Linda S. Nield

Linda S. Nield, MD is a Professor of Medical Education and Pediatrics at West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine in Morgantown, WV.  She is the Associate Dean for Admissions for the MD degree and the Co-Director of the Pediatrics Residency Rural Scholars Program at WVU.  Dr. Nield has been on faculty at WVU School of Medicine since 1993 after completion of her residency there. A native of Rhode Island, she is a 1986 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and a 1990 graduate of Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire.  Dr. Nield was the Pediatrics Residency Program Director at WVU from 2010-2015.  She has served as the Chair of multiple departmental and Graduate Medical Education committees, and has led school efforts on diversity, equity and inclusion. On the state level, Dr. Nield is the Chair of the Publications Committee for the West Virginia State Medical Association.  Since 2020, she has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the  West Virginia Medical Journal. On the national level, she has been an active reviewer for numerous medical journals, and the author of several medical articles and book chapters in medical textbooks.  She is the lead author of the  Residency Program Director’s Handbook, Third Edition, which is a resource for new residency program directors.  Dr. Nield is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Gold Humanism Honor Society, the WVU Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, a past recipient of the David Z. Morgan Mentor Award, the WVU Health Science Center Women in Science and Health Advanced Career Excellence Award, and she was named West Virginia’s Pediatrician of the Year in 2017. Her research endeavors focus on ambulatory pediatrics, medical education, and the medical school admissions process.