Michael C Nelson MD

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Medical Director of Utilization Management

19950 Rinaldi StPorter Ranch, CA 91326
Phone+1 818-403-2420
Fax+1 818-360-6036

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Education & Training

UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1984

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1986 - 2028
MN State Medical License 2012 - 2014
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts FollowMyHealth, Allscripts, 2012-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
The effect of neuronal conditional knock-out of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Ross B. Mounsey, Heather Martin, Michael C. Nelson, Ronald M. Evans, Peter Teismann
Neuroscience. 2015-08-06
42 citations
A peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ agonist provides neuroprotection in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson’s disease
Heather Martin, Ross B. Mounsey, Kinnari Sathe, Sarah Mustafa, Michael C. Nelson
Neuroscience. 2013-06-14
213 citations
PPARγ activation in adipocytes is sufficient for systemic insulin sensitization
Shigeki Sugii, Peter Olson, Dorothy D. Sears, Maziyar Saberi, Annette R. Atkins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009-12-29