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Nicholas J. Nelson, MD, is a neurologist in the Neurocritical Care Program and an assistant professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology and neurocritical care by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Nelson specializes in the treatment of patients with life-threatening neurological conditions, such as intracranial hemorrhage, status epilepticus, and encephalitis. He is a member of the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Nelson earned his medical degree from Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Poland. He completed both his neurology residency and a neurocritical care fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Nelson’s research interests include disorders of consciousness, prevention of secondary brain injury following cardiac arrest, and multimodality patient monitoring in the intensive care unit.
- Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Neurocritical Care, 2022-2023
- Residency, University of Florida College of Medicine, Neurology, 2019-2022
- Internship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2018-2019
- MD, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2018
- BA, University of Maine, International Affairs, 2011
- Neurocritical Care Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Kenneth M. Heilman Award for Excellence in Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 2022
- Chief Resident, University of Florida, 2021-2022
- Outstanding Resident Educator Award, University of Florida Society of Teaching Scholars, 2022
Risk of Future Hemorrhage From Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: The Multicenter Arteriovenous Malformation Research Study (MARS)
Date: 12/2025
Authors: Helen Kim, Jeffrey Nelson, Charles E. McCulloch, Christopher Hess, Steven W. Hetts, Kelly Flemming, Giuseppe S. Lanzino, Päivi Koroknay-Pál, Elias Oulasvirta, Aki Laakso, Michael T. Lawton, Jay P. Mohr, Michael K. Morgan, Nicole Moayeri, Jonathan G. Zaroff, Marco A. Stefani, Xiaolin Chen, Yuanli Zhao, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Utilizing T1-weighted MRI intensity indices to evaluate in-vivo neurotoxicity in a South African cohort with environmental manganese exposure
Date: 10/2025
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Irene Faust, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Gill Nelson, Jay R. Turner, Joshua S. Shimony, Jason Lenox-Krug, Jordan A. Killion, T Noah Hutson, Brad A. Racette
Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 56,241 individuals identifies known and novel cross-population and ancestry-specific associations as novel risk loci for Alzheimer's disease
Date: 07/2025
Authors: Farid Rajabli, Penelope Benchek, Giuseppe Tosto, Nicholas Kushch, Jin Sha, Katrina Bazemore, Congcong Zhu, Wan-Ping Lee, Jacob Haut, Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson, Nicholas R. Wheeler, Yi Zhao, John J. Farrell, Michelle A. Grunin, Yuk Yee Leung, Pavel P. Kuksa, Donghe Li, Eder Lucio da Fonseca, Jesse B. Mez, Ellen L. Palmer, Jagan Pillai, Richard M. Sherva, Yeunjoo E. Song, Xiaoling Zhang, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Taha Iqbal, Omkar Pathak, Otto Valladares, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Amanda B. Kuzma, Erin Abner
Assessment of microstructural changes in white matter hyperintensities in aging and mild cognitive impairment revealed by advanced diffusion MRI
Date: 01/2025
Authors: Maurizio Bergamino, Megan R. Nelson, Elizabeth Keeling, Ashley M. Stokes
Brain AVM compactness score in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Date: 07/2024
Authors: Lauren A. Beslow, Arastoo Vossough, Helen Kim, Jeffrey Nelson, Michael T. Lawton, Jeffrey Pollak, Doris D. Lin, Felix Ratjen, Adrienne M. Hammill, Steven W. Hetts, James R. Gossage, Kevin J. Whitehead, Marie E. Faughnan, Timo Krings
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- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
Nicholas J. Nelson, MD, is a neurologist in the Neurocritical Care Program and an assistant professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified in neurology and neurocritical care by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Nelson specializes in the treatment of patients with life-threatening neurological conditions, such as intracranial hemorrhage, status epilepticus, and encephalitis. He is a member of the Neurocritical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Nelson earned his medical degree from Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Poland. He completed both his neurology residency and a neurocritical care fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Nelson’s research interests include disorders of consciousness, prevention of secondary brain injury following cardiac arrest, and multimodality patient monitoring in the intensive care unit.
- (602) 406-6262
- Fax: (602) 406-6261
- Fellowship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Neurocritical Care, 2022-2023
- Residency, University of Florida College of Medicine, Neurology, 2019-2022
- Internship, University of Florida College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2018-2019
- MD, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 2018
- BA, University of Maine, International Affairs, 2011
- Neurocritical Care Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Kenneth M. Heilman Award for Excellence in Research, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 2022
- Chief Resident, University of Florida, 2021-2022
- Outstanding Resident Educator Award, University of Florida Society of Teaching Scholars, 2022
Risk of Future Hemorrhage From Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: The Multicenter Arteriovenous Malformation Research Study (MARS)
Date: 12/2025
Authors: Helen Kim, Jeffrey Nelson, Charles E. McCulloch, Christopher Hess, Steven W. Hetts, Kelly Flemming, Giuseppe S. Lanzino, Päivi Koroknay-Pál, Elias Oulasvirta, Aki Laakso, Michael T. Lawton, Jay P. Mohr, Michael K. Morgan, Nicole Moayeri, Jonathan G. Zaroff, Marco A. Stefani, Xiaolin Chen, Yuanli Zhao, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
Utilizing T1-weighted MRI intensity indices to evaluate in-vivo neurotoxicity in a South African cohort with environmental manganese exposure
Date: 10/2025
Authors: Susan R. Criswell, Irene Faust, Susan Searles Nielsen, Wendy W. Dlamini, Gill Nelson, Jay R. Turner, Joshua S. Shimony, Jason Lenox-Krug, Jordan A. Killion, T Noah Hutson, Brad A. Racette
Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 56,241 individuals identifies known and novel cross-population and ancestry-specific associations as novel risk loci for Alzheimer's disease
Date: 07/2025
Authors: Farid Rajabli, Penelope Benchek, Giuseppe Tosto, Nicholas Kushch, Jin Sha, Katrina Bazemore, Congcong Zhu, Wan-Ping Lee, Jacob Haut, Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson, Nicholas R. Wheeler, Yi Zhao, John J. Farrell, Michelle A. Grunin, Yuk Yee Leung, Pavel P. Kuksa, Donghe Li, Eder Lucio da Fonseca, Jesse B. Mez, Ellen L. Palmer, Jagan Pillai, Richard M. Sherva, Yeunjoo E. Song, Xiaoling Zhang, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Taha Iqbal, Omkar Pathak, Otto Valladares, Dolly Reyes-Dumeyer, Amanda B. Kuzma, Erin Abner
Assessment of microstructural changes in white matter hyperintensities in aging and mild cognitive impairment revealed by advanced diffusion MRI
Date: 01/2025
Authors: Maurizio Bergamino, Megan R. Nelson, Elizabeth Keeling, Ashley M. Stokes
Brain AVM compactness score in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Date: 07/2024
Authors: Lauren A. Beslow, Arastoo Vossough, Helen Kim, Jeffrey Nelson, Michael T. Lawton, Jeffrey Pollak, Doris D. Lin, Felix Ratjen, Adrienne M. Hammill, Steven W. Hetts, James R. Gossage, Kevin J. Whitehead, Marie E. Faughnan, Timo Krings
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