Alexis Nelson M.D.

Education

Fellowship: Neurophysiology, Penn State Hershey, PA
Residency: Neurology, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX
Internship: Internal Medicine, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX
Medical School: MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Undergraduate: BS in Astronautical Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO

Biography

Dr. Alexis Nelson is a Staff Neurologist and Neurophysiologist at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. She first commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2004 and served as an active duty engineer for 3 years at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson AFB before attending medical school via HPSP. She earned her doctor of medicine degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA in 2011 and went on to complete her internship and neurology residency training at Brooke Army Medical Center/SAUSHEC in 2015. She then completed a Neurophysiology Fellowship at Penn State Hershey, PA in 2016. Dr. Nelson spent 3 years as a staff neurologist, clinic chief, and element lead at the 673rd Medical Group at JBER, AK. In 2019, she returned to SAUSHEC to serve as the Associate Program Director of the Neurology Residency, and has been the Program Director since 2021. Dr. Nelson also serves as the Neurology Consultant to the AF Surgeon General.

Dr. Nelson holds appointments as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University and as an Adjoint Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Long School of Medicine at University of Texas San Antonio. She enjoys teaching -- especially neurophysiology-related topics-- and is proud to be able to contribute to the future of military neurology.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Program Director, SAUSHEC Neurology Residency Program (2021 – Present)

Fellow, American Academy of Neurology (2025 – Present)

Neurology Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General (2024 – Present)

Chair, SAUSHEC Military Readiness Subcommittee (2023 – Present)

Adjoint Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Long School of Medicine at University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (2020 – Present)

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Uniformed Services University (2019 – Present)

Joint Base San Antonio Site Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (2019 – Present)

Graduate, American Academy of Neurology Emerging Leaders Program (2020-2021)

PACAF Appointee, Air Force Medical Service Captain and Major Leadership Council (2019 – 2021)

Teaching Fellow, Department of Neurology, USUHS Bethesda, MD (2012-2015)

Representative Bibliography

Remigio-Baker, R.A., Kennedy, J., Lu, L., Reid, M.W., Nelson, A.E., Hershaw, J. Lifetime and Childhood Traumatic Experiences, Mental Health Symptomatology, and Persistent Post-injury Symptoms Among Service Members and Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. In submission to Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Martin, J., Juell, A.S., Jacobson, J., Nelson, A.E. Clinical Reasoning: A 78-year-old man developed acute confusion, aphasia, and rapidly declined. In submission to Neurology.

Braun, S., Bastian, L. Hayes, C. Owen, S. Craig, C. Nelson, A.E. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Initially Presenting as Acute Motor and Sensory Axonal Neuropathy Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Healthy Active Duty Female. Mil Med. 2023 PMID 37776527.

Wellington, T., Hunninghake, J.C., Nelson, V.S., Nelson, A.E., Sjulin, T.J., Chin, E., Pope, N.M., True, M.W., Markelz, A.E. Developing Military Doctors: An Institutional Approach to Medical Force Readiness in Graduate Medical Education. Mil Med. 2023 PMID:36222603.

Tchopev, Z.N., Nelson, A.E., Hunninghake, J.C., Cacic, K., Cook, M.K., Jordan, M.C. Curriculum Innovations: High-Fidelity Simulation of Acute Neurology Enhances Rising Resident Confidence, Results From a Multicohort Study. Neurol Edu. Dec 2022.

Nelson, A.E., Gilliam, F., Acharya, J., Miranda, S. A unique epilepsy case with cinematographic visual hallucinations. Epilepsy Case Reports. 2016; 5:78-79.

Nelson, A.E., Nyquist, P.A., Razumovsky, A., Marshall, S.A. Cerebral vasospasm in traumatic brain injury: A case study. Psychiatric Annals. 2013; 43(7):328-330.

Nelson, A.E., Kelley, R.E., Nguyen, J., Palacios, E., Neitzschman, H. MRS findings in a patient with juvenile-onset Alexander’s leukodystrophy. J La State Med Soc. 165:14-17. Jan/Feb 2013.