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Dr. Nelson is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Division. He is chief editor of the ultrasound education website, www.SinaiEM.us. He is coauthor of the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound as well as the Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated (Cambridge University Press). He serves on the Board of Directors of the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound (WINFOCUS) and as Chair of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s Point of Care Community of Practice. He is a member of the national faculty of the American College of Chest Physicians’ ultrasonography course, as well as The Difficulty Airway Course. He is active in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)'s Ultrasound Section and was among the authors of ACEP's 2008 Emergency Ultrasound Guidelines.
Dr. Nelson has lectured throughout the world on the use of point-of-care ultrasound to aid medical decision-making and improve patient safety. His research interests include ultrasound and medical education. Dr. Nelson is a receipient of ACEP's National Faculty Teaching Award and the 2014 SAEM Ultrasound Faculty Education Award. He is a Master Educator level member of Mount Sinai’s Institute for Medical Education.
Chair, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) n Point of Care Community of Practice
Board of Directors, WINFOCUS
Professor, Ultrasound Leadership Academy
ACEP Ultrasound Section- Billing and Coding Committee
Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Anaphylaxis
- Emergency Ultrasound
Education
MD, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
Residency, Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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2008
Excellence in Teaching -
2007
Attending of the Year Award -
2005
Exellence in Teach Award -
2004
Resident Teach Award -
2004
Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Emergency Ultrasound
Dr. Nelson has studied the use of portable ultrasound in out-of-hospital and resource poor environments as well as multimodal approaches to ultrasound education. In addition, Dr. Nelson is evaluating the use of ultrasound in medical school curriculum and the value to residents when used on the wards.
Nelson BP, Melnick ER, Li J. Portable ultrasound for remote environments, part II: current indications. The Journal of emergency medicine 2011 Mar; 40(3).
Nelson BP, Melnick ER, Li J. Portable ultrasound for remote environments, Part I: Feasibility of field deployment. The Journal of emergency medicine 2011 Feb; 40(2).
Melnick ER, Melnick JR, Nelson BP. Pelvic ultrasound in acute appendicitis. The Journal of emergency medicine 2010 Feb; 38(2).
Regan L, Stahmer S, Nyce A, Nelson BP, Moscati R, Gisondi MA, Hopson LR. Scholarly tracks in emergency medicine. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 Oct; 17 Suppl 2.
Heegaard W, Hildebrandt D, Spear D, Chason K, Nelson B, Ho J. Prehospital ultrasound by paramedics: results of field trial. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 Jun; 17(6).
Hermann LK, Weingart SD, Yoon YM, Genes NG, Nelson BP, Shearer PL, Duvall WL, Henzlova MJ. Comparison of frequency of inducible myocardial ischemia in patients presenting to emergency department with typical versus atypical or nonanginal chest pain. The American journal of cardiology 2010 Jun; 105(11).
Noble VE, Liteplo AS, Nelson BP, Thomas SH. The impact of analgesia on the diagnostic accuracy of the sonographic Murphy's sign. European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine 2010 Apr; 17(2).
Noble VE, Nelson BP, Sutingco AN. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press;.
Nelson BP, Chason K. Use of ultrasound by emergency medical services: a review. International journal of emergency medicine 2008 Dec; 1(4).
Nelson BP, Patel VR, Norris MM, Richardson BK. The utility of cardiac sonography and capnography in predicting outcome in cardiac arrest. International journal of emergency medicine 2008 Sep; 1(3).
Nelson BP. Making straight suture needles a little safer: a technique to keep fingers from harm's way. The Journal of emergency medicine 2008 Feb; 34(2).
Okuda Y, Nelson BP. Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press; 2006.
Noble VE, Nelson BP, Sutingco AN, Marill KA, Cranmer H. Assessment of knowledge retention and the value of proctored ultrasound exams after the introduction of an emergency ultrasound curriculum. BMC medical education 2007; 7.
Nelson BP, Meyers CM, Hermann LK. Images in emergency medicine. Hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Annals of emergency medicine 2007 Jun; 49(6).
Nelson BP, Basavaraju SV, Baumlin K. Sonographic diagnosis of axillary artery aneurysm presenting as painful axillary mass. Annals of emergency medicine 2006 Sep; 48(3).
Andrews M, Nelson BP. Atrial fibrillation. The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York 2006 Jan; 73(1).
Nelson BP, Senecal EL, Hong C, Ptak T, Thomas SH. Opioid analgesia and assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign. The Journal of emergency medicine 2005 May; 28(4).
