Education
Fellowship, 2025 - Complex Medical Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2024 - Dermatology, University of Utah
2020 - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2020 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2017 - , Duke University School of Medicine
Honors and Awards
  • Maxine Papadakis Professionalism Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
  • Ideal Physician Award, Duke University School of Medicine, 2017
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Duke University School of Medicine, 2015
Publications
  1. Nicholson LT, Cowen EW, Beck D, Ferrada M, Madigan LM. VEXAS Syndrome-Diagnostic Clues for the Dermatologist and Gaps in Our Current Understanding: A Narrative Review. JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health 2023. PMID: 38130326


  2. Stone CJ, Nicholson L, Florell SR, Khalighi MA, Lewis BKH. A case of secondary syphilis presenting like pemphigus with positive direct immunofluorescence. JAAD case reports 2023. PMID: 37965191


  3. D'Anniballe VM, Huang MN, Lueck BD, Nicholson LT, McFatridge I, Gunn MD. Antigen-loaded Monocyte Administration and Flt3 Ligand Augment the Antitumor Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Blockade in a Murine Melanoma Model. Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) 2023. PMID: 37737688


  4. Nicholson LT, Topham C, Curtis J, Madigan LM. Painful thickened skin on the soles of the feet. JAAD case reports 2022. PMID: 36275875


  5. Nicholson LT, Madigan LM. Working towards a better understanding of VEXAS syndrome. The British journal of dermatology 2022. PMID: 35230698


  6. Nicholson LT, Fong L. Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Prostate Cancer. 2020. PMID: 32101720


  7. Huang MN, Nicholson LT, Batich KA, Swartz AM, Kopin D, Wellford S, Prabhakar VK, Woroniecka K, Nair SK, Fecci PE, Sampson JH, Gunn MD. Antigen-loaded monocyte administration induces potent therapeutic antitumor T cell responses. Volume 130 of Issue 2. The Journal of clinical investigation 2020. PMID: 31661470


  8. Nicholson LT, Haemel A. Outcome measures in dermatomyositis: quality of life and the patient perspective. Volume 182 of Issue 4. 2019. PMID: 31705532


  9. Smith JS, Nicholson LT, Suwanpradid J, Glenn RA, Knape NM, Alagesan P, Gundry JN, Wehrman TS, Atwater AR, Gunn MD, MacLeod AS, Rajagopal S. Biased agonists of the chemokine receptor CXCR3 differentially control chemotaxis and inflammation. Volume 11 of Issue 555. 2018. PMID: 30401786


  10. Hanappe M, Nicholson LT, Elmore SNC, Fehr AE, Bigirimana JB, Borg RC, Butonzi J, Shyirambere C, Mpanumusingo E, Benewe MO, Kanyike DM, Triedman S, Shulman LN, Rusangwa C, Park PH. International Radiotherapy Referrals From Rural Rwanda: Implementation Processes and Early Clinical Outcomes. Volume 4. 2018. PMID: 30321096