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  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Gengras Ambulatory Care Services 1000 Asylum Ave Ste 2110, Hartford, CT 06105
  • (860) 714-7945

Brief Intro

Dr. Nelson grew up in a small town in upstate New York, graduating from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania in 1979 with a major in Chemistry. She went on to receive her MD degree in 1983 from the State University of New York in Stonybrook, and then completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. She spent the next five years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, completing an Obstetrics and Gynecology residency and researching interferons and cancer. Her fellowship training in Oncology was completed at Yale University in 1991. She served as Assistant Professor and then division chief of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1991 - 1999 where, in addition to caring for patients, she was actively involved in teaching medical students and residents. Dr. Nelson is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Her outside interests include gardening, traveling and bicycling, including 200 and 300 mile bike fundraisers for cancer and AIDS each summer.

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Education Background

RESIDENCY

University Of Wisconsin Hospital

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Location & Hours

  • Gengras Ambulatory Care Services
  • 1000 Asylum Ave Ste 2110, Hartford, CT 06105

Specialties Treated

  • Gynecologic Oncology

Conditions Addressed

  • Uterine Cancer
  • Malignant Neoplasm of Female Genitourinary Organs
  • Ovarian Cancer

Procedures Performed

  • Chemotherapy

Insurance Accepted

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  • Aetna
  • Meritain Health
  • Cigna
  • Medicare
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  • Cancer 14
  • Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 7
  • Orthopedics 20
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery 17
  • Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 19
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 21
  • Diabetes & Endocrinology 10
  • Children's Hospital 3
  • Urology 19
  • Psychiatry 27
  • Geriatrics 19
  • Rehabilitation 7
  • Obsterics & Gynecology 1
  • Ophthalmology 1
  • Ear, Nose & Throat 2
  • Long Term Care 3
  • Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 16