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    Jennifer Solms Nelson, MD

    Cardiothoracic Surgeon
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    无码专区 Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 无码专区 Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

    Biography

    Dr. Jennifer Nelson is the Director of Research and a congenital heart surgeon at 无码专区 Children's Health, Orlando, FL. She is also a Professor of Surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Her research interests relate to patient outcomes after congenital heart surgery, risk assessment for children and adults undergoing cardiac surgery, and the epigenetics of congenital heart disease. Dr. Nelson holds several international professional society leadership positions and recently served for six years as the Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Workforce on the Surgical Treatment of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. During that time, she led the development of the STS Adult Congenital Heart Disease mortality risk model and the STS clinical registry for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing any type of cardiac surgery. She is the former Resident Director to the STS Board of Directors, and currently serves on the Workforce for National Databases as the adult congenital heart disease lead. She is the current Chair of the STS Congenital Access and Publications Committee and participates on several international clinical guidelines writing groups. Most recently, she served as the congenital program chair for the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association's 71st annual meeting in November 2024.

    Fellowship

    • Congenital Cardiac Surgery - University of Michigan Health System, 2013
    • Thoracic Surgery - University of Michigan Health System, 2012

    Residency

    • General Surgery - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010

    Education

    • M.S. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016
    • M.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery/Thoracic Cardiac Surgery

    • Lifetime Management of Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Aortic Valve Disease; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2025).

    • A 1-Day-Old Girl With Infantile Hemangioma and Sternal Cleft; Chest; (2024).

    • Accounting for Physiologic Severity in Risk Prediction: ACAP-tivating Topic; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2024).

    • Commentary: More is more?; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2024).

    • Corrigendum to 鈥淎ortic arch atresia in Williams syndrome鈥 [Prog Pediatr Cardiol 65 (2022) 101510] (Progress in Pediatric Cardiology (2022) 65, (S1058981322000303), (10.1016/j.ppedcard.2022.101510)); Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2024).

    • Corrigendum to 鈥淧reoperative imaging and surgical repair of a coronary sinus septal defect: A case report鈥 [Prog Pediatr Cardiol 65 (2022) 101513] (Progress in Pediatric Cardiology (2022) 65, (S1058981322000339), (10.1016/j.ppedcard.2022.101513)); Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2024).

    • Dexmedetomidine Withdrawal Syndrome in Children in the PICU: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; (2024).

    • Idiopathic Pericardial Effusions in Children: Workup and Final Diagnoses; Pediatric Cardiology; (2024).

    • Meta-analysis reveals differential gene expression in tetralogy of Fallot versus controls; Birth Defects Research; (2024).

    • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Neonates and Infants With Coarctation; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2024).

    • Tetralogy of Fallot Associated With Right Aortic Arch and Isolated Left Brachiocephalic Artery; World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery; (2023).

    • Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable; European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • Commentary: Goldi-Ross and the 3 VSRRs; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2023).

    • Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Congenital Mortality Risk Model; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • Educating Surgeons to Construct Valved Conduits: What Does It Take to Achieve Reproducible Results?; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • PTFE Valved Conduits: Moving From Why? to Why Not?; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • Pediatric extracorporeal life support for refractory status asthmaticus: ELSO Registry trends from the past decade; Artificial Organs; (2023).

    • G Is for Geometric: A G-Chart Primer for Surgeons; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2023).

    • Trends in Pulmonary Valve Replacement; Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2023).

    • A Minimal Opioid Postoperative Management Protocol in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Safe and Effective; Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2022).

    • Aortic arch atresia in Williams syndrome; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2022).

    • Assessment of Current Society of Thoracic Surgeons Data Elements for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).

    • Capturing Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Framework for Development of an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Mortality Risk Model; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).

    • Comparison of DNA methylation patterns across tissue types in infants with tetralogy of Fallot; Birth Defects Research; (2022).

    • Extracorporeal Life Support for Status Asthmaticus: Early Outcomes in Teens and Young Adults; ASAIO Journal; (2022).

    • Concurrent double aortic arch and circumflex aorta repair in a symptomatic child: a case report; Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery; (2022).

    • Persistent Double Dorsal Aorta Surrounding Large Neuroenteric Cyst; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).

    • Association of atrial septal fenestration with outcomes after atrioventricular septal defect repair; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2022).

    • Preoperative imaging and surgical repair of a coronary sinus septal defect: A case report; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2022).

