Dwight Nelson

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Credentials

Ph.D.

Bio

I'm originally from South Dakota and have over 40 years of experience with academic, corporate, startup and clinical research teams. My focus has been across neuroscience, medical devices, device startups and commercialized urological therapies. I joined the Dept of Urology in 2019 to initiate their functional urology and neurobiology research group.  With it our teams of faculty, clinical residents and students do quantitative research 

Expertise

Neuroscience, Neurostimulation, Neuromodulation, commercialization, intellectual property, clinical research, translational research, industry-academic collaboration. 

Education

Bachelor's: Augustana University (SD)
PhD: Northwestern University, (Evanston IL)
Post Doc: University of Virginia, (Charlottesville VA)

Research Summary

Our research team has focused on improvements in quantification of both urological diagnosis and therapies.  We've explored improvements to urodynsmics to increase their utility in understanding bladder contraction states, potential use of frequency dynamics within pressure measurements.

We've also conducted research to improve implanted neuromodulation therapies such as sacral neuromodulation or SNM. This work focuses on potential improvements to therapy tracking, quantitative and objective therapy implantation, and methods to improve therapy tracking and outcomes. 

Publications

• Hornung CM, Vasdev R, Hanson KA, Gotlieb R, Fok CS, Fischer J, Nakib NA, Nelson DE. Data Gap in Sacral Neuromodulation Documentation: Call to Improve Documentation Protocols. Int Neurourol J. 2022 Sep;26(3):227-233. doi: 10.5213/inj.2244084.042. Epub 2022 Sep 30. PMID: 36203255; PMCID: PMC9537436.
• Ravishankar B, Vasdev RMS, Timm GW, Nelson DE. Measurement and Quantification of Cystometric Bladder Pressure Spectra in an in-vivo Sheep Model: A Feasibility Study. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 Nov;2021:5005-5010. doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630641. PMID: 34892331.