Greg Nelson, MD - UNC Orthopedics

Get care for your bones, joints, and muscles at UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. You’ll receive attention from orthopedic specialists who focus on improving movement and reducing pain. Recover faster with the latest surgical techniques from orthopedic surgeons.

I became a nurse practitioner because I wanted to maximize how I cared for my patients by caring for them in a completely well-rounded aspect. After learning more from Dr. Ashley Strickland about spine and spine surgery, I began to merge my passions into the orthopedics and spine specialty. I also have a passion for family medicine in general, so I do try to talk to my patients about their health in its entirety at all appointments. My approach to patient care includes treating patients as if they were one of the members of my own family. I do not treat health and patient care like a game, and I endeavor to create trust and maintain transparency with my patients. I know that my care for the patient may be the deciding factor on whether or not they are comfortable disclosing additional information and maintaining the current treatment plan. When I am not at work, I love gardening, spending time with family and outdoors, running and watching Law and Order.

As the son of a mechanic, I've always been drawn to restoring structure and function. This has translated to my affinity for fracture care, as I can restore the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system. Every fracture has a different pattern and personality. The surgical approaches, reduction techniques and fixation methods are all individualized in each case. Sustaining a traumatic injury or fracture could truly be the most difficult experience that a patient has ever had, and this gives me the opportunity to have the most influence on my patients. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family. Having grown up locally in a rural community, I also enjoy outside activities such as hunting and fishing.