Danielle Nelson MD, MPH, FAAFP

Danielle Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., joined the University of Florida Health in September 2016 and practices at UF Health Family Medicine – Main. In addition, Dr. Nelson works with the UF Health Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Nelson received her bachelor of science degree from the University of California, San Diego, and her medical degree as well as her master of public health degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.

Dr. Nelson served as medical director of the Valley Health Center, Milpitas in California as well as interim chair for the family medicine department of the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC). She was named the “Preceptor of the Year” in 2015 for her outstanding work at Stanford University Medical School Family Medicine core clerkship. She has been a lecturer for women’s health and served on the curriculum committee for the Internal Medicine residency at SCVMC. She has authored/co-authored a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine, a chapter in the Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-limited Settings, and an eBook titled, “Cholera Outbreak Training and Shigellosis Program (COTS Program). A novel approach to preparing for outbreaks in emergency settings.”

Dr. Nelson speaks French and Spanish. Her areas of interest include resident education, women’s health, chronic disease management, group visits, underserved medicine and medical education.