Louise Reid Nichols, MD

Orthopedics

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

I chose orthopedics because I love helping people get back on their feet, and I looked at how happy Orthopedic surgeons were 20 years into their practice. That is always a good sign that you have chosen a career path wisely!

Why I Treat Children

I was once a kid myself! Growing up I was a babysitter and a nanny, so I kind of grew up around kids. When I did mission work in Guatemala, I gravitated toward taking care of children. When I became interested in pediatric orthopedics, I started focusing on deformity correction because that mostly affects children.

What I'm Passionate About

I’m passionate about being a doctor in general, and a doctor at Nemours in particular. Also, I think it’s important for people to learn to take care of themselves. As health issues, smoking and obesity are personal hot-buttons for me.

How I Try to Make A Difference

I love what I do, and enjoy the interaction with parents and kids. I treat the whole patient as an individual, not just their orthopedic needs, and I treat each child as my own.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2011
  • Orthopedic Surgery - Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore, 2010

Internship

  • General Surgery - Union Memorial Hospital, 2004

Residency

  • Orthopedics - Maimonides Medical Center, 2009

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - Northeastern Ohio Univ College of Medicine, 2003

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards & Recognition

  • 2015 Main Line Today Magazine, Top Doctors
  • 2016 Main Line Today Magazine, Top Doctors

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
  • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
  • Cigna/Great West PPO
  • Delaware First Health
  • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
  • Delaware Medicare
  • Devon Health Services
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • First Health/Affordable PPO
  • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
  • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
  • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware *PA Loc Contiguous to DE*
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware *PA Loc NONContiguous to DE*
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Interlink Transplant
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
  • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
  • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medicaid

  • Arthrogryposis
  • Clubfoot
  • Foot and Ankle Conditions
  • Fracture Management
  • Hip Conditions
  • Knee Conditions
  • Limb Length Discrepancy

Research Activities

I’m interested in correcting orthopedic deformities and have done studies on an angular correction technique called hemi-epiphyseodsis, as well as a paper on club feet.

Medical Interests

  • Angular correction
  • Spinal balance
  • Clubfoot

  • Asma, A., Nichols, L. R., Ulusaloglu, A. C., Kazmi, F., Rogers, K. J., Drozdowski, B., & Bowen, J. R. (2022). Applications and error ratios of calibration techniques in EOS, orthoroentgenogram, and teleoroentgenogram for length measurement: A comparative study. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 42(1), E21-E26. doi:10.1097/BPO.0000000000001931

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  • Sions, J. M., Donohoe, M., Beisheim-Ryan, E. H., Pohlig, R. T., Shank, T. M., & Nichols, L. R. (2022). Test-retest reliability for performance-based outcome measures among individuals with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23(1). doi:10.1186/s12891-022-05070-w

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  • Asma, A., Nichols, L. R., Ulusaloglu, A. C., Kazmi, F., Rogers, K. J., Drozdowski, B., & Bowen, J. R. (2022). Applications and error ratios of calibration techniques in EOS, orthoroentgenogram, and teleoroentgenogram for length measurement: A comparative study. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 42(1), E21-E26. doi:10.1097/BPO.0000000000001931

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  • Kuzma, A. L., & Nichols, L. R. B. (2021). Management of Mild Lower Extremity Deformity and Leg Length Discrepancy. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, 31(2). doi:10.1016/j.oto.2021.100874

  • Nichols, L. R. B. (2021). Has the Threshold for Epiphysiodesis Versus Lengthening Changed in the Era of Magnetically Controlled Nails? Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 41, S24-S32. doi:10.1097/BPO.0000000000001801

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  • Nahm, N., & Boyce Nichols, L. R. (2020). Percutaneous Osteotomies in Pediatric Deformity Correction. Orthopedic Clinics of North America, 51(3), 345-360. doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2020.03.001

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  • Hariharan, A. R., Schindelar, L., Nichols, L. R. B., & Kruse, R. W. (2020). A Metaphyseal Corner Fracture that Wasn't: A Case Report of Osteitis from Congenital Syphilis. JBJS case connector, 10(1), e0557. doi:10.2106/JBJS.CC.19.00557

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  • Church, C., McGowan, A., Henley, J., Donohoe, M., Niiler, T., Shrader, M. W., & Nichols, L. R. (2020). The 5-year outcome of the ponseti method in children with idiopathic clubfoot and arthrogryposis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 40(7), e641-e646. doi:10.1097/BPO.0000000000001524

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  • Oleas-Santillan, G., Nichols, L. R., Rogers, K. J., & Bowen, J. R. (2019). Developmental dysplasia of the hip and clubfoot treated by Pavlik and Ponseti methods. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B, 28(5), 446-451. doi:10.1097/BPB.0000000000000618

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