Nicole Stern

About Nicole Stern

Nicole Stern was sworn in as President of the Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) in August 2012. She is a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe of New Mexico. Stern is an assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. In her outpatient practice, she specializes in general internal medicine and sports medicine. She is an advocate of educating the general public about the use and value of traditional medicine in American Indian cultures and supporting American Indian and Alaska Native students in the pipeline to careers in medicine and biomedical research. Stern also wants to expand AAIP's efforts to promote exercise and healthy eating for youth as a step to prevent obesity and chronic disease.