Biography
Dr. Andrews is a longtime Lobo, having completed his BS in Biology and Spanish, combined MD/PhD, and residency training all here at UNM. He subsequently joined the faculty of the department in 2015 and has focused extensively on education, serving as the Grand Rounds Director for the past seven years, and the Associate Residency Program Director for the past four years, transitioning to program director as of July 2021. In his clinical work, he has developed and continues to maintain the only clinic in the state of New Mexico specifically dedicated to the care of women with chronic pelvic pain.
Personal Statement
I believe that sharing of knowledge through education is fundamental to improving our society. With this high-minded ideal as my foundation, I continuously strive to educate myself and encourage all whom I meet in their efforts to do the same. As a faculty at UNM, I have sought out opportunities to not only directly provide education to multiple levels of learners, but to reshape the format and structure of learning.
Areas of Specialty
General Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chronic pelvic pain
Infertility
Certifications
[American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Certification (Oral) Examination-Passed, December 2016.]
[American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Qualifying (Written) Examination-Passed, June 2015.]
[Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), November 2018.]
[New Mexico Medical Board
NM License # MD2015-0297 expires 07/01/2023]
Achievements & Awards
[UNM School of Medicine Curriculum Committee: Exemplary Professionalism in Phase II Teaching Award. 12/2019]
[Committee on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Faculty Teaching Award. 6/2019]
[Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award. 6/2018]
[Committee on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Faculty Teaching Award. 6/2016]
[UNM Department of Obstetrics Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Midwifery, Obstetrics Consultant of the Year, 6/2014]
[Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society, 4/2013, 4/2014]
[UNM School of Medicine Medical Student Teaching Award, 6/2012, 6/2013, 6/2014, 6/2015, 6/2016, 6/2017, 6/2018, 6/2019]
[UNM Hospital Labor and Delivery Intern of the Year, 6/2012]
[Residents As Educators, UNM School of Medicine Teacher and Educational Development, 5/2012]
[University of New Mexico Regents’ Graduate Fellowship, 1/2007]
[National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) in Integrating Nanotechnology with Cell Biology and Neuroscience, 8/2006 to 8/2008]
Key Publications
Abstracts
Andrews, Nicholas, 2019 Adverse Childhood Experiences among gynecology patients with chronic pelvic pain. Obstetrics and Gynecology. , , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31599850/
Gender
Male
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Courses Taught
NATIONAL
Andrews, NL. Making chronic pelvic pain a little less painful. February, 2020. Invited oral presentation at the 6th International Meeting on Indigenous Women’s Health. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews, NL. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. October, 2018. Invited oral presentation at the 22nd Annual Update and Review of Internal Medicine 2018. This is a national conference, co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which takes place annually in Santa Fe, NM.
Blue NR, Andrews NL, Haase JH. From “Sage on the Stage†to “Guide on the Side:†Teaching Residents Patient-Centered Shared Decision Making. March, 2018. Oral presentation at 2018 CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting. National Harbor, MD.
Andrews, NL. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. October, 2016. Invited oral presentation at the 20th Annual Update and Review of Internal Medicine 2016. This is a national conference, co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Santa Fe, NM.
Andrews NL, Lidke KA, Hsieh G, Wilson BS, Oliver JM, Lidke DS. High affinity IgE receptor diffusional dynamics measured by single quantum dot tracking in resting and activated cells. FASEB J. 2007 21:374.6. April, 2007. Oral presentation at Experimental Biology 2007. Washington, D.C..
Andrews, NL, Boyle TJ, Rodriguez MA, Gallegos JJ. Syntheses of novel mixed metal alkoxide MOCVD precursors. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 2003 Mar;225(2):U14-U15. Oral presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society. New Orleans, LA.
REGIONAL
Andrews, NL. Making Chronic Pelvic Pain a Little Less Painful. October, 2019.
Invited oral presentation at the Indian Health Service’s Gallup Indian Medical Center. Gallup, NM.
Andrews, NL. Making Chronic Pelvic Pain a Little Less Painful. August, 2017. Invited oral presentation at the 2017 Pacific Northwest Obstetrical and Gynecological Association Annual Meeting. Blaine, WA.
Andrews, NL. Infertility for the General OB/GYN. August, 2017. Invited oral presentation at the 2017 Pacific Northwest Obstetrical and Gynecological Association Annual Meeting. Blaine, WA.
Andrews NL. Effective Debriefing. September, 2016. Invited oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews, NL. Making Chronic Pelvic Pain a Little Less Painful. January, 2016. Invited oral presentation at the Indian Health Service’s 2016 Annual Women’s Health Conference. Telluride, CO.
LOCAL
Andrews, NL. Making Chronic Pelvic Pain a Little Less Painful. September, 2017. Invited oral presentation at the New Mexico Academy of Physician Assistants 2017 Annual Primary Care Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews, NL. Making Chronic Pelvic Pain a Little Less Painful. February, 2016. Invited oral presentation at the 2016 Annual Women’s Health Conference, a joint conference sponsored by the New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives, the New Mexico Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the UNM SoM Department of OB/GYN and Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews NL. High resolution live-cell imaging provides new insights into the roles of diffusion and topography in high affinity IgE receptor signaling. October, 2008. Invited oral presentation at the 2008 UNM Cancer Center Fluorescence Microscopy Facility Open House. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews NL. Quantum dot enabled exploration of Fc?RI diffusion, topography, and signal transduction. February, 2007. Oral presentation at UNM Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program Student Research Day. Albuquerque, NM.
Andrews NL. Quantum dot enabled, multi-color single particle tracking of the high affinity IgE receptor (Fc?RI). November, 2006. Oral presentation at Pathology Grand Rounds, Student Research Day. Albuquerque, NM.
Research and Scholarship
Given my extensive research background in the basic sciences, I have been pleased to continue to apply those skills as a clinician educator. I have served as a research mentor to several residents and medical students on projects as varied as the efficacy of our postpartum hemorrhage protocol to the relationship between adverse childhood events and chronic pelvic pain, to the role of video-feedback in surgical education. I hope to continue to develop and utilize my existing research skills to further improve the educational and service missions of the institution.