Aaron Nelson, MD

he/him

Dr. Aaron Nelson is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Health, Director of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine Child Neurology Residency Training Program, and Director of Epilepsy for New York Health + Hospitals’ Bellevue Hospital.

A first-generation physician, Dr. Nelson trained in zoological neuroscience at Michigan State University, obtained his MD and MBS in Molecular Neuroscience from the Mayo Clinic, and completed pediatrics at UMDNJ, child neurology at Columbia, and clinical neurophysiology at NYU Langone Health.

Starting the pediatric epilepsy monitoring program at Bellevue Hospital–the nation's oldest continuously operating hospital–he now directs the flagship adult and pediatric epilepsy program for New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation–the largest public health care system in the United States. Child neurology residency program director at NYU since 2014, he is actively involved in a variety of nationally-recognized endeavors pushing the envelope in neurologic education.

Recipient of multiple local and national teaching awards, Dr. Nelson has more than 20 peer-reviewed publications on topics ranging from education to epilepsy. He serves on multiple national committees for a variety of professional organizations and has been elected Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Child Neurology Society.