Stephen Craig Nelson, MD

Dr. Stephen Nelson completed his Board Certification in Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric from American Board of Pediatrics. He attended medical school and completed his pediatric residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. His pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship was completed at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He joined the hematology/oncology program at Children's of Minnesota in 1993. He is the co-director of the Vascular Anomalies Center. His interests include caring for patients with sickle cell disease and working to decrease racial health care disparities.   Representative Publications: Graph theory analysis reveals how sickle cell disease impacts neural networks of patients with more severe disease Hydroxyurea use in young infants with sickle cell disease Whole blood tissue factor procoagulant activity is elevated in patients with sickle cell disease Weekend very high-dose intravenous deferoxamine in children with transfusional iron overload Emergency management of sickle cell disease complications: review and practice guidelines Online profile