Dr. Brad Nelson

Dr. Brad Nelson is currently an assistant professor of Lameness and Orthopaedic Surgery at Colorado State University. Dr. Nelson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a D.V.M. in 2009, and then completed an equine internship in surgery and medicine at Washington State University, followed by a residency in equine surgery and lameness at CSU. He also received a master’s degree in clinical sciences as part of the residency program. Following residency, Dr. Nelson completed a PhD focused on articular cartilage imaging using a novel contrast agent with computed tomographic imaging in an equine model. Dr. Nelson’s research interests are in the detection of articular cartilage injury and osteoarthritis using advanced diagnostic imaging modalities and preclinical surgical models of orthopedic disease. He became an assistant professor of Equine Surgery in 2019 and is a principal investigator in the Orthopaedic Reserch Center and Preclinical Surgical Reserach Laboratory.