    • Preparation of children with heart disease for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures requiring anesthesia; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2022).

    • Three-Dimensional Modeling Prior to Stage 1 Palliation in a Patient With Heterotaxy Syndrome: Planning for the Future; Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging; (2022).

    • Time-Related Risk of Pulmonary Conduit Re-replacement: A Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Study; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2022).

    • A shifting landscape: Practice patterns and outcomes of cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis pediatric lung transplantation; Pediatric Transplantation; (2021).

    • Aortic Valve Replacement in Young and Middle-Aged Adults: Current and Potential Roles of TAVR; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2021).

    • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery Working Group 2021 consensus document on a comprehensive perioperative approach to enhanced recovery after pediatric cardiac surgery; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2021).

    • Coronary artery aneurysms as a feature of granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Pediatrics; (2021).

    • Risk adjustment for cardiac surgery in adults with congenital heart disease: What do we know and what do we need to learn?; European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery; (2021).

    • Intraoperative echocardiography in congenital heart surgery: What the surgeon wants to know; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2020).

    • A 22-Month-Old Girl With 3 Weeks of Dyspnea; Chest; (2020).

    • Transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart surgery: Perioperative considerations; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2020).

    • A Systematic Review of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Delayed Sternal Closure in Children.; World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery; (2020).

    • Good News or Bad News? Considering Physician and Patient Perspectives on Outcomes.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2020).

    • Hope should not spring eternal; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2019).

    • Cardiac venous malformation in a teenager; Cardiology in the Young; (2019).

    • Commentary: Allografts and pregnancy-Can good statistics lead to mis-conceptions about the relationship?; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2019).

    • Surgery for Dysphagia Lusoria in Children.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2019).

    • National Practice Patterns and Early Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement in Children and Teens.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2019).

    • Early arrhythmia burden in pediatric cardiac surgery fast-track candidates: Analysis of incidence and risk factors; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2019).

    • Coarctation of the aorta; Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children; (2018).

    • Feasibility of a healthcare system-based tetralogy of Fallot patient registry; Cardiology in the Young; (2018).

    • Pediatric ECMO after drowning: Neuroprotective strategies; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2018).

    • Regional Differences in Cost and Length of Stay in Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; Pediatric Cardiology; (2018).

    • Paracorporeal lung devices: Thinking outside the box; Frontiers in Pediatrics; (2018).

    • Regional differences in right versus left congenital heart disease diagnoses in neonates in the United States; Birth Defects Research; (2018).

    • Effect of Concomitant Birth Defects and Genetic Anomalies on Infant Mortality in Tetralogy of Fallot; Birth Defects Research; (2017).

    • Early extubation in pediatric heart surgery across a spectrum of case complexity: Impact on hospital length of stay and chest tube days; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2017).

    • Evaluation of Explanted CorMatrix Intracardiac Patches in Children With Congenital Heart Disease; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2016).

    • Geographic distribution of live births with tetralogy of Fallot in North Carolina 2003 to 2012; Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology; (2016).

    • Sex bias in CNS autoimmune disease mediated by androgen control of autoimmune regulator; Nature Communications; (2016).

    • Invited commentary; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2015).

    • Long-term survival and reintervention after the Ross procedure across the pediatric age spectrum; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2015).

    • Resident Perception of Technical Skills Education and Preparation for Independent Practice; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2015).

    • Resident perceptions of 2-year versus 3-year cardiothoracic training programs; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2015).

    • Identical tricuspid ring sizing in simultaneous functional tricuspid and mitral valve repair: A simple and effective strategy; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2014).

    • Tetralogy of fallot; Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care; (2014).

    • A bright future: Cardiothoracic surgery training in transition; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2013).

    • Who Is Doing Mitral Valve Surgery in the United States?; Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2012).

    • Chest pain and progressive shortness of breath in a 60-year-old woman following liver transplantation; Chest; (2011).

    • Early brain recurrences are potentially detectable in asymptomatic, early stage lung adenocarcinoma; Clinical Oncology; (2011).

    • Modern surgical communication and the practice of surgery.; Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; (2010).

    • Early extracorporeal life support as rescue therapy for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after inhalation injury; Journal of Burn Care and Research; (2009).

    • The modern surgical lifestyle.; Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; (2009).

    • Endovascular treatment of aortic coarctation in an adult with isthmic hypoplasia [3]; Journal of Endovascular Therapy; (2007).

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