Dr. Keith J. Nelson, M.D.
Now Accepting Select Health Insurance
Education
High School: Logan High School – Logan, UT (1979)
University: Utah State University – Logan, UT
BS Degree (1986)
University of Utah School of Medicine – SLC, UT
MD (May 1991)
Internship: Surgical Internship (Categorical)
LAC/USC Medical Center – Los Angeles, CA
Completed June 1992
Residency: USC Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
LAC/USC Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Los Angeles, CA
Licenses: State of Utah
State of Idaho
Scholastic: Passed on the Initial Sittings of
* National Medical Boards Part I
* National Medical Boards Part II
* National Medical Boards Part III
* American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Board Certified – July 1999
Other Experience
Advantage Care Industrial Health Care Facilities – 3 ½ Yrs
(Experienced Industrial Emergency Treatment and Care)
Teaching Experience
University of Utah School of Medicine
Department of Histology (1987-1988)
Utah State University
Department of Biology
* Physiology 1986-1987
* Anatomy 1986-1987
* Embryology 1986-1987
* Cell Biology 1985-1987
Abstracts
Nelson, KJ, Hofmann, AA, Dorr, L, Bloebaum, RD: Origins of delamination in heat pressed polyethylene tibial components. ORS, 15:30, 1990
Nelson, KJ, Hofmann, AA, Dorr, L: Origins of delamination of polyethylene. Clin Res 37(1): 224A, 1989
Nelson, KJ, Hofmann, AA, Dorr, L: Use of polarized light microscopy in analysis of material wear in tibial components. Trans Soc Biomet XI:19, 1998
Nelson, KJ, Lyman, D: Investigation of early surface delamination observed in clinically retrieved heat pressed tibial inserts. AAOS, March 1991
Certificate and Licensure
Bloebaum, RD, Nelson, KN, Lyman, D, Dorr L, Hofmann, AA: Investigation of early surface delamination observed in retrieved heat pressed tibial inserts. Clinical Orthopaedics, 1991
Presentations
Nelson, KJ, Hoffman, AA, Dorr, L, Bloebaum, RD: Origins of delamination in heat pressed polyethylene tibial components. ORS 15:30, 1990
Nelson, KJ, Hofmann, AA, Dorr, L: Use of polarized light microscopy in analysis of material wear in tibial components. Trans Soc Biomet XI:19, 1988
Nelson, KJ, Lyman, D: Investigation of early surface delamination observed in clinically retrieved heat pressed tibial inserts. AAOS #298, 1991
Nelson, KJ, Reynolds, RR: Comparison of MRI and arthroscopic findings in symptomatic pediatric knees. Grand Rounds USC Lecture Series, Sept. 1996
Nelson, KJ, Skedros, J, McPherson: Evaluation and comparison of collagen orientation in human femora at the neck, sub-trochanteric and diaphyseal region. June 1996