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Gunnlaugur Petur (G. Petur) Nielsen, MD
- Phone: 617-724-1469
- Departments
- Department of Pathology
Specialties
- Cancer Center
- Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology
- Head & Neck Cancers
- Chordoma
- Clinical Interests
- Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
- Electron Microscopy
- Head and Neck Pathology
- Frozen Section Pathology
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- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Medical Education
- MD, University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Residency, University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine
- Board Certifications
- Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology
- Gender
- Male
- Foreign Languages
- Icelandic
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Biography
Gunnlaugur Petur (G. Petur) Nielsen
Associate Pathologist
Director of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Director of Electron Microscopy Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Email: gnielsen@partners.org
Dr. Nielsen has written extensively on neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases and of bone and soft tissue. He is the co-author of several book chapters, has participated in writing a number of sections in the current World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone and recently finished a book on bone tumors. He is also contributing to several sections of the upcoming WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone to be released in 2013. Dr. Nielsen is a regular speaker at national and international pathology and orthopedic courses
.Updated 12/30/2011
Research
Research interests include pathology and biology of bone and soft tissue tumors and the application of ancillary studies in the diagnosis of bone and soft tissue neoplasms. I am especially interested in chordoma research.
PublicationsBibliography of G. Petur Nielsen via PubMed
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