Sheldon D Fields PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CRNP, AACRN, FNAP, FAANP, FADLN, FAAN
Dr. Fields has 34 years of experience in the health sector as an educator, researcher, clinician, administrator, consultant, health policy specialist, and entrepreneur / business owner. He received his Ph.D., in Nursing Science from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S., in Family Nursing and B.S., in Nursing from Binghamton University. He completed post-doctoral studies at the University of California San Francisco. He is an Advanced AIDS Certified Registered Nurse and a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. He has held faculty and administrative appointments at Binghamton University, the University of Rochester, Florida International University, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and New York Institute of Technology.
Dr. Fields is a well-known HIV/AIDS prevention research scientist with a significant focus on young men of color. He was most recently Co-PI of the HPTN073 that investigated the uptake and use of PrEP among Black-MSM in three U.S cities. Dr. Fields is a former director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and currently serves as the 14th President and CEO of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. He is the founding President of the Greater New York City Chapter of NBNA. He is a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP), the National Academies of Practice (FNAP), the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing (FADLN) and the prestigious American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). He is founder and CEO of “The S.D.F Group, LLC”, which is a health innovation consultant company.
Dr. Fields was the first ever male Registered Nurse selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Program. He served as a policy adviser to then Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) on the Senate HELP committee during the historic healthcare reform debates and passage of the Affordable Care Act.