Robert Darrell Nelson, MD

Research Interests

Education: MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2001
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2004
Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services; American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine
Memberships: American College of Emergency Physicians
Positions: Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Departments and Affiliations: Emergency Medicine; Critical Illness, Injury and Recovery Research Center

Prehospital use of a modified HEART Pathway and point-of-care troponin to predict cardiovascular events. Stopyra JP, Snavely AC, Smith LM, Harris RD, Nelson RD, Winslow JE, Alson RL, Pomper GJ, Riley RF, Ashburn NP, Hendley NW, Gaddy J, Woodrum T, Fornage L, Conner D, Alvarez M, Pflum A, Koehler LE, Miller CD, Mahler SA. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0239460.
Point-of-Care Troponin Testing during Ambulance Transport to Detect Acute Myocardial Infarction. Stopyra JP, Snavely AC, Scheidler JF, Smith LM, Nelson RD, Winslow JE, Pomper GJ, Ashburn NP, Hendley NW, Riley RF, Koehler LE, Miller CD, Mahler SA. Prehosp Emerg Care. ; 24(6):751-759.
Prehospital Modified HEART Score Predictive of 30-Day Adverse Cardiac Events. Stopyra JP, Harper WS, Higgins TJ, Prokesova JV, Winslow JE, Nelson RD, Alson RL, Davis CA, Russell GB, Miller CD, Mahler SA. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018 Feb; 33(1):58-62.
Impact of a "Team-focused CPR" Protocol on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival in a Rural EMS System. Stopyra JP, Courage C, Davis CA, Hiestand BC, Nelson RD, Winslow JE. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2016 09; 15(3):98-102.