Michelle “Shelley” Nuss
Founding Dean
Dr. Michelle Nuss, founding dean of the UGA School of Medicine and the campus dean of Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, has decades of medical education experience to her name. Her expertise has been coveted for articles, research, and studies, and she has presented at conferences and lectures nationwide. In her commitment to addressing Georgia’s ongoing physician shortage, Nuss has served as chair for the Board of Regents’ GME Regents Evaluation and Assessment Team committee, which supported the development of nine new teaching hospitals, 31 new residency programs, and nearly 800 new resident positions across the state. Nuss is also currently serving as Chair of the Medical Education Advisory Committee for the Georgia Board for Healthcare Workforce that advises the board on medical education issues in the state of Georgia.
Education
- Residency, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry/Internal Medicine, West Virginia University, 1997
- M.D., West Virginia University, 1992
- B.S., Pharmacy, Purdue University, 1987
Professional Appointments
- Founding Dean, University of Georgia School of Medicine, 2024-present
- Professor of Medical Education, Dept of Clinical Sciences, University of Georgia School of Medicine, 2024-present
- Campus Dean, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, 2016-present
- Adjunct Clinical Professor, Franklin College, University of Georgia, 2016-present
- Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, 2016-present
- Campus Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, 2010-present
- Founding Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, 2012-2014
- Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, 2010-2016
- Vice President of Medical Affairs, West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., 2008-2010
- Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency Program, West Virginia University, 2003-2010
- Program Director of Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program, West Virginia University, 2001-2010
- Associate Professor, West Virginia University, 2003-2010
- Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, 1998-2003
- Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, West Virginia University, 1997-1998
- Chief Resident in Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, 1996-1997
Awards & Honors
- Mastership in American College of Physicians
- Lamartine Hardman Cup
- Champion of Humanistic Care Award
- Mark Silverman Award
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
Areas of Expertise
- Undergraduate Medical Education
- Graduate Medical Education
- Psychiatry
- Internal Medicine
Publications
- Mu, L, Liu, Y., Zhang, D, Yong, G, Nuss, M, Rajbhandari-Thapa, J, Chen, Z, Pagan, J, Li, Y, Li, G, Son, H. (2021) Rurality and Origin-Destination Trajectories of Medical School Application and Matriculation in the United States, Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2021-6. DOI.org/10.3390/ijgi10060417
- Hill, J., Nuss, M., Cervero, R., Gaines, J., Middendorf, B. & Mishra, S. (2019). Using Mobile Technology to Support Physician and Student Learning as Part of Patient Care. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 30(1), 27-44. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
- Nuss, Hill, Cervero, Gaines, Middendorf. The Development of Newly Recruited Clinical Teachers at a Regional Medical School Campus. Journal of Regional Medical Campus, Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2018. https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/jrmc/article/view/1041
- Nuss, Hill, Cervero, Gaines. Using Mobile Technology to Support Physician and Student Learning as Part of Patient Care. Presented. E-Learn 2017. Vancouver, British Columbia, October 17-20, 2017.
- Kalie Deutsch, Julie K. Gaines, Janette R. Hill & Michelle A. Nuss (2016): iPad experience during clinical rotations from seven medical schools in the United States: Lessons learned, Medical Teacher, DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2016.1170778
- Nuss, Buckley, Robinson. A Statewide Strategy for Expanding Graduate Medical Education be Establishing New Teaching Hospitals and Residency Programs. Academic Medicine, (Print) Sept. 2015:Vol 90, No. 9, (Online): July 2015: http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/A_Statewide_Strategy_for_Expanding_Graduate.98760.aspx
- Nuss, Buckley. Georgia’s innovative response to GME expansion. Medical Association of Georgia Journal, April 2015
- Hill, Nuss, Cervero, Gaines, Middendorf. Medical Student Use of iPads in Negotiated d Informal Online Learning: Link Theory to Practice. Journal of Cyber Education, Vol. , No. , 107, 2014
- Nuss et al. Real-time use of the iPad by third-year medical students for clinical decision support and learning: a mixed methods study. Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspective 2014, Available at: 4:25184 – http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/25184
- Hooda D, Parsons J, Hooda S, Nuss M, Layne R. Isolated bladder vasculitis: A rare presentation of Wegener’s Granulomatosis. WV State Medical Journal, Volume: 107, pp 24-25, Jan/Feb 2011
- Davisson, Nuss, Cottrell. Evaluation of a women’s health education program for internal medicine residents that includes a web-based tutorial. Journal of GME, Volume: 2, No.3, pp 398-403, Sept 2010
- Stahara, Chatterjee, Nuss. Erythema Nodosum in a 42-year-old Daycare Worker. JAPA, July 2010
- Davisson L, Nuss M, Bruno C, Long M, Warden M, Manivannan S, et al. Women’s Health Tutorial. MedEdPORTAL; 2009. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/s/segment/mededportal/?subid=1060
- Hooda D, MD MPH, Bhardwaj R, MD, Dod HS, MD and Nuss M. Stress induced Cyclic vomiting syndrome in adults: a rare case. WV Medical Journal. Aug 2008
- McCrone, Cotton, Jones, Costante, Hawkins, Nuss. Depression in a Free, Rural Clinic Providing Primary Care: Prevalence and predictive Factors. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. Oct 20
- Nuss, Elnicki, Dunsworth, Makela. Use of the CIWA-Ar in assessing appropriate use of benzodiazepines in the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. West Virginia Medical Journal. April 2004
- Nuss, Reger, Williams, Yasek, Juckett, Richards. Medical Student Attitudes about Healthy Lifestyles. California Journal of Health Promotion. Volume 2, Issue 1, pp 127-134, March 2004
- Lohr, Nuss, McFadden, Hogg. Laparascopic Management of Chilaiditi’s Syndrome. Surgical Endoscopy, Issue: Online First, ISSN: 0930-2794 (Paper) 1432-2218 (Online), DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-4506-4
- Nuss, Carlisle, Hall, Yerneni, Kovach. Trichotillomania: Review and Case Report. Cutis, pp 991-996
- Nuss, Kincaid. Does Serotonin Discontinuation Syndrome Really Exist? West Virginia Medical Journal. March/April 2000
- Halperin, Elnicki, Palmer, See, Nuss et al. An Appalachian Perspective on Modifiable Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease: How Well Are We Doing? Southern Medical Journal. 92: 174-189. 1999
- King, J. and Nuss, M., Reflex sympathetic dystrophy treated by electroconvulsive therapy: intractable pain, depression and bilateral electrode EC, PAIN 55. 393-396 1993
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