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721 Bellerive Manor drive
Saint Louis, MO 63141Phone+1 314-600-4009- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- D. Michael Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is the Virginia S. Lang Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Cell Biology while enrolled in the National Institutes of Health Medical Scientist Training Program. He is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in the sub-specialty of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. He has 40 years of clinical experience for an ethnically diverse, high-risk obstetrical population at the Washington University Medical Center and the Barnes-Jewish Hospital of St. Louis. He was awarded the outstanding clinician award by the State of Missouri Maternal, Child and Family Health Coalition, the Distinguished Senior Research Scientist Award from the Society for Reproductive Investigation, and the Samuel Goldstein Teaching Award for the Washington University School of Medicine. In 2018, he received both the Washington University Alumni Distinguished Service Award and the Dr. Neville Grant Outstanding Clinician Award, the latter given to two individuals among the 1500 physicians on staff at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He also received the Marfan's National Foundation " Hero with a Heart" Award, the Virginia S. Lang Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1998-2020, and had an education endowment named in his honor, the D. Michael Nelson Education Endowment for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Nelson retired in June of 2020, after serving as the Interim Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2021-2022.
Education & Training
- Ohio State University/Mt Carmel HospitalFellowship, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1977 - 1981
- Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1977
- Washington University, Graduate School of Arts and SciencesPhD, Anatomy, 1977
- Cornell CollegeB.S., Biology, Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 1967 - 1971
- Cornell CollegeBA, Summa Cum Laude, 1971
Certifications & Licensure
- MO State Medical License 1978 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 1981 - 1984
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Hero with a Heart Marfan's Foundation, 2021
- D. Michael Nelson Obstetrics and Gynecology Education Endowment Washington University School of Medicine, 2021
- Best Doctor's in America 2002-2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsThe effects of preconception and early gestation SARS-CoV-2 infection on pregnancy outcomes and placental pathology.Ling Chen, Ray Zhang, Ronald Jackups, D Michael Nelson, Mai He, Hernandez, P.> ;Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2023 Feb 1
- Etiology and evaluation of stillbirth in patients with obesity.Katherine H Bligard, Jeffrey M Dicke, Molly J Stout, D Michael Nelson, Antonina I Frolova, Alison G Cahill, Nandini Raghuraman> ;The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2022 Dec 1
- 2 citationsAssociation of intraplacental oxygenation patterns on dual-contrast MRI with placental abnormality and fetal brain oxygenation.Z Sun, W Wu, P Zhao, Q Wang, P K Woodard, D M Nelson, A Odibo, A Cahill, Y Wang> ;Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2023 Feb 1
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Journal Articles
- Geometric and hemodynamic characterization of uterine spiral arteries: The concept of resistance reserveZamir M, Nelson DM, and Ginosar Y, Placenta, 1/1/2018
- PLIN2 is essential for trophoblastic lipid droplet accumulation and cell survival during hypoxiaBildirici I, Schaiff WT, Chen B, Morizane M, Oh S-Y, O�Brien M, Sonnenberg- Hirche C, Chu T, Barak Y, Nelson DM, and Sadovsky Y149. Bildirici I, Schaiff WT, Chen B, M..., Endocrinology, 1/1/2018
- Reduced apoptosis in term placentas from gestational diabetic pregnanciesBelkacemi L, Kjos S, Nelson DM, Desai M, Ross MG, J Develop Origins Health Disease, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Preeclampsia: Blood pressure lability and provider liabilityMarco Island, FL - 1/16/2016
- Preconception care: Key to pregnancy outcomesMarco Island, FL - 1/16/2016
- Gestational diabetesMarco Island, FL - 1/16/2016
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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