DR. STEPHEN NELSON
BOARD CERTIFIED IN PEDIATRICS, EPILEPSY, AND NEUROLOGY WITH SPECIAL QUALIFICATION IN CHILD NEUROLOGY
Dr. Nelson has been practicing pediatrics and child neurology for almost 20 years. He currently works as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center. He is a Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine. He is also a Professor of Neurology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Nelson holds a medical license in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Maryland and is certified as a medical doctor expert witness by the state of Florida. He is also board certified in general pediatrics, epilepsy, and pediatric neurology.
Dr. Nelson is widely published and a member of more than a dozen professional medical associations. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards throughout his distinguished career. In addition to his current clinical and academic appointments, he has undertaken the responsibility of Medical Director at the Tulane Center for Autism and Related Disorders. He has been elevated to Fellow status in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), and the American Neurological Association (ANA).
Dr. Nelson earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at University of California, Riverside followed by his M.D. at University of California, San Diego. He completed his pediatric residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Lackland AFB, TX and his child neurology fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA. He served on active duty in the United States Air Force with final assignments at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, where he was appointed Director of the National Capital Consortium Child Neurology Fellowship Program, and the Director of Child Neurology for the Nation's largest and only tri-service medical training school. A highly decorated Colonel in the Medical Corps, Dr. Nelson also subsequently served in the US Air Force Reserve.
Dr. Nelson is widely published and a member of more than a dozen professional medical associations. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards throughout his distinguished career. In addition to his current clinical and academic appointments, he has undertaken the responsibility of Medical Director at the Tulane Center for Autism and Related Disorders. He has been elevated to Fellow status in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), and the American Neurological Association (ANA).
Dr. Nelson earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at University of California, Riverside followed by his M.D. at University of California, San Diego. He completed his pediatric residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Lackland AFB, TX and his child neurology fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA. He served on active duty in the United States Air Force with final assignments at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, where he was appointed Director of the National Capital Consortium Child Neurology Fellowship Program, and the Director of Child Neurology for the Nation's largest and only tri-service medical training school. A highly decorated Colonel in the Medical Corps, Dr. Nelson also subsequently served in the US Air Force Reserve.
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