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Christine Nelson, MD

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Christine Nelson M.D.
HS Clinical Professor, UCSF
Interim Chief of Pediatrics, UCSF Fresno Regional Campus
Interim Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF

Christine Nelson, M.D., is board certified in Pediatrics and fellowship trained in Neonatology and Ambulatory Pediatrics.

She earned her medical degree from University of Wisconsin. Her residency in Pediatrics was completed at University of California, Irvine where she also finished her fellowship in Ambulatory Pediatrics. She finished her fellowship in Neonatology at Miller Children’s Hospital.

She previously served as the Co-Medical Director of the Kaweah Delta Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Medical Director of Inpatient Pediatrics at Kaweah Delta Medical Center, and the Medical Director of the General Pediatrics CareLine at Miller Children’s Hospital. She has held faculty positions at University of California, Irvine and the A.T. Stills School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. She has had experience in private practice of pediatrics, pediatric clinic practice and leadership, inpatient pediatrics, and neonatology at various institutions prior to coming to UCSF Fresno.

While at UCSF Fresno, she has been the lead pediatric hospitalist and has been actively involved in developing a separate newborn teaching service. She was the former Medical Director, Inpatient Pediatrics, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, prior to her appointment as Interim Chief of Pediatrics.

Dr. Nelson is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, where she is a member of the Section on Hospital Medicine and Section on Senior Members.

Her hobbies include reading, knitting, cruising, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She is passionate about diversity in medicine and pediatrics, and in growing the numbers of young people in the Central Valley who become members of the healthcare workforce.
Education
MD, 06/1970 - Medicine, university of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
BS, 06/1967 - Medical Science, University of Wisconsin
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