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Carl Nelson, M.D., Endowed Chair In Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Alumni, grateful patients, and faculty have contributed more than $2 million to endow the Carl L. Nelson, M.D. Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery. The investiture ceremony was held at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Oct. 10, 2000. Dr. Nelson is one of the country's premier specialists in hip and knee joint replacement and developed the first practice in Arkansas dedicated solely to joint replacement surgery in 1974. Over the past 20 years, he has gained wide recognition as a surgeon, educator, researcher, and innovator in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Nelson's education includes a residency at the Cleveland Clinic and the Nuffield Scholarship in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, England. He is currently the only surgeon in Arkansas who is a member of both the Hip and Knee Societies. Dr. Nelson has received numerous awards, including sponsorship by the American Orthopaedic Association as a professor at the University of Western Australia in 1997 and recipient of the UAMS Distinguished Faculty Award in 1999. He is also a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. Under Dr. Nelson's guidance, the UAMS Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program has developed a reputation as one of the country's finest programs and has graduated more than 100 superbly trained general orthopaedic surgeons with specialties in spine, trauma, foot and ankle, hand, joint reconstruction, and pediatric orthopaedics. Dr. Nelson's leadership for the past 26 years has also helped the UAMS Orthopaedic Surgery Department grow from a staff of two to 50, including nationally and internationally recognized faculty. Income generated by the Carl L. Nelson Endowed Chair has made it possible to recruit and hire Larry Suva, PhD., as the new director of The Center for Orthopaedic Research. |
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