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Nicholas A. Daniels, M.P.H., M.D.

Internist

Dr. Nicholas Daniels is an internist who provides primary care at the General Internal Medicine Clinic at Mount Zion and in the Executive Health Service at UCSF Medical Center. In addition to general primary care and disease prevention, his areas of interest include minority health care and men's health as well as international health issues, particularly infectious disease outbreaks.

Daniels earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Cornell University in New York, a master's degree in public health at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and a medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He completed a residency in internal medicine at UCSF as well as fellowship at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In his research, he has studied the relationship of inflammation and prostate cancer, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in adult immunization, and food and waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States and Internationally. Daniels is a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF.

Clinics

General Internal Medicine
1545 Divisadero St., First and Second Floors
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353–7900
Fax, First Floor: (415) 353–2583
Fax, Second Floor: (415) 353–2640

Hours: Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More about Nicholas A. Daniels

Education

University of Washington 1994

Residencies

UCSF, Internal Medicine 1997

Fellowships

National Center for Infectious Diseases 1999

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Chan JM, Litwack-Harrison S, Bauer SR, Daniels NA, Wilt TJ, Shannon J, Bauer DC. Statin use and risk of prostate cancer in the prospective Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Oct; 21(10):1886-8.
  2. Daniels NA. Vibrio vulnificus oysters: pearls and perils. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar 15; 52(6):788-92.
  3. Tasian GE, Cooperberg MR, Cowan JE, Keyashian K, Greene KL, Daniels NA, Carroll PR, Chan JM. Prostate specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: knowledge of, attitudes towards, and utilization among primary care physicians. Urol Oncol. 2012 Mar-Apr; 30(2):155-60.
  4. Daniels NA, Nielson CM, Hoffman AR, Bauer DC. Sex hormones and the risk of incident prostate cancer. Urology. 2010 Nov; 76(5):1034-40.
  5. Daniels NA, Chen YH, Bent S. Antibiotic and anti-inflammatory use and the risk of prostate cancer. BMC Res Notes. 2009; 2:57.
  6. Farhat GN, Taioli E, Cauley JA, Zmuda JM, Orwoll E, Bauer DC, Wilt TJ, Hoffman AR, Beer TM, Shikany JM, Daniels N, Chan J, Fink HA, Barrett-Connor E, Parsons JK, Bunker CH. The association of bone mineral density with prostate cancer risk in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jan; 18(1):148-54.
  7. Daniels NA, Gildengorin G, Nguyen TT, Liao Y, Luong TN, McPhee SJ. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates among Vietnamese, Asian, and non-Hispanic white Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Jun; 12(3):370-6.
  8. Daniels NA, Link CL, Barry MJ, McKinlay JB. Association between past urinary tract infections and current symptoms suggestive of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. J Natl Med Assoc. 2007 May; 99(5):509-16.
  9. Nguyen TT, Daniels NA, Gildengorin GL, Pérez-Stable EJ. Ethnicity, language, specialty care, and quality of diabetes care. Ethn Dis. 2007; 17(1):65-71.
  10. Daniels NA, Juarbe T, Moreno-John G, Pérez-Stable EJ. Effectiveness of adult vaccination programs in faith-based organizations. Ethn Dis. 2007; 17(1 Suppl 1):S15-22.
  11. Daniels NA, Gouveia S, Null D, Gildengorin GL, Winston CA. Acceptance of pneumococcal vaccine under standing orders by race and ethnicity. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Jul; 98(7):1089-94.
  12. Daniels NA. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: traveler's diarrhea comes home. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Feb 1; 42(3):335-6.
  13. Daniels NA, Ewing SK, Zmuda JM, Wilt TJ, Bauer DC. Correlates and prevalence of prostatitis in a large community-based cohort of older men. Urology. 2005 Nov; 66(5):964-70.
  14. Daniels NA, Juarbe T, Rangel-Lugo M, Moreno-John G, Pérez-Stable EJ. Focus group interviews on racial and ethnic attitudes regarding adult vaccinations. J Natl Med Assoc. 2004 Nov; 96(11):1455-61.
  15. Daniels NA, Nguyen TT, Gildengorin G, Pérez-Stable EJ. Adult immunization in university-based primary care and specialty practices. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Jun; 52(6):1007-12.
  16. Daniels NA, MacKinnon L, Rowe SM, Bean NH, Griffin PM, Mead PS. Foodborne disease outbreaks in United States schools. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002 Jul; 21(7):623-8.
  17. Indar-Harrinauth L, Daniels N, Prabhakar P, Brown C, Baccus-Taylor G, Comissiong E, Hospedales J. Emergence of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 4 in the Caribbean: case-control study in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Mar 15; 32(6):890-6.
  18. Daniels NA, Ray B, Easton A, Marano N, Kahn E, McShan AL, Del Rosario L, Baldwin T, Kingsley MA, Puhr ND, Wells JG, Angulo FJ. Emergence of a new Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype in raw oysters: A prevention quandary. JAMA. 2000 Sep 27; 284(12):1541-5.
  19. Marano NN, Daniels NA, Easton AN, McShan A, Ray B, Wells JG, Griffin PM, Angulo FJ. A survey of stool culturing practices for vibrio species at clinical laboratories in Gulf Coast states. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Jun; 38(6):2267-70.
  20. Daniels NA, MacKinnon L, Bishop R, Altekruse S, Ray B, Hammond RM, Thompson S, Wilson S, Bean NH, Griffin PM, Slutsker L. Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in the United States, 1973-1998. J Infect Dis. 2000 May; 181(5):1661-6.

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