Nicole Marie Garton, MD

Nicole Marie Garton, MD
Nicole Marie Garton, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Contact Information

Patient Care Related:
Adolescent Eating Disorders, 269.337.6430
Pediatrics - Oakland, 269.337.6400

Biosketch

Nicole Garton, MD, is an Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is a graduate of Dominican University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience. She completed her undergraduate medical education as well as her Residency in Pediatrics at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Dr. Garton provides preventative pediatric care at WMed Pediatrics Clinic, cares for children and adolescents with eating disorders at WMed and Bronson Children’s Hospital, and acts as a Clinical Skills Educator working closely with medical students. Her professional interests include mental health, developmental behavioral pediatrics, and medical student and resident education.

  • Education and Training
    • Residency 2023, Pediatrics, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • MD 2020, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • BS 2016, Neuroscience, Dominican University

  • Publications

    • Fledderman N.M., Slavin L.J., Drevon D.D., Soares N.S. Mixed methods analysis of reflective statements of residents following the developmental-behavioral pediatric rotation Pediatric Medicine. 2023;6

    • Fledderman N.M., Slavin L.J., Drevon D.D., Soares N.S. Mixed methods analysis of reflective statements of residents following the developmental-behavioral pediatric rotation Pediatric Medicine. 2023;6

    • Fledderman N., DeLeon J., Patel D.R. Integrated Behavioral Health: Definitions and Contexts Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:511-518.

    • Redinger M., Fledderman N., Crutchfield P. An ethical framework to manage patient requests for medical marijuana Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2020;33:147-151.

    • Grewal J.S., Nguyen C., Robles R., Cho C., Kir K., Fledderman N., Gacharna G., Wesolowski M., Klinger C., Vallejo P., Menhennett L., Nagaraj A., Ebo C., Peacy G., Davelis E., Kucher D., Giers S., Kreher S.A. Complex and non-redundant signals from individual odor receptors that underlie chemotaxis behavior in Drosophila melanogaster larvae Biology Open. 2014;3(10):947-957.

  • Presentations
    • Pediatricians’ Practice of Collecting Educational Records of Patients with ADHD in the Electronic Health Record. Garton N, Beenen K, Carroll E, Tang A, Lee K, Soares N, Pediatric Academic Societies, Washington DC, USA, 04/2023
    • Quality Improvement Project to Increase Incorporation of Educational Reports in the Electronic Health Record of Youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Ehsan L, Handelsman S, Yeganeh M, Garton N, Beenen K, McGoff T, Soares N, American Pediatric Association Quality Improvement Conference, Washington DC, USA, 04/2023
    • Mixed Methods Analysis of Reflective Statements of Residents following the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Rotation. Fledderman N, Slavin L, Dravin D, Soares N, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
    • An Ethical Framework to Manage Patient Requests for Medical Marijuana. Redinger, M, Fledderman, N, Crutchfield, P, 14th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Health Law, Porto, Portugal, 03/2022
    • Effectiveness of Healthwise in the Kalamazoo community mental health setting. Ericson J, Fledderman N, Thompson W, Wallington D, Active Citizenship Symposium, Kalamazoo, MI, 02/2018
    • Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar I disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a comparative analysis. Fledderman, Nicole, Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Investigations Exposition, River Forest, IL, 04/2016
    • Complex and non-redundant signals from individual odor receptors that underlie chemotaxis behavior in Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Grewal JS, Cho C, Kir K, Fledderman N, Swain K, Kreher SA, Chicago Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL, 03/2015
    • Complex and non-redundant signals from individual odor receptors that underlie chemotaxis behavior in Drosophila melanogaster larvae. Grewal JS, Cho C, Kir K, Fledderman N, Swain K, Kreher SA, Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, IL, 03/2015
    • The study of olfaction through Drosophila melanogaster. Ebo C, Fledderman N, Grewal JS, Kir K, Lawdensky C, Milla L, Nguyen C, Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Investigations Exposition, River Forest, IL, 04/2014