Karin Nelson, MD, MSHS | Division of General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor

Health Services

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

1991–1995

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine

Hennepin County Medical Center

Minneapolis, MN

1995–1998

MSHS

UCLA, School of Public Health

Los Angeles, CA

1998–2000

Honors:

Sigma Xi

1989

Best Trainee Paper Award

1993

Cardiology Book Award

1996, 97

Primary Care Resident Award

1998

NRSA Research Fellowship

1998–2000

Department of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Hennepin County Medical Center

2013

Mentoring Award nominee, University of Washington

2015

VHA HSR&D’s Best Research Paper of the Year Award for Nelson, et al. Implementation of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

2015

Society for General Internal Medicine Northwest Region Award for Excellence in Clinician Investigation

2015

Contact

Email:

nelsonkm@u.washington.edu

Research & Clinical Interests

Clinical Interests:

Diabetes self-management
Nutrition and hunger
Patient adherence
Patient-centered medical home

Publications

Publications:

Nelson KM, Brown ME, Lurie N. Hunger in an adult patient population. JAMA. 1998 Apr 15;279(15):1211–4. PMID: 9555762.
Nelson KM, Reiber G, Boyko EJ. Diet and exercise among adults with type 2 diabetes: Findings from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III). Diabetes Care. 2002 Oct;25(10):1722–8. PMID: 12351468.
Nelson KM. The burden of obesity among a national probability sample of veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Sep;21(9):915–9. PMID: 16918734; PMCID: PMC1831589.
Nelson KM, McFarland L, Reiber G. Factors influencing disease self-management among veterans with diabetes and poor glycemic control. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Apr;22(4):442–7. PMID: 17372790; PMCID: PMC1829424.
Nelson KM, Helfrich C, Sun H, Hebert PL, Liu CF, Dolan E, Taylor L, Wong E, Maynard C, Hernandez SE, Sanders W, Randall I, Curtis I, Schectman G, Stark R, Fihn SD. Implementation of the patient-centered medical home in the Veterans Health Administration: associations with patient satisfaction, quality of care, staff burnout, and hospital and emergency department use. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug;174(8):1350–8. PMID: 25055197.