Overview
Dr. Gary Nelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Utah. He is a general child neurologist and sees patients with any neurological concerns. He has special interest in pediatric stroke, autoimmune and parainfectious neurological disease, quality improvement, and inpatient and critical care neurology. Dr. Nelson received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine after completing undergraduate training at Brigham Young University. He completed a Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Neurology fellowship at the University of Utah. He is board-certified in Neurology (with special qualification in Child Neurology) and board-eligible in Pediatrics.
Dr. Nelson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy Juvenile Absence. His top areas of expertise are Pyridoxine Deficiency, West Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Absence Seizure.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
81 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113
81 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, Suite 1500, Salt Lake City, UT 84113
2250 North Miller Campus Drive, Lehi, UT 84043
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- EpilepsyDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- Epilepsy Juvenile AbsenceDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.
- Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic SeizuresDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures.
- Myoclonic EpilepsyDr. Nelson isExperienced. Learn about Myoclonic Epilepsy.