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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Department Faculty
Ricardo Loret de Mola, MD
Katherine Hild-Mosley, MD
Casey Younkin, MD
Victoria Nichols-Johnson, MD
Gary Johnson, MD
Chad Huston, MD
Elizabeth Ramsey Unal, MD
B. Rock Oh, MD
John Saint, MD
Erica Nelson, MD
Donald Torry, Ph.D.
Mary McAsey, Ph.D.
Andre Bieniarz, MD
Robert Abrams, MD
L. Stewart Massad, MD
Richard Meisel, MD
Christine Cooper, MD
Gary Horowitz, MD
Phillip Kintner, MD
Current Faculty Openings
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Erica Nelson, MD

Erica Nelson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn,
Residency Program Director

Undergraduate Pomona College, Claremont  CA 1985  BA Biochemistry
Research Fellow Univ Southern California, Los Angeles CA 1985-1986
Medical School University of Vermont, Burlington  VT 1986-1990  M.D.
Internship Oregon Health Sciences Univ, Portland  OR 1990-1991  General Surgery
Residency Oregon Health Sciences Univ, Portland  OR 1991-1995  Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor Ob/Gyn Oregon Health Sciences Univ, Portland  OR 1995-1998
Associate Professor Southern Illinois Univ School of Medicine
Springfield  IL
1998-present
Residency Proigram Director Southern Illinois Univ School of Medicine
Springfield  IL
2006-present
Clerkship Director Southern Illinois Univ School of Medicine
Springfield  IL
2000-2008
Board Certifications American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Special Interests Urogynecology, Anorectal Disease, Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy, Contraception
Selected publication:   Nelson EE, Modlin RL.  "Lepromin-induced Suppressor Cells in Lepromatous Leprosy."  Cellular Immunology, 104:99-104, 1987.