Subspecialty	Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Interests	Critical Care
Gender	Female
E-mail	judith.nelson@mssm.edu
	judith.nelson@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, NYU School of Medicine
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine CUNY
	Fellowship, Pulmonary/Crit Care, Mount Sinai Hospital
Awards	2003 Grenvik Family Award for Ethics Society of Critical Care Medicine
	2002 Roger C. Bone Award for Advances in End-of-Life Care CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians
	1999 Educator of the Year American Medical Women's Association
	1999 Faculty Scholar Soros Foundation Project on Death in America
	1998, 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute

Dr. Nelson received her A.B. from Smith College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She then went on to receive her M.D. from New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency training and her fellowship in pulmonary/critical care medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Nelson's research interests include palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) and she has initiated studies on symptom burden and other sources of suffering in chronically critically ill long term ventilator-dependent patients. Dr. Nelson has been the recipient of a Project on Death in America Faculty Scholars. Additionally, she was recently named the 2002 recipient of the Roger C. Bone award for Advances in End-of-Life Care, given by the CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians, and she received a career development award from the American Lung Association to study decision making by patients and surrogates confronting decisions about tracheostomy and prolonged mechanical ventilation. Dr. Nelson has published several papers related to palliative care in the intensive care setting.

Education and Training	MD, NYU School of Medicine
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Residency, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine CUNY
	Fellowship, Pulmonary/Crit Care, Mount Sinai Hospital
Board Certification	Pulmonary Disease

Subspecialty	Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Interests	Critical Care
Board Certification	Pulmonary Disease

Intersections of palliative medicine and critical care medicine. The overall goal of Dr. Nelson's research program is to understand and improve the experience of acute and chronic critical illness for patients and their families.

Nelson JE. Saving lives and saving deaths. Ann Intern Med 1999; 130: 776-777.

Nelson JE, Meier DE. Palliative care in the Intensive Care Unit: Part II. J Intensive Care Med 1999; 14: 189-199.

Nelson JE, Meier DE. Palliative care in the Intensive Care Unit: Part I. J Intensive Care Med 1999; 14: 130-139.

Nelson JE, Danis M. End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: where are we now?. Crit Care Med 2001 Feb; 29(2 Suppl): N2-8.

Nelson JE, Meier DE, Oei EJ, Nierman D, Senzel RS, Manfredi PL, Davis SM, Morrison RS. Self-reported symptom experience of critically ill cancer patients receiving intensive care. Crit Care Med 2001 Feb; 29(2): 277-82.

Nelson JE, Nierman DM. Special Concerns for the very old. In: Curtis JR, Rubenfeld GD, editors. Managing Death in the ICU: The Transition from Cure to Comfort. New York, Oxford University Press; 2001.

Brem H, Nierman DM, Nelson JE. Pressure ulcers in the chronically critically ill patient. Crit Care Clin 2002; 18: 683-694.

Nelson JE. Palliative care in chronic critical illness. Crit Care Clin 2002; 18: 659-681.

Nierman DM, Nelson JE, editors. Critical care Clinics: Chronic critical illness. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.; 2002.

Clarke EB, Curtis JR, Luce JM, Levy M, Danis M, Nelson JE, Solomon MZ. Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2003;.