Linda S. Book, MD

Dr. Linda Book graduated from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine, completed a pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center and the University of Utah followed by fellowship training in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the University of Utah. She is a Professor of Pediatrics and is the former Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition at the University Of Utah College Of Medicine. She is the Director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program and Liver Center at Primary Children’s Medical Center. She has over 25 years’ experience compassionately caring for infants, children and adolescents with liver disease including those needing before and after liver transplant care. She is particularly proud to be part of the Primary Children’s Hospital liver transplant team, which has one of the best patient outcomes in the U.S. Dr.Book has worked extensively at the regional and national levels to prioritize organ allocation to children and in the development of living donor liver transplantation She is interested in quality improvement and care models for in and outpatient transplant care, and the transitioning of adolescents to adult transplant care.. Her current research interests are biliary atresia, cholestatic liver disease and pediatric liver transplantation. She received the American Academy of Pediatrics Utah Chapter Service to Children Award and the American Academy of Pediatrics Murray Davidson Award, which recognizes clinical, teaching and research excellence in pediatric gastroenterology. She is recognized in the Hall of Honor of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Book has held numerous national leadership positions in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition.