Dr. Matthew Edward Nielsen M.D.
Urologist
Unc Chapel Hill Dept Of Surgery Urology: Campus Box Chapel Hill NC, 27599Rating
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Dr. Matthew Nielsen is a urologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Nielsen specializes in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. This includes areas of the bladder, urethra, kidneys, penis and prostate. Urology is a surgical specialty and requires knowledge in other areas of expertise such as gynecology and internal medicine due to the variety of clinical problems that are involved.
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 2011
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Assessment of gefitinib- and CI-1040-mediated changes in epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in HuCCT-1 human cholangiocarcinoma by serial fine needle aspiration.
- Insight on pathogenesis of varicoceles: relationship of varicocele and body mass index.
- Optimizing the development of targeted agents in pancreatic cancer: tumor fine-needle aspiration biopsy as a platform for novel prospective ex vivo drug sensitivity assays.
- Prognostic significance of Gleason score discrepancies between needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy.
- Neoadjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin: another step on the path toward improving the outcomes of patients with high-risk, invasive bladder cancer.
- How bad are positive margins after radical prostatectomy and how are they best managed?
- Editorial comment.
- Use and misuse of imaging by urologists.
- Prognostic value of CA 125 in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
- Trends in radical prostatectomy: centralization, robotics, and access to urologic cancer care.
- Editorial comment.
- Trends in regionalization of radical cystectomy in three large northeastern states from 1996 to 2009.
- Aging and cancer mortality: dynamics of change and sex differences.
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- Editorial comment.
Awards
- 2008 3rd Prize, Clinical Research Essay Contest, American Urological Associ
- American Society for Clinical Oncology 2007 Merit Award
- 2006 2nd Prize, Clinical Research Essay Competition, Mid-Atlantic Section
- 2002 Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins Medical School
- 2013 Best Doctors
Professional Memberships
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member American Urological Association
Experience & Accolades
- Member2009 - 2014Research Fellow., Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill
- Member2009 Clinical Research Program Member., Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Chapel Hill
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