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Name: George K. Nichols
Age: 57
Specialty: Orthopedic surgeon specializing
in knees and hips
Education: Undergraduate degrees
from Long Beach City College and
California State University at Long
Beach. Medical degree from
University of Maryland; surgery and orthopedic residency
at Yale/New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of
Medicine. Board Certified by the American Board of
Orthopedic Surgery; a Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons; member of the Association for Arthritic Hip and
Knee Society; and others.
Family: Wife, Lori. Two children: son George, 31; daughter
Jennifer, 25.
What I like most about my job: I like being able to positively
affect the lives of my patients.
What people don’t know about me: “I do watch the Food
Network. I Like Alton Brown, Good Eats.”
What inspires me: “I think in my professional life, it’s that I
just want to do the best job I can for every patient I see and I
keep shooting for that goal. The goal for my personal life is,
really, we all have kind of a life list. On my life list I keep
crossing off things I’ve done and I want to keep doing that.
… I need to update my life list.”
My proudest achievement: “My children.”