Caleb Nelson

Caleb P. Nelson, MD, MPH is board-certified in urology with a certification in pediatric urology. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract problems, vesicoureteral reflux, hydronephrosis, and kidney stones. He is Co-Director of the Pediatric Kidney Stone Program and the Vesicoureteral Reflux Program at Boston Children’s.

He attended the Duke University School of Medicine, receiving his MD in 1997. He completed a urology residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center, one of the top urology programs in the country. During this time, he also completed the Michigan Urology Clinical Research Training Program and received Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

After developing an interest in pediatric urology, he completed a 2-year pediatric urology fellowship under Dr. John Gearhart at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In 2006 he began his current position in the Department of Urology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and as an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology) and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

纳尔逊博士的研究重点是小儿泌尿外科关键领域的临床和流行病学研究，以及小儿外科和医学的护理质量。他曾是NIH资助的Rivur研究的联合主管研究员（PI），这是一项具有里程碑意义的临床试验，用于治疗囊泡级反流。他在泌尿外科文献中发表了100多篇论文，也是《小儿泌尿外科杂志》的助理编辑，也是《泌尿外科杂志》儿科部分编辑委员会成员。他还担任泌尿外科安全和质量总监。