Edward W. Nelson

Edward W. Nelson, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Surgery

Divisions: Surgical Oncology

Board Certification

  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Edward W. Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery. A major focus of Dr. Nelson’s practice is the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Dr. Nelson was instrumental in creating the multi-disciplinary Comprehensive Breast Care Center treating breast cancer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Hospital. An early proponent of the sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure for breast cancer, Dr. Nelson was the University of Utah principal investigator in two national trials, the NSABP B-32 and the ACOSOG Z0010 and Z0011 studies. For 30 years, Dr. Nelson performed kidney transplants for children and adults, and was largely responsible for sustaining the kidney transplant program while encouraging the growth of the transplantation program at the University of Utah. Dr. Nelson is also highly proficient with open and laparoscopic surgery approaches in the diagnosis and repair of hernias, diseases of the parathyroid, and those illnesses in which a splenectomy is required.

Education History

Undergraduate Arizona State University
 BA
Professional Medical University of Utah Hospital School of Medicine
 MD
Internship L.A. County Harbor
 Intern
Residency University of Utah School of Medicine
 Resident
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Nelson EW, Mone M (1999). Splenectomy in high-risk patients with splenomegaly. American journal of surgery, 178(6), 581-6. (Read full article)
  2. Gawlick U, Mone MC, Hansen HJ, Connors RC, Nelson E (2008). Selective use of intraoperative sentinel lymph node pathological evaluation in breast cancer. American journal of surgery, 196(6), 851-5; discussion 855-6. (Read full article)
  3. Gawlick U, Mone MC, Nelson ET, Hansen HJ, Nelson E (2010). Success in sentinel lymph node procedures in obese patients with breast cancer. American journal of surgery, 200(6), 707-10; discussion 710-1. (Read full article)
  4. Scaife CL, Gross ME, Mone MC, Hansen HJ, Litz CL, Nelson ET, Anderson CJ, Wagner G, Gawlick U, Nelson E (2010). Antibiotic prophylaxis in the placement of totally implanted central venous access ports. American journal of surgery, 200(6), 719-22; disussion 722-3. (Read full article)
  5. Nelson ET, Gross ME, Mone MC, Hansen HJ, Nelson EW, Scaife C (2013). A survey of American College of Surgery fellows evaluating their use of antibiotic prophylaxis in the placement of subcutaneously implanted central venous access ports. American journal of surgery, 206(6), 1034-9; discussion 1039-40. (Read full article)
  6. Bowen ME, Mone MC, Nelson EW, Scaife C (2014). Image-guided placement of long-term central venous catheters reduces complications and cost. American journal of surgery, 208(6), 937-41; discussion 941. (Read full article)
  7. Russell KW, Mone MC, Serpico VJ, Ward C, Lynch J, Neumayer LA, Nelson E (2014). Optimal utilization of a breast care advanced practice clinician. American journal of surgery, 208(6), 1054-9; discussion 1058-9. (Read full article)
  8. Scaife CL, Mone MC, Bowen ME, Swords DS, Zhang C, Presson AP, Nelson E (2018). Perioperative antibiotics should be used for placement of implanted central venous ports: A propensity analysis evaluating risk. American journal of surgery, 216(6), 1135-1143. (Read full article)
  9. Winslow GA, Nelson E (1995). Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: indications for and results of splenectomy. American journal of surgery, 170(6), 558-61; discussion 561-3. (Read full article)
  10. Bowen ME, Mone MC, Buys SS, Sheng X, Nelson E (2017). Surgical Outcomes for Mastectomy Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Annals of surgery, 265(3), 448-456. (Read full article)
  11. Nolan KD, Mone MC, Nelson E (2005). Plasma cell neoplasms. Review of disease progression and report of a new variant. Surgical oncology, 14(2), 85-90. (Read full article)
  12. Crompton JA, Somerville T, Smith L, Corbett J, Nelson E, Holman J, Shihab F (2003). Lack of economic benefit with basiliximab induction in living related donor adult renal transplant recipients. Pharmacotherapy, 23(4), 443-50. (Read full article)
  13. Bailey SH, Mone MC, Holman JM, Nelson E (2003). Laparoscopic treatment of post renal transplant lymphoceles. Surgical endoscopy, 17(12), 1896-9. (Read full article)
  14. Nelson EW, Gross ME, Mone MC, Hansen HJ, Sheng X, Cannon KM, Alder (2011). Does ultrasonic energy for surgical dissection reduce the incidence of renal transplant lymphocele?. Transplantation proceedings, 43(10), 3755-9. (Read full article)
  15. Nelson EW, Mone MC, Nelson ET, Hansen HJ, Gawlick U, Alder (2013). Evolution of trends in the live kidney transplant donor-recipient relationship. Transplantation proceedings, 45(1), 57-64. (Read full article)
