About
Andrew Nerland is currently a third-year medical student at University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine and serves as the Region 6 coordinator. He is participating in the Frontier and Rural Medicine Program at the Sanford School of Medicine, a rural medical education track which allows students at the Sanford School of Medicine to participate in their clinical rotations through full scope rural medicine. He attended the University of South Dakota for his undergraduate degree where he majored in Medical Biology and Psychology and minored in History. He is interested in pursuing Family Medicine and Psychiatry, and he has a strong interest in rural medicine. He aims to provide high-quality care to traditionally underserved patient populations. Through his position at the NRHA, Andrew’s goal is to connect with other medical students in the region who hope to make a positive contribution to the future of rural medicine.