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CURRICULUM VITAE

James Nelson MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Gastroenterology and Hepatology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
- 1979 B. S.- Education/Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- 1983 M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
1983 - 1986 Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University 300 South Hawthorne Road, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
1986 - 1987 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
1987 - 1989 Fellowship, Gastroenterology, North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/1992 - 12/21/1995 Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
1994 - 1995 Assistant Chief, Internal Medicine/Visiting Medical Staff, Carolinas Medical Center
01/01/1995 - 12/21/1995 Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
2000 - 2003 Chairman, Endoscopy Committee, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Racine, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1989 - 1995 Gastroenterologist, Charlotte Medical Clinic, Inc. of Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
1989 - 1995 Attending, Gastroenterology Consult Service, Carolinas Medical Center
1992 - 1994 Operating, Charlotte Medical Clinic, Inc, Charlotte, NC
07/01/1993 - 12/21/1995 Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina at Chapel Hill
07/01/1996 - 04/15/2004 Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/1996 - 04/15/2004 Part - Time Faculty, Gastroenterology, Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital GI Clinic, Milwaukee, WI
1996 - 2004 Gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Consultants, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI
2004 - Present Consulting Gastroenterologist, St. John’s Hospital, St. Paul, MN
2004 - Present Consulting Gastroenterologist, St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Paul, MN
2004 - Present Gastroenterologist / Shareholder, MNGI Digestive Health, Minneapolis, MN
2004 - Present Consulting Gastroenterologist, United Hospital St. Paul, MN, St. Paul, MN
11/01/2025 - Present Associate Chief, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Internal Medicine
1986
None
Gastroenterology
1989
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin State Medical License
37286
1995
None
Minnesota State Medical License
2003
None
DEA
AN2726505
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1983 AOA Medical Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1990 - Present American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Member)
1991 - Present American Gastroenterological Association (Member)

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Prior
Non-Peer Review
Title:
AGA Senior Research Fellow Award
Dates:
1988 - Present
Direct Funds:
$7,500
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
James Nelson, MD, Poster and Research Session Presentation, American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1986
James Nelson, MD, Poster Session Presentation, American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
James Nelson, MD, Poster and Research Session Presentation, American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
James Nelson, MD, Poster Session Presentation, American Federation of Clinical Research Meetings, San Diego, California, 1987
James Nelson, MD, Poster Session Presentation (Publ. 7), International Conference on Gastroenteric Biology, Oxnard, California, 1988
James Nelson, MD, Plenary Session Presentation, Southern Section (Publ. 7), American Federation of Clinical Research Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989
James Nelson, MD, Poster Session Presentation (Publ. 5,6), American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Regional
James Nelson, MD, Acute Erosive Gastritis: Aspirin and the ICU, Medical Grand Rounds, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, 08/22/1989
James Nelson, MD, Scoping in the 90’s, SGNA Seminar – Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, 12/02/1989
James Nelson, MD, Peptic Ulcer Disease 1995- No Acid, No Ulcer?, Carolinas Medical Center 1995 Spring Symposium, 05/19/1995
James Nelson, MD, Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum, Update in GI, Gateway Technical College/Kenosha, Wisconsin, 10/10/1995
James Nelson, MD, Peptic Ulcer Disease/ H. pylori, Gastroenterology for the Primary Care Physician, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 10/27/1995 - 10/28/1995
James Nelson, MD, Congenital Anomalies of the Biliary Tract, Endoscopic Ultrasonography and Therapeutic ERCP Courses for Physicians, Nurses, and Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/11/1996 - 09/14/1996
James Nelson, MD, Congenital Anomalies of the Biliary Tract, Physicians’ Therapeutic ERCP IX Course, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/13/1996
James Nelson, MD, Pancreatitis: Overview on Evaluation and Treatment, Therapeutic ERCP Conference for Nurses and Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/10/1997 - 09/13/1997
James Nelson, MD, Congenital Lesions of the Biliary Tract, Endoscopic Therapeutic ERCP X Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/10/1997 - 09/13/1997
James Nelson, MD, Chemical Denervation of the LES: Botox Experience in Achalasia, Endoscopic Therapeutic ERCP X Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/10/1997 - 09/13/1997
James Nelson, MD, Live Demonstrations (Biliary focus), Endoscopic Therapeutic ERCP Conference for Nurses and Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 04/03/1998 - 04/04/1998
