Dr. Kari Nelson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Nelson completed a Vascular/Interventional Radiology Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Following fellowship, Dr. Nelson was hired as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at U.C. San Diego, subspecializing in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. She is a reviewer for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, and a member of the American College of Radiology, the American Association for Women Radiologists and the Society of Interventional Radiologist. Dr. Nelson is certified by the American Board of Radiology, with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

University of California
B.A.
Berkeley, California, 1996

Medical College of Wisconsin
M.D.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002

Residency

Transitional Internship
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, California, 2002-2003

Diagnostic Radiology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, 2003-2007

Fellowship

Vascular/Interventional Radiology
University of California
San Diego, California, 2007-2008

Board Certification

American Board of Radiology, 2007
Certificate of Added Qualification VIR, 2009