Pediatric Hospitalist
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Nemours/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Abby Nerlinger MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatric hospitalist at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. She also serves as the Program Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, the Medical Director for Community Engagement and Scholarship for the Nemours Value-Based Services Organization, and is the Nemours Site Lead for the Delaware CTR-ACCEL Community Engagement and Outreach Core. She completed undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, medical school at Yale University School of Medicine, pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Children's National Health System. In addition to her medical training, she completed a Master of Public Health in Health Policy at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Dr. Nerlinger has extensive experience in legislative and community advocacy, specifically in the areas of pediatric environmental health, healthcare finance. Her current research focuses on health system-community partnerships, specifically measuring health and economic outcomes associated with medical-legal partnerships (MLPs). She sits on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health, and the Executive Committee for the Academic Pediatric Association Health Policy Scholars Program. She has spoken and facilitated workshops on advocacy topics and Advocacy Portfolios in various national forums, including the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference, Pediatric Academic Societies, AAP Legislative Conference, and various hospital grand rounds.
Sunday, September 28, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MDT