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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

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ACS Fellow Since 2004

Peter Richard Nelson, MD MS FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Assn of VA Surg
  • Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
  • Soc for Vasc Surg
  • Soc of Univ Surg
  • Amer Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Veterans Administration

Vascular Surgery

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Aneurysms

  • abdominal aneurysm
  • endovascular stent
  • thoracic aneurysm

Cartoid Artery Disease

  • Cartoid Artery Disease

Vascular Lower Extremity Ischemia

  • amputation
  • aortoiliac occlusive disease
  • pulmonary embolism
  • thrombolytic therapy

Renal/Vascular Disorders/Procedures

  • renovascular conditions

Vascular Access

  • anteriovenous graft
  • arteriovenous fistula
  • dialysis access
  • fistulogram/intervention

Carotid Artery Disorders/Procedures

  • carotid stenting
  • Cartoid Disease/Stroke
  • endarterectomy

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • endovascular procedures
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures

Peripheral Vascular Surgery

  • angioplasty stenting
  • claudication
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • surgical bypass

Thoracic Disorders/Procedures

  • endovascular stent graft
  • pulmonary embolism
  • thoracic outlet syndrome

Vascular Trauma

  • amputation
  • reconstructive limb surgery

Peripheral Artery Disorders/Procedures

  • Mesenteric ischemia
  • Peripheral artery disease (PAD)

Venous Disorders/Procedures

  • ablation
  • varicose veins
  • vena cava filter placement
  • Venous Disorders/Procedures

Hospital Appointments

Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center

Muskogee, OK

Vascular Surgery Attending Physician

11/2017—Present

James Mountain Inhofe VA Mecical Center

Tulsa, OK

Chief

05/2026—Present

Academic Appointments

University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Worcester, MA

Assistant Professor

07/2001—07/2004

University of Florida College of Medicine

Gainesville, FL

Assistant Professor

08/2004—12/2012

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Tampa, FL

Associate Professor

01/2013—11/2017

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK

Associate Professor

11/2017—06/2019

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, OK

Professor

07/2019—Present