Linda S. Nield, MD

Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Pediatrics

Classification:

Faculty

Associate Dean of Admissions

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medical Education

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, Dartmouth Medical School, 1990

Vallejo MC, Price SS, Vanek TW, Fuller KA, Nield LS, Cottrell SA, Ferrari ND.  Virtual interviewing in the COVID-19 era:  a survey of graduate program directors.  J Dent Educ. 2022;86(5):535-542.  PMID:35580990

Grossman OK, Schretlen C, Nield LS.  Concordant Nephrotic Syndrome in Twins with PAX2 and MYO1E Mutations.  Clin Nephrol Case Stud. 2022;10(10)37-41.  PMID:  35574290

Price SS, Nield LS, Lilly CL, Vallejo MC.  Raising awareness about health care disparities with a medical and dental school web-based collaboration.  West Virginia Medical Journal. 2021;117(1):32-37. https://doi.org/10.21885/wvmj.2021.4  

Vijay C, Nield TR, Nield LS. Paraplegia following basketball play:  a case of spinal cord infarction secondary to fibrocartilaginous embolization.  Pediatr Emerg Care.  2021;37(7):e401-e403. PMID:30399067

Vallejo MC, Shapiro RE, Lilly CL, Nield LS, Ferrari ND.  The Influence of medical insurance on obstetrical care. J Healthc Risk Manag.  2021;41(1)16-20.  PMID:  33094546 

Vallejo MD, Wamsley LM, Lilly CL, Nease EK, Nield LS.  Factors associated with acceptance of repeat MCAT test takers into a West Virginian allopathic medical school.  Southern Medical Journal. 2021;144(12):801-806. PMID: 34853858

Nield LS, Vallejo MC, Lama AM, Yook KK, Carpenter AS, Baker CM, Hobbs GR. Rate of plagiarism in personal comments essays of applicants to a US allopathic medical school: an observational study.  J Gen Intern Med.  2019;34(11):2329-2330.  PMID:31388907. 

Nield LS, Reemtsma J. The Residency Program Director’s Handbook, Third Edition. HCPro.  Brentwood, TX.  June 2019.

Nield LS,  Kamat D.  Fever.  In Kliegman RM, St. Geme JW, Blum NJ et al, eds.  Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 21^st Edition.  Elsevier.  Philadelphia, PA. May 2019.

Nield LS, Nease EK, Grossman OK.  Enuresis management in the primary care pediatrics clinic.  Pediatr Ann.  2018;Oct 1;47(10):e390-e395.  PMID:30308674

Linda S. Nield, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and a member of the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Medical Education at West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine in Morgantown, WV.  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 from 2010-2015; in that role she provided leadership to the Department, as she was overseer of the residency recruitment process, educational curriculum and clinical experiences.   She has also served as Chair or a member of multiple departmental and graduate medical education (GME) committees, including the Pediatrics Program Evaluation Committee and the GME Health Care Disparities Committee.  On the state level, Dr. Nield is the Chair of the Medical Student and Resident Section of the WV American Academy of Pediatrics, and on the national level, she has been an active reviewer for the AAMC’s MedEDPortal and has numerous professional publications.  She has more than two decades of experience with mentoring medical students and residents, especially with career planning, board preparation and the process of writing for the clinical literature. Dr. Nield is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and a past recipient of the David Z. Morgan Mentor Award. Research interests lie in the field of medical education.

Medical Specialties

• General Pediatrics
• Pediatrics

Board Certifications

• Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Special Training

• Residency, Pediatrics
  West Virginia University, 1993