Tamara Kim, CPNP PC

Tamara Kim, CPNP-PPC, is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner with University of Maryland Shore Medical Group–Pediatrics at Easton. Her specialties included providing care to complex cardiac surgical patients as well as patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Certified in both basic life support and pediatric advanced life support, Kim has earned critical care registered nurse (CCRN) pediatric certification, a specialty certification for nurses who influence care delivered to acute and critically ill pediatric patients. Prior to joining University of Maryland Shore Medical Group–Pediatrics, she worked on the pediatric intensive care unit at University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). Before becoming a nurse, she was a nationally registered emergency medical technician and paramedic who served various emergency services organizations, work that involved providing advanced life support to a wide range of patients requiring life-saving critical care and transportation to different levels of care.

Kim earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, with a focus on pediatric primary care, from University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON). Her clinical rotation included the newborn nursery at Mercy Medical Center and UMMC’s Breathmobile, which focuses on providing care to children with asthma and other breathing conditions. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from UMSON and her Bachelor of Science degree in emergency health services paramedic track from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

In her free time, Kim volunteers as a Girl Scout troop leader.