Matthew Nielsen, M.D.
Assistant Professor Urologic Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Matthew Nielsen completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas, received his medical degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his residency training at the Brady Urological Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital under Dr. Patrick Walsh.  He is currently an Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a member of the Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Group at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Nielsen has a major interest not only in the direct care of bladder cancer patients but also in clinical and translational research studying treatment outcomes and developing molecular biological tools to improve risk stratification and tailor treatment selection.    He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on prostate, bladder and kidney cancer and serves as a reviewer for Cancer, Urology, The Journal of Urology, and the British Journal of Urology.
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