Gary Rex Nelson
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Gary Rex Nelson, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

Salt Lake City
801-213-3599

Primary Children’s Layton Outpatient Services

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Layton Hospital, Pediatric Neurology
Layton
801-213-3599

Pocatello Children's Clinic

Pocatello
208-232-1443

  • Dr. Gary Nelson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Utah. He is a general child neurologist and sees patients with any neurological concerns. He has special interest in pediatric stroke, quality improvement, and inpatient and critical care neurology.

    Dr. Nelson received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine after completing undergraduate training at Brigham Young University. He completed a Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Neurology fellowship at the University of Utah. He is board-certified in Neurology (with special qualification in Child Neurology).

    Specialties

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  • Dr. Gary Nelson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the University of Utah. He is a general child neurologist and sees patients with any neurological concerns. He has special interest in pediatric stroke, quality improvement, and inpatient and critical care neurology.

    Dr. Nelson received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine after completing undergraduate training at Brigham Young University. He completed a Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Neurology fellowship at the University of Utah. He is board-certified in Neurology (with special qualification in Child Neurology).

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Neurology

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Neurology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Categorical Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Fellowship Drug Development and Design - National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging, Drug Design and Development Section, Labor Predoctoral Fellow
    Professional Medical Medicine with Research and Teaching Distinction Tracks - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Major: Neuroscience; Minor: Analytic Thinking - Brigham Young University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Slater T, Zimmerli J, Nelson GR, Bonkowsky JL (2023). Rapid Access Scheduler: A Web-Based System for Direct Provider Scheduling to Pediatric Neurology. Neurol Clin Pract, 14(1), e200233. (Read full article)
    2. Bassani S, Chrast J, Ambrosini G, Voisin N, Schtz F, Brusco A, Sirchia F, Turban L, Schubert S, Jamra RA, Schlump JU, DeMille D, Bayrak-Toydemir P, Nelson GR, Wong KN, Duncan L, Mosera M, Gilissen C, Vissers LELM, Pfundt R, Kersseboom R, Yttervik H, Hansen GM, Falkenberg Smeland M, Butler KM, Lyons MJ, Carvalho CMB, Zhang C, Lupski JR, Potocki L, Flores-Gallegos L, Morales-Toquero R, Petit F, Yalcin B, Tuttle A, Elloumi HZ, Mccormick L, Kukolich M, Klaas O, Horvath J, Scala M, Iacomino M, Operto F, Zara F, Writzl K, Maver A, Haanp MK, Pohjola P, Arikka H, Iseli C, Guex N, Reymond A (2024). Variant-specific pathophysiological mechanisms of AFF3 differently influence transcriptome profiles. (Read full article)
    3. McKnight D, Morales A, Hatchell KE, Bristow SL, Bonkowsky JL, Perry MS, Berg AT, Borlot F, Esplin ED, Moretz C, Angione K, Ros-Pohl L, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S, ELEVIATE Consortium, Haldeman-Englert CR, Levy RJ, Parachuri VG, Lay-Son G, de Montellano DJD, Ramirez-Garcia MA, Bentez Alonso EO, Ziobro J, Chirita-Emandi A, Felix TM, Kulasa-Luke D, Megarbane A, Karkare S, Chagnon SL, Humberson JB, Assaf MJ, Silva S, Zarroli K, Boyarchuk O, Nelson GR, Palmquist R, Hammond KC, Hwang ST, Boutlier SB, Nolan M, Batley KY, Chavda D, Reyes-Silva CA, Miroshnikov O, Zuccarelli B, Amlie-Wolf L, Wheless JW, Seinfeld S, Kanhangad M, Freeman JL, Monroy-Santoyo S, Rodriguez-Vazquez N, Ryan MM, Machie M, Guerra P, Hassan MJ, Candee MS, Bupp CP, Park KL, Muller E 2nd, Lupo P, Pedersen RC, Arain AM, Murphy A, Schatz K, Mu W, Kalika PM, Plaza L, Kellogg MA, Lora EG, Carson RP, Svystilnyk V, Venegas V, Luke RR, Jiang H, Stetsenko T, Dueas-Roque MM, Trasmonte J, Burke RJ, Hurst ACE, Smith DM, Massingham LJ, Pisani L, Costin CE, Ostrander B, Filloux FM, Ananth AL, Mohamed IS, Nechai A, Dao JM, Fahey MC, Aliu E, Falchek S, Press CA, Treat L, Eschbach K, Starks A, Kammeyer R, Bear JJ, Jacobson M, Chernuha V, Meibos B, Wong K, Sweney MT, Espinoza AC, Van Orman CB, Weinstock A, Kumar A, Soler-Alfonso C, Nolan DA, Raza M, Rojas Carrion MD, Chari G, Marsh ED, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, Parikh S, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Fulton S, Sogawa Y, Burns K, Malets M, Montiel Blanco JD, Habela CW, Wilson CA, Guzmn GG, Pavliuk M (2022). Genetic Testing to Inform Epilepsy Treatment Management From an International Study of Clinical Practice. JAMA Neurol, 79(12), 1267-1276. (Read full article)
    4. Espinoza AC, Wright MA, Candee MS, Trandafir C, Nelson GR (2021). Child Neurology: Late-Onset Vitamin B6-Dependent Epilepsy Identified by Rapid Genome Sequencing. Neurology, 96(19), 911-914. (Read full article)
    5. Cortese MM, Kambhampati AK, Schuster JE, Alhinai Z, Nelson GR, Guzman Perez-Carrillo GJ, Vossough A, Smit MA, McKinstry RC, Zinkus T, Moore KR, Rogg JM, Candee MS, Sejvar JJ, Hopkins SE (2020). A ten-year retrospective evaluation of acute flaccid myelitis at 5 pediatric centers in the United States, 2005-2014. PLoS One, 15(2), e0228671. (Read full article)