SteveNelsonMD

Pulmonology • New Orleans, LA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Professor, Medicine, LSU School of Medicine New Orleans

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Office
1514 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70121
Phone+1 504-842-4000

Summary

Dr. Steve Nelson, MD is a pulmonologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana, Missouri, and Maryland. He is a Professor at LSU School of Medicine New Orleans.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1981
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1981 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1985 - 2024
MO State Medical License 2000 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

64 citations
Early transition to oral antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia: duration of therapy, clinical outcomes, and cost analysis
K. Omidvari, B.P. de Boisblanc, G. Karam, Steve Nelson, Edward F. Haponik
Respiratory Medicine. 1998-08-01
33 citations
Neutrophil-mediated lung permeability and host defense proteins
Stephen P. Kantrow, Zhiwei Shen, Tonya Jagneaux, Ping Zhang, Steve Nelson
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2009-07-31
192 citations
Alcohol, host defence and society
Steve Nelson, Jay K. Kolls
Nature Reviews. Immunology. 2002-03-01

Press Mentions

This LSU Leader Has One Big Goal to Transform Cancer Care and Louisiana HealthAugust 18th, 2024
Luke Glancy, Esteemed Cardiologist and Educator of Doctors Across Louisiana, Dies at 87April 25th, 2022
LSU Health Dean of Medicine Dr. Steve Nelson Appointed Interim ChancellorApril 7th, 2022
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