Nelson BP, Cohen D, Lander O, Crawford N, Viccellio AW, Singer AJ. Mandated pain scales improve frequency of ED analgesic administration. The American journal of emergency medicine 2004 Nov; 22(7).
Nelson BP, Sanghvi A. Out of hospital point of care ultrasound: current use models and future directions. European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society 2015 Feb;.
Huang JV, Sanghvi A, Tsung JW, Nelson BP. A woman in her 70s presented to the ED complaining of worsening shortness of breath. Chest 2014 Dec; 146(6).
Bentley S, Hexom B, Nelson BP. Evaluation of an Obstetric Ultrasound Curriculum for Midwives in Liberia. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2015 Sep; 34(9).
Nelson BP, Narula J. How Relevant Is Point-of-Care Ultrasound in LMIC?. Global heart 2013 Dec; 8(4).
Lakoff DJ, Barghash MH, Lorin S, Ungaro R, Nguyen VT, Baumgardner J, Nelson BP, Narula J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound and the Rapid Response System. Global heart 2013 Dec; 8(4).
Nelson BP, Sanghvi A. Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound: Feasibility of Performance by Noncardiologists. Global heart 2013 Dec; 8(4).
Akhtar S, Hwang U, Dickman E, Nelson BP, Morrison RS, Todd KH. A brief educational intervention is effective in teaching the femoral nerve block procedure to first-year emergency medicine residents. The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Nov; 45(5).
Hermann L, Nelson BP. Editorial: diagnostic testing. Current cardiology reviews 2012 May; 8(2).
Regan L, Stahmer S, Nyce A, Nelson BP, Moscati R, Gisondi MA, Hopson LR. Scholarly tracks in emergency medicine. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 Oct; 17 Suppl 2.
Heegaard W, Hildebrandt D, Spear D, Chason K, Nelson B, Ho J. Prehospital ultrasound by paramedics: results of field trial. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2010 Jun; 17(6).
Hermann LK, Weingart SD, Yoon YM, Genes NG, Nelson BP, Shearer PL, Duvall WL, Henzlova MJ. Comparison of frequency of inducible myocardial ischemia in patients presenting to emergency department with typical versus atypical or nonanginal chest pain. The American journal of cardiology 2010 Jun; 105(11).
Nelson BP, Melnick ER, Li J. Portable ultrasound for remote environments, part II: current indications. The Journal of emergency medicine 2011 Mar; 40(3).
Nelson BP, Melnick ER, Li J. Portable ultrasound for remote environments, Part I: Feasibility of field deployment. The Journal of emergency medicine 2011 Feb; 40(2).
Noble VE, Liteplo AS, Nelson BP, Thomas SH. The impact of analgesia on the diagnostic accuracy of the sonographic Murphy's sign. European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine 2010 Apr; 17(2).
Nelson BP, Chason K. Use of ultrasound by emergency medical services: a review. International journal of emergency medicine 2008 Dec; 1(4).
Nelson BP, Patel VR, Norris MM, Richardson BK. The utility of cardiac sonography and capnography in predicting outcome in cardiac arrest. International journal of emergency medicine 2008 Sep; 1(3).
Melnick ER, Melnick JR, Nelson BP. Pelvic ultrasound in acute appendicitis. The Journal of emergency medicine 2010 Feb; 38(2).
Nelson BP. Making straight suture needles a little safer: a technique to keep fingers from harm's way. The Journal of emergency medicine 2008 Feb; 34(2).
Noble VE, Nelson BP, Sutingco AN, Marill KA, Cranmer H. Assessment of knowledge retention and the value of proctored ultrasound exams after the introduction of an emergency ultrasound curriculum. BMC medical education 2007; 7.
Nelson BP, Meyers CM, Hermann LK. Images in emergency medicine. Hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Annals of emergency medicine 2007 Jun; 49(6).
Nelson BP, Basavaraju SV, Baumlin K. Sonographic diagnosis of axillary artery aneurysm presenting as painful axillary mass. Annals of emergency medicine 2006 Sep; 48(3).
Andrews M, Nelson BP. Atrial fibrillation. The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York 2006 Jan; 73(1).
Nelson BP, Senecal EL, Hong C, Ptak T, Thomas SH. Opioid analgesia and assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign. The Journal of emergency medicine 2005 May; 28(4).
Nelson BP, Cohen D, Lander O, Crawford N, Viccellio AW, Singer AJ. Mandated pain scales improve frequency of ED analgesic administration. The American journal of emergency medicine 2004 Nov; 22(7).
Okuda Y, Nelson BP. Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated 2nd Ed.2015. New York, Cambridge University Press;.
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