Dr. Schofield attended medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine after graduating from Duke University with a degree in Biology. While in medical school she was awarded The Ohio State University Department of Otolaryngology Outstanding Student Award. During her otolaryngology residency training she was awarded the American Society Pediatric Otolaryngology Research Grant, the Society of Pediatric Radiology Award for Outstanding Basic Science Research Paper, and was a Finalist in the William H. Saunder’s Resident Research Competition. After completing her residency, she was briefly in private practice in Maryland, where she twice earned the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Group Physician Excellence Award.