Bradley James Nelson MD
Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
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8100 Northland DriveBloomington, MN 55431
Phone+1 952-806-5341
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Education & Training
Hospital for Special Surgery/Keller Army Community HospitalFellowship, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 1997 - 1999
Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1993 - 1995- Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
MN State Medical License 2006 - 2027
AK State Medical License 1992 - 2022
GA State Medical License 1999 - 2017
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification SoftLab, SCC Soft Computer, 2012, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014-2017
Clinical Trials
- STABILITY 2: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction +/- Lateral Tenodesis With Patellar vs Quad Tendon Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 28
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Ossification variants of the distal femoral condyle: longitudinal 3 T MRI evidence of progression to juvenile osteochondritis dissecans in asymptomatic siblings of pat...Abdul Wahed Kajabi, Saumith Bachigari, Theo Nguyen, Eisa Hedayati, Karsten Knutsen
Skeletal Radiology. 2026-06-08 - No Difference in Knee Pain Between Bone-patellar Tendon-bone and Hamstring Autograft at 2-year Follow-up.Nicholas F Banfield, Rebekah M Kleinsmith, Haley D Puckett, Stephen A Doxey, Marc Tompkins
Orthopedics. 2026-02-25 - Patient-reported and clinical outcomes up to 2 years after primary rotator cuff repair: do we need to collect patient-reported outcomes at 2-year follow-up visit?Saral Patel, Haley D Puckett, Rebekah M Kleinsmith, Stephen A Doxey, Mariah N Norling
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2026-02-01
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