People Spotlight: Joseph M. Nicholson III, D.O.

By Tulsa World, Okla.

Aug. 26–Vice president of health care management and chief medical officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma

Dr. Joseph M. Nicholson III, D.O., has been named vice president of health care management and chief medical officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma.

He officially assumes his role Nov. 1 when the current chief medical officer, Dr. Rodney Huey, becomes president.

Nicholson joined the company in 2002 as medical director for medical services. He previously had served in staff positions at Omni Medical Group and Utica Park Clinic, and most recently served as a hospitalist at SouthCrest Hospital.

He also served as a field surgeon and chief of emergency medicine at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., from 2001-2003, and received the Army Commendation Medal.

A native of Springfield, Mo., he graduated from Hillcrest High School in Springfield. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Evangel College, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Creighton University, and a doctor of osteopathy degree from the Oklahoma State University College

of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.

He served an internship at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center and completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.

Nicholson was recently named to the 2007-2008 Leadership Tulsa class.

Joe and his wife, Jenna, have two children — Max, 18, who started class at the University of Oklahoma this semester; and Molly, 15, a sophomore at Town & Country School.

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