Kimberly Chidubem Okafor, MD
Kim was born in Chesapeake, VA but has deeper roots in Nigeria. She found her interest in medicine and infectious disease after visiting family abroad. Early on, she equated treating infectious diseases to making people feel better and wanted to be a part of the process. She attended James Madison University where she received her B.S. in Biology and then heading off to the University of Louisville SOM on a scholarship. It was here that her interest in infectious disease intensified and the opportunities to serve international populations were made apparent. She completed her combined internal medicine-pediatrics residency in Greenville, SC. Here, her passion for improving the quality of healthcare in underserved populations shone through. She is excited to continue her MedPeds ID training here in Nashville with the intention to continue to serve global and other underserved populations with an interest in HIV care.
Undergraduate: James Madison University
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Prisma Health-Upstate/USC Greenville
