Nicola Jane Baker, MD

Dr. Baker completed a postbac premedical program at Johns Hopkins University. She then worked as a ski patroller and wilderness guide before moving to Tucson for her medical education, followed by four years in community emergency medicine in Tucson and Nogales before returning to academic medicine at the University of Arizona in 2018. She serves as core faculty for the Tucson Campus residency program and is a facilitator for the Clinical Reasoning Course.

Dr. Baker completed her diploma in mountain medicine (DiMM) through the Wilderness Medical Society. Dr. Baker is the medical director for the local search-and-rescue group, the Southern Arizona Rescue Association, where she also serves as a volunteer rescuer and rope-rescue technician. 

Dr. Baker’s personal interests include hiking, mountaineering, rock climbing and mountain biking. She loves living and recreating in Tucson and is an avid University of Arizona basketball fan. Dr. Baker speaks fluent Spanish and enjoys frequent travels to South America.