Doctor of Medicine
Nicole Fox, MD is board certified in psychiatry and lifestyle medicine and holds a master’s degree in public administration. She is an associate system medical director for behavioral health and is accountable for mental health care services from the Treasure Valley to McCall. Her clinical work is in hospital-based consults psychiatry, a system asset she designed and built as a founding member of the BH service line. She has special interests in resident education, the intersection of physical and mental illness, maternal mental health, lifestyle medicine, and designing innovative systems of care delivery.
Dr. Fox speaks frequently and is a nationally recognized as an educator. Most recently she received the Irma Bland award for Excellence in Teaching Residents from the American Psychiatric Association. In 2021, she was named the Clinical Faculty of the Year by the psychiatry residency program. During residency she also received the Outstanding Teacher Scholar of the Year Award.
When not seeing patients or training residents, she is involved in community advocacy work for mental health. She is a leader of the Idaho Psychiatric Association, served as clinical chair of the Governor’s Advisory Board to the Behavioral Health Council, and represents Idaho in the National Judges and Psychiatrist’s Leadership Institute focused on the intersection of mental health and the social justice system.
Dr. Fox loves living in the mountain west with her family and dogs.