D. Michael Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Title:
Virginia S. Lang Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Education:
M.D., Ph.D.  Washington University, St. Louis (1977)   

Residency:
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Washington University, St. Louis (1977-81)

Fellowship:
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (1981-83)

Board Certification:
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Societies, Memberships, and Honors:
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Society for Gynecologic Investigation
St. Louis Society of Perinatal Obstetricians       
Lowry-Moore Honor Society, Washington University
American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
Program committee, American Society of Reproductive Immunology
Society of Maternal fetal Medicine Foundation Board
Site visitor for Society of MFM Foundation scholar, University of Iowa
Delegate for Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, American Gynecological and Obstetrical   Society-National Institutes of Health conference on funding of research in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Nelson has been on the faculty since 1983 and assumed his role as Vice Chair of OB/GYN at Washington University in St. Louis in 1997.  His specialty area is Maternal-Fetal Medicine and he is senior member of a joint practice (Collaborative Perinatal Practice, September 1993-Present), with six obstetrical nurse practitioners and five Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists who provide obstetrical care and delivery services for >2,000 patients of low socioeconomic status.