Dr. Aaron Nelson, MD MBS FAAP FAAN

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Academic Titles:

Director, Child Neurology Residency

Director, Epilepsy, Bellevue Hospital Center

Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

 
Training

MD, Mayo Medical School, the Mayo Clinic

MBS in Molecular Neuroscience, Mayo Graduate School

Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Chief Resident for Child Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center

BS in Zoological Neuroscience with High Honors and Lyman-Briggs Distinction, Michigan State University

Certification

Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Specialty Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

Fellow, American Academy of Neurology

Recognition

Student Recognition Award, Mayo Medical School

Award of Appreciation, American Medical Association

Alumni Distinguished Scholar, Michigan State University

NYUGSOM Department of Neurology Rising Educator Award

Outstanding Young Leader Award, Zumbro Valley Medical Society

Medical Student Leadership Award, Minnesota Medical Association

Innovator Award for Teaching Excellence, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award, American Academy of Neurology (X2)

NYU Department of Neurology Child Neurology Award for Excellence in Teaching (x2)

NYU Langone Academy Advanced Interprofessional Leadership Development Program

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Education Mission Leadership Development Program

Resident / Fellow of the Month (Cornell and Columbia Campuses), New York-Presbyterian Hospital