Christina Nelson

Christina Nelson is a skilled Nurse Practitioner specializing in Metabolic and Bariatric Medicine at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, a role commenced in October 2023. Concurrently, Christina serves as the Education and Events Chair for the Washington Obesity Society. Previous experience includes working as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Western Washington Medical Group from June 2020 to October 2023, as a Clinic Nurse at Puget Sound Gastroenterology from September 2016 to June 2020, and as a Patient and Family Relations Specialist at Seattle Children's from March 2012 to June 2015. Early in the career, Christina worked as a Public Health Nurse at Public Health – Seattle & King County, where responsibilities included pediatric and maternal child health case management and program management for perinatal hepatitis B prevention. Christina holds a Master’s degree in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and a Bachelor of Science degree in Registered Nursing from Washington State University.