Russell M. Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Russell M. Nelson

Physician, current Prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Profession: surgeon, cardiologist, military physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Russell M. Nelson

  • Russell Marion Nelson Sr.
  • (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and former surgeon who is the 17th and current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
  • Nelson was a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly 34 years, and was the quorum president from 2015 to 2018.
  • As church president, Nelson is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator.A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Nelson attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate and medical school education.
  • He then did his medical residency and earned a Ph.D.
  • at the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of the research team developing the heart-lung machine that in 1951 supported the first human open-heart surgery using mechanical takeover of heart and lungs (cardiopulmonary bypass).
  • After further surgical training and a two-year stint in the U.S.
  • Army Medical Corps during the Korean War, Nelson returned to Salt Lake City and accepted a professorship at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
  • He spent the next 29 years working in the field of cardiothoracic surgery.
  • Nelson became a noted heart surgeon, and served as president of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Utah Medical Association.Nelson served in a variety of lay LDS leadership positions during his surgical career, beginning locally in Salt Lake City and then as the LDS Church's Sunday School General President from 1971 to 1979.
  • In 1984, Nelson and the American jurist Dallin H.
  • Oaks were selected to fill two vacancies in the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
  • LDS apostles serve for life, and so Nelson retired from all of his prior professional positions.

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