Keith Nelson, DDS
Upon moving to California in 1980, Dr. Nelson assumed the position of Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco. He also practiced privately at the French Hospital Medical Center before moving his practice to Berkeley in 1984. Besides teaching, he was actively involved with the Orthognathic Surgery Center and the Facial Pain/ TMJ Clinic at the University of the Pacific. He currently teaches part time at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, and is on staff at Alta Bates Hospital. Dr. Nelson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is also an active member of local, state, regional and other national dental and oral surgery societies.
Dr. Keith T. Nelson, born in New York City, graduated from Marietta College, Ohio in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He completed his dental training at New York University in 1974 and a General Practice Residency at Flushing Hospital, Queens, NY in 1975. Dr. Nelson finished his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City in 1978.