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Jennifer Nelson
Jennifer Solms Nelson, MD, MS
Cardiac Surgery; 6th Floor
Background
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (M.D. 2005)
University of North Carolina Hospitals General Surgery Residency (2005-2010)
University of Michigan Cardiothoracic Residency; Cardiac Track (2010-2012)
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Fellow in Congenital Cardiac Surgery (2012-13)
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, North Carolina Children's Hospital (8/2013 - 8/2016)
Director of Pediatric ECMO, University of North Carolina Healthcare (8/2013 - 8/2016)
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (12/2016 - 3/2017)
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Nemours Children's Hospital (3/2017 - present)
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Central Florida College of Medicine (5/2017-present)
Professor of Surgery, University of Central Florida College of Medicine (7/2022-present)
Other Interests
Pediatric heart and lung transplantation
Aortic valve disease in children
ECMO
Tetralogy of Fallot
Surgical outcomes in congenital heart disease
Surgery for adults with congenital heart disease
Additional Educational Information
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., Biology 2000) UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (M.S.C.R. 2016)
Practice Areas
- Congenital
- Aortic valve disease
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Pulmonary valve disease
- Congenital
- Adult congenital procedures
- Basic science