Jonathan Nelson, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group Provider
PointerLanguage(s): English
2727 W. Holcombe Blvd.,
Houston,
TX
77025
Joined Kelsey-Seybold: August 2008
Ways to Schedule an Appointment
My Biography
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Professional Background
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Hobbies and Interests
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Awards & Publications
After earning his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dr. Nelson completed his internship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
When not caring for patients, Dr. Nelson enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter Caroline. He also enjoys fishing, golfing, and traveling.
Honors
- Silver Spurs, University of Texas 1997
Publications
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals
- Lin PH, Nelson JC, Lam R, Paladugu R, Chen C, Quinn G, Lumsden AB. A prospective evaluation of interrupted nitinol surgical clips in arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis. Am J Surg. 2003 Dec;186(6):625-30.
- Lin PH, Bush RL, McCoy SA, Felkai D, Pasnelli TK, Nelson JC, Watts K, Lam RC, Lumsden AB. A prospective study of a hand-held ultrasound device in abdominal aortic aneurysm evaluation. Am J Surg. 2003 Nov;186(5):455-9.
- Jonathan C. Nelson MD, Peter H. Lin MD, Ruth L. Bush MD, and Alan B. Lumsden MD. Endovascular Repair of an Iliac Artery Pseudoaneurysm due to Ureteroscopic Fulguration. Journal of Trauma 2004; 57:1373.
- Robert E. Southard, Jonathan C. Nelson, David L. Joyce, Larry O. Thompson, Christian A. Skrabal, Guillermo Torre-Amione†, Keith A. Youker, George P. Noon and Matthias Loebe Placement of a Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Patient with Dextrocardia, Journal of Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Mar;24(3):338-9.
- Nelson JC, Lin PH, Cox M, Lumsden AB. Aortoenteric Fistula after Endostent Placement, Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (In Press)
- Jonathan C. Nelson MD, Russell C. Lam MD, Neal S Kleiman MD, George P. Noon MD, Matthias Loebe MD PhD. Primary Repair of a Post Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with Placement of a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A New Approach. New England Journal of Medicine (Submitted)
- Lam R, Haddad JL, Nelson JC, Paladugu R, Lin PH, Bush RL, and Lumsden AB. The Efficacy of magnetic resonance venography in evaluating lower extremity veins for bypass procedures. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2006. (Submitted)
- Nelson J, Pham H. Clinic Based Vacuum Assisted Excision of benign breast lesions improves operating room efficiency at a county hospital. (Submitted)
Book Chapters
- Alan B. Lumsden, Ruth L. Bush, Peter H. Lin, Jonathan C. Nelson. Vascular Surgery: Spinger Surgery Atlas Series. Book Chapter: Chapter 17: Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. In press by Springer: 2006. Edited by: JSP Lumley and JJ Hoballah.
Locations
Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center
15655 Cypress Woods Medical Drive,
Houston,
TX
77014
Hospital Affiliations
- Houston Methodist
- St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Accepted Insurance
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Cigna Plans
Cigna
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Fund Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna KelseyCare
- Cigna HMO Open Access (OA)
- Cigna HMO Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
- Cigna Surefit
- LocalPlus
- LocalPlus IN
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield
The specific BCBSTX PPO and HMO plans in which Kelsey-Seybold participates are:
- Blue Edge PPO
- Blue Essentials HMO Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (Basic and Standard Option)
- Health Select of Texas - ERS
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary+ Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare HD
- TRS-ActiveCare 2
- UT SELECT
Kelsey-Seybold will not participate in the following BCBSTX plans: Blue Premier, Blue High-Performance network, Marketplace plans: My Blue Health, and Blue Advantage HMO, or any BCBSTX Medicare products.View FAQ (pdf)
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UnitedHealthcare Plans
UnitedHealthcare (UHC)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
- UnitedHealthcare Charter
- UnitedHealthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Core
- UnitedHealthcare Core Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate Plus
- UnitedHealthcare NexusACO
- UnitedHealthcare Options PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Select
- UnitedHealthcare Select Plus
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Aetna Plans
Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO Plans
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is an in-network provider for most Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO plans*, including:
- Aetna Select
- Open Access Select
- Elect Choice
- Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Choice POS II
- Managed Choice
- Open Choice PPO
Aetna CVS Health Marketplace Plans
Effective January 1, 2023
- Bronze S
- Silver 1
- Silver 2
- Silver 3
- Silver 4
- Silver S
- Gold
- Gold S
*All Houston area Aetna CVS Health plans are accepted at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic*
*Kelsey-Seybold does not participate in any commercial Aetna HMO and HNO plans, including Aetna QPOS.
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KelseyCare Health Plans
Local employers can add a KelseyCare plan alongside current plan offerings. Over 400 Houston-area employers offer the choice of a KelseyCare plan to their employees.
KelseyCare plans include:
- Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
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Other Plans
Allied Benefit Systems/NGBS
Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – CDHP with UnitedHealthcare PPO
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – High Option with Cigna PPO
- GEHA Benefit Plan Nationwide – High & Standard Options with UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- NALC Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- NALC Value Option Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- SAMBA Nationwide – High & Standard with Cigna OAP
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Standard Option
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Basic Option
First Health
Great West Healthcare (also known as Cigna-GWH)
- POS
- PPO
- Open Access
HealthSmart PPO
Medicare
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts the following Medicare Advantage Plans: KelseyCare Advantage, Aetna Medicare Advantage, WellCare TexanPlus, Humana Medicare and select UnitedHealthcare plans. Effective January 1, 2009, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic does not accept new patients with traditional Medicare.
MultiPlan PPO
Private Healthcare Systems PPO (PHCS)
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Medicare Advantage Plans
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Humana Plans
Humana
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- Humana Choice POS
- Humana COT National POS Open Access
- Humana EPO PPO Open Access
- Humana National EPO
- Humana HMO Premier (Open Access)
- Humana PPO
- Humana Preferred PPO
- Humana Preferred POS (Open Access)
- Humana/ ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Humana National POS- Open Access
- Humana National POS-Open Access Plus