing in General SurgeryGeneral Surgery
A surgeon manages a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon established the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill surgical patient. The surgeon uses a variety of diagnostic techniques, including endoscopy, for observing internal structures, and may use specialized instruments during operative procedures. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the salient features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist.. She obtained board certification from the member board for General Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Nickels is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Covenant Hospital Plainview
2601 Dimmitt Rd
Plainview, TX

License

Dr. Melinda Nickels has been confirmed to have a license in Texas.

Education

Dr. Nickels attended medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and graduated in 1989 having 23 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at University Hospital.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.