James Nelson, MD, Complications of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy, Therapeutic ERCP Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 03/19/1999 - 03/20/1999
James Nelson, MD, Endotherapy of Chronic Pancreatitis, Therapeutic ERCP Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 03/19/1999 - 03/20/1999
James Nelson, MD, The Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis C, Coulee Region Pharmaceutical Association, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 03/30/1999
James Nelson, MD, Hepatitis B & C: When and How to Treat, Keynote Talk: Fourth Annual Symposium-Interdisciplinary Approach to Common GI Problems and Pancreatic Biliary Abnormalities for Primary Care Physicians and Mid-Level Providers, Kohler, Wisconsin, 06/04/1999 - 06/05/1999
James Nelson, MD, Hepatitis C in the Next Millenium, Madison Area Physicians, Madison, Wisconsin, 09/05/1999
James Nelson, MD, Management of Difficult Bile Duct Stones, Therapeutic Pancreatic and Biliary Endoscopy for the New Millennium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 04/06/2000 - 04/08/2000
James Nelson, MD, Efficacy of Rebetron (Interferon and Ribavirin) Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Patients with Interferon-Refractory or Interferon-Relapsed Chronic Hepatitis C, Poster Presentation-Aurora Health Care Scientific Day, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 05/17/2001
James Nelson, MD, NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease): It’s Not Just Fat Anymore, Sixth Annual Symposium-Interdisciplinary Approach to Common GI Problems and Pancreatic Biliary Abnormalities for Primary Care Physicians and Mid-Level Providers, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 06/15/2001 - 06/16/2001
James Nelson, MD, Endoscopic Removal of Large CBD Stones, Diagnostic and Therapeutic ERCP Symposium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/20/2001 - 09/22/2001
James Nelson, MD, Pancreatic Trauma, Diagnostic and Therapeutic ERCP Symposium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 09/20/2001 - 09/22/2001
Hepatitis C: Evaluation & Treatment Update, Filipino Medical Society of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 05/16/2002
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Hospital
1990 - 1994 Member, Quality Assurance, Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center
1990 - 1995 Member, Endoscopy, Carolinas Medical Center
1992 - 1994 Member, Operating, Charlotte Medical Clinic, Inc.
1993 - 1994 Chairman, Dietary and Nutrition, Carolinas Medical Center
01/01/1996 - 04/15/2004 Member, Pancreatic Biliary, Midwest Pancreatic Biliary Group
01/01/1996 - 04/15/2004 Member, Pancreatic Biliary, Pancreatic Biliary Center, St. Luke’s Medical Center
07/01/1996 - 06/30/1998 Member, Medical, St. Mary’s Medical Center
07/01/1996 - 04/15/2004 Member, Endoscopy, St. Mary’s Medical Center
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abstracts
1. Nelson JB, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: Age-related changes in smooth muscle activity of rat ileum. Gastroenterology 1986; 90: 1564
2. Nelson JB, Dunlap CE, Castell DO, Bo WF: Histologic changes associated with aging in rat ileal smooth muscle: Correlation with physiologic data. Gastroenterology 1987; 92: 1551
3. Nelson JB, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: Age-associated changes in rat ileal smooth muscle: the role of neural regulation. Clin res 1987: 35:421A
4. Nelson JB, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: Evaluating age-related changes in rat ileal smooth muscle using KCl and chemical skinning. Gastroenterology 1987:92:1551
5. Nelson JB, Castell DO, Cassidy KT, Dunlap CI: Age-related evolution of excitatory and inhibitory neural systems in rat ileal smooth muscle. Gastroenterology 1988: 94:A323
6. Dunlap CE, Mattox HE, Nelson JB, Castell DO: Morphometric analysis of enteric neurons in the small intestine of the fisher rat across age. Gastroenterology 1988; 94 :A107
7. Nelson JB, Cassidy KT, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: Aging is associated with changes in excitatory and inhibitory innervation of the rat duodenum. Clin Res 1989; 37: 14A
8. Nelson JB, Cassidy KT, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: Age-related alterations in the response of the rat duodenum during electrical field stimulation: evolution of the VIP-nergic system. Gastroenterology 1989; 96:A363
9. Nelson JB, Cassidy KT, Castell DO, Dunlap CE: The role of purine nucleotides in regulating age-associated responses of the rat duodenum. Gastroenterology 1989; 96:A363
10. Nelson JB, Castell DO. Esophageal motility disorders. Dis Mon. 1988 Jun;34(6):297-389.
11. MF Catalano, P Pruessing, DJ Geenen, MJ Schmalz, JB Nelson, GK Johnson, E Alcocer, WJ Hogan, JE Geenen. Chronic acalculous cholecystitis: Correlation of hepatobiliary scan, clinical assessment, laboratory data and final histopathology Gastroenterology. .
12. Nelson JB, Richter JE. Upper esophageal motility disorders. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1989 Jun;18(2):195-222.
13. Qazi FM, Geisinger KR, Nelson JB, Moran JR, Hopkins MB 3rd. Symptomatic congenital gastroenteric duplication cyst of the esophagus containing exocrine and endocrine pancreatic tissues. Am J Gastroenterol. 1990 Jan;85(1):65-7.
14. McDuffie SR, Nelson JB, Scobey MW. Unusual presentation of an unusual type of choledochal cyst. Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Oct;90(10):1884-5.