Emily P Nelson

Experienced anesthesiologist and clinical educator with fellowship training in regional anesthesia and palliative care. Interests include cancer pain management, palliative care in the peri-operative setting, and teaching palliative care communication techniques. Committed to advancing medical education, multi-disciplinary collaboration, a patient-centered approach to care, and fostering compassionate care.

• Fellow in Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 07/2024-Present
• Fellow in Regional Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 07/2010-07/2011
• Resident in Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 07/2006-06/2009
• Intern in Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 07/2005-06/2006

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2024-Present
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2013-Present
• American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2006-Present

• ICare Award, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, 2024
• Compassionate Care Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2015
• Faculty Award for Excellence, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2011
• Eleanor and Miles Shore 50th Anniversary Fellowship Program for Scholars in Medicine Recipient, 2010
• Peer Support Representative and Anesthesiology Liaison, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2007-Present
• CA-1 Class Representative, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2006-2007
• Dunne Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Awarded to the medical intern who best exemplifies 'compassionate care', 2006
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2005
• Sylvan Shane Award, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2005
• Summa Cum Laude, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001
• Morehead Scholarship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1997-2001
• President, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of NC Chapter, 2000

• Clinical Assistant Professor, MUSC/Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 01/2016-Present
• Member, Anesthesiology Resident Admissions Committee, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 10/2014-03/2015
• Founding member and Co-director, Harvard Global Anesthesia Initiative, 10/2013-10/2015
• Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, 08/2009-10/2015
• Academic Residency Advisor, Brigham and Women's Anesthesiology Residency, 08/2009-10/2015
• Co-Director, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 01/2013-02/2014
• Consultant Anesthesiologist, Butaro Hospital, Rwanda, 10/2011-10/2012
• Director, Internal Medicine Perioperative Care Elective, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 07/2010-08/2011
• Member, Brigham and Women's Department of Anesthesiology Education Interest Group, 08/2009-08/2011

• South Carolina License Registration, 2016-Present
• Board Certified Anesthesiologist, American Board of Anesthesiology, 2010-Present
• ACLS and BLS, 2005-Present

• Nelson EP, Dorlon ME, Szabo TA, Trollinger JB, Johnson-Mann C, Broderick G, Waters RD, Management of a Patient with a History of Nonanesthesia-related Malignant Hyperthermia Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report, AA Practice, 09/01/18, 11, 5, 137-139
• Chritton S, Weinkauf J, McClain C, O'Flaherty JE, Livingston P, Evans F, Kessler S, Nelson EP, Durieux ME, Teaching Anesthesiology in Rwanda: A Multi-pronged Approach, ASA Newsletter, 06/2013, 77, 6, 52-55
• Nelson E, Frendl G, "Operating Room: Caring for the Extremely Critically Ill Patient", Pocket ICU, Frendl G, Urman RD, Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2012
• Maher EN, Morris CA, Endotracheal Intubation, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Kasper DL, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, 18th, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2011
• Maher EN, Hansen SF, Heine M, Yaster M, Hunt EA, Emergency Medicine Physicians' Knowledge of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia, Pediatric Emergency Care, 2007, 23, 12, 869-76

• Regional Anesthesia for Cancer Pain, 2025 South Carolina Hospice and Palliative Care Conference, 03/07/25
• Acute Pain Services, Lecture to Internal Medicine Department at Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 08/2023
• Introduction to Anesthesia, Lecture to MUSC PA students, 06/2024
• Lessons Learned at the VA, Lecture to Brigham and Women's Hospital Regional Anesthesia Division, 02/2021
• Global Health Lessons Learned, Guest Lecturer for OHSU Anesthesia Residents, 10/2020