- medical school: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri
- residency: Good Samaritan/Winthrop Hospital, Long Island, NY
- fellowship: Pediatric endocrinology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York
- board certification: Pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology
Yelena Nicholson, DO, Program Director
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expertise
pediatric diabetes (type 1, type 2, mody), prediabetes, diabetes technologies, hyperinsulinism, pediatric obesity
bio
Dr. Nicholson is a pediatric endocrinologist at Dayton Children's. She attended Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine to receive her DO. She completed her residency at Good Samaritan/Winthrop Hospital in Long Island, NY, then her pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, New York.
Dr. Nicholson is passionate about caring for children with diabetes, and helping kids achieve a healthy weight. She enjoys working at Dayton Children's because it is small enough that every child receives personalized care, but large enough to provide the best, modern treatments.
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existing patients
If you have already seen a provider in the endocrinology clinic at Dayton Children’s and need to schedule a follow-up appointment, please log in to MyKidsChart to schedule directly with your provider or call 937-641-4000. If you do not have a MyKidsChart account click here.
new patients
Scheduling in-person appointments for new endocrinology patients only. For diabetes/prediabetes patients, patients with concerns about weight gain, or patients with a known genetic condition, please call 937-641-3487.
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05/06/25
I am really satisfied with the results.
03/31/25
Dr. Yelena is the absolute best doctor to our child and consultant to us as parents. She is a 10 and we are very lucky to have her.
03/26/25
Well, for one, we have been with Dr. Nicholson since our son was 7 years old. He is now 19. And the level of care between the nurses and Dr. Nicholson herself has never wavered from an 11, in our opinion. She always spends time with us. She always lets us know. She's very honest with him. She's spoken with him. And as the years have gone by, speaking with us as care providers for him, to his maturity level growing into a 19-year-old young man, she speaks to him so that he understands that his diabetes, his management, is his now. And I think that's very important. The choices are his. As much as we are there and we listen, she makes sure that she is 100% honest with him at all points in time. And then Sarah, the nurse that we have, I mean, the people there.
03/24/25
Dr Nicholson has been very flexible with keeping me as a patient during university and dealing with some major life events. I haven't ever had issues with prescriptions or not getting help when I needed it in the last 10 years
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