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Office
PRIMA MEDICAL GROUP, 1100 Larkspur Landing Cir
suite 10
Larkspur, CA 94939Phone+1 415-924-1214Fax+1 415-924-1375
Summary
- Dr. Merrill Nisam is a pulmonologist in Larkspur, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including MarinHealth Medical Center, Novato Community Hospital, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus, Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus, Sutter Delta Medical Center, and San Leandro Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in critical care medicine and pleural disease and is experienced in critical care medicine.
Education & Training
- California Pacific Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1987
- California Pacific Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1985 - 1986
- University of California Davis HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
- University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
- HI State Medical License 2004 - 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 13 citationsCyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in canine peripheral lung: regulation in vivo.David B. Barnett, Sarah E. Chesrown, Arthur F. Zbinden, Merrill Nisam, Baron R. Reed
The American Review of Respiratory Disease. 2015-05-14 - 11 citationsEffects of hyperventilation on conjunctival oxygen tension in humans.Merrill Nisam, Timothy E Albertson, Edward A. Panacek, William F. Rutherford, Charles J. Fisher
Critical Care Medicine. 1986-01-01 - Painless aortic dissection presenting with multisystem organ failure and owl's eyes sign of the spinal cord.Raymond Lam, Sara L. Swenson, Thomas J. Nuckton, Merrill Nisam
BMJ Case Reports. 2017-12-13
Authored Content
- Painless Aortic dissection presenting with multi system organ failure and owls Eye sign of the spinal cordDecember 2017
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