  16. Moore M, Burak WE Jr, Nelson E, Kearney T, Simmons R, Mayers L, Spotnitz W (2001). Fibrin sealant reduces the duration and amount of fluid drainage after axillary dissection: a randomized prospective clinical trial. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 192(5), 591-9. (Read full article)
  17. Bailey SH, Mone MC, Nelson E (2002). Transplantation of crossed fused ectopic kidneys into a single recipient. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 194(2), 147-50. (Read full article)
  18. DeRose YS, Wang G, Lin YC, Bernard PS, Buys SS, Ebbert MT, Factor R, Matsen C, Milash BA, Nelson E, Neumayer L, Randall RL, Stijleman IJ, Welm BE, Welm A (2011). Tumor grafts derived from women with breast cancer authentically reflect tumor pathology, growth, metastasis and disease outcomes. Nature medicine, 17(11), 1514-20. (Read full article)
  19. Hu Z, Fan C, Oh DS, Marron JS, He X, Qaqish BF, Livasy C, Carey LA, Reynolds E, Dressler L, Nobel A, Parker J, Ewend MG, Sawyer LR, Wu J, Liu Y, Nanda R, Tretiakova M, Ruiz Orrico A, Dreher D, Palazzo JP, Perreard L, Nelson E, Mone M, Hansen H, Mullins M, Quackenbush JF, Ellis MJ, Olopade OI, Bernard PS, Perou C (2006). The molecular portraits of breast tumors are conserved across microarray platforms. BMC genomics, 7(1), 96. (Read full article)
  20. Perreard L, Fan C, Quackenbush JF, Mullins M, Gauthier NP, Nelson E, Mone M, Hansen H, Buys SS, Rasmussen K, Orrico AR, Dreher D, Walters R, Parker J, Hu Z, He X, Palazzo JP, Olopade OI, Szabo A, Perou CM, Bernard P (2006). Classification and risk stratification of invasive breast carcinomas using a real-time quantitative RT-PCR assay. Breast cancer research, 8(2), R23. (Read full article)
  21. Privette A, Fenton SJ, Mone MC, Kennedy AM, Nelson E (2005). Desmoid tumor: a case of mistaken identity. The breast journal, 11(1), 60-4. (Read full article)
  22. Serpico V, Mone M, Zhang C, Presson A, Matsen C, Junkins S, Killian H, Porretta J, Agarwal J, Nelson (2020). Standard preoperative use of nonopioid multi-modal medications for patients undergoing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction and the effect on postoperative opioid needs. The breast journal, 26(5), 966-970. (Read full article)
  23. Buchanan C, Smith L, Corbett J, Nelson E, Shihab (2006). A retrospective analysis of ezetimibe treatment in renal transplant recipients. American journal of transplantation, 6(4), 770-4. (Read full article)
  24. Cohen AL, Factor RE, Mooney K, Salama ME, Wade M, Serpico V, Ostrander E, Nelson E, Porretta J, Matsen C, Bernard P, Boucher K, Neumayer (2017). POWERPIINC (PreOperative Window of Endocrine TheRapy Provides Information to Increase Compliance) trial: Changes in tumor proliferation index and quality of life with 7 days of preoperative tamoxifen. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 31, 219-223. (Read full article)
  25. Agarwal S, Nelson EW, Agarwal J (2011). Local recurrence of breast cancer 52 years after halsted mastectomy: is there a role for more aggressive ipsilateral surveillance?. Case reports in oncological medicine, 2011, 107370. (Read full article)
  26. Guillen KP, Fujita M, Butterfield AJ, Scherer SD, Bailey MH, Chu Z, DeRose YS, Zhao L, Cortes-Sanchez E, Yang CH, Toner J, Wang G, Qiao Y, Huang X, Greenland JA, Vahrenkamp JM, Lum DH, Factor RE, Nelson EW, Matsen CB, Poretta JM, Rosenthal R, Beck AC, Buys SS, Vaklavas C, Ward JH, Jensen RL, Jones KB, Li Z, Oesterreich S, Dobrolecki LE, Pathi SS, Woo XY, Berrett KC, Wadsworth ME, Chuang JH, Lewis MT, Marth GT, Gertz J, Varley KE, Welm BE, Welm A (2022). A human breast cancer-derived xenograft and organoid platform for drug discovery and precision oncology. Nature cancer, 3(2), 232-250. (Read full article)
  27. Serpico VJ, Mone MC, Zhang C, Presson AP, Killian H, Agarwal J, Matsen CB, Porretta J, Nelson EW, Junkins (2022). Preoperative multimodal protocol reduced postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing mastectomy with reconstruction. Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery, 75(2), 528-535. (Read full article)
  28. Walker HR, Evans E, Nirula R, Hyngstrom J, Matsen C, Nelson E, Pickron B, Zurbuchen E, Morrow E (2022). "I need to have a fulfilling job": A qualitative study of surgeon well-being and professional fulfillment. American journal of surgery, 223(1), 6-11. (Read full article)

Book

  1. Nelson, E (2007). Blueprints in Surgery - Steps 2-3 Question Series.

Edited Book

  1. Nelson E (2005). Blueprints in Surgery - Steps 2-3 Question Series,.

Book Chapter

  1. Nelson E (2009). Prolene Hernia System - Hernia Repair.

Abstract

  1. Serpico V, Mone MC, Zhang C, Presson AP, Matsen C, Junkins S, Killian H, Porretta J, Agarwal J, Nelson E (2018). Value Driven Outcomes: Standardizing Pain Management to Reduce Postoperative Opiates for Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction.

Other

  1. Nelson E (2011). What I've learned. American journal of surgery, 202(6), 623-31. (Read full article)