Tamera Nelson, MD, FAAP

Dr. Tamera Nelson was born and raised in North Dakota. She attended the University of North Dakota, earning first a BSN in Nursing and then attending Medical School. She did her pediatric residency at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and then spent 6 years working ER and Urgent Care for Children’s Mercy and then at The Children’s Hospital of Colorado. After years of shift work, she happily joined Littleton Pediatrics in 2012. She loves getting to see her patients grow and develop through the years while guiding parents through the ups and downs along the way. She enjoys travel, cooking, reading, and hiking with her husband and dogs.