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Nancy A. Murphy
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Nancy A. Murphy, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

Pediatric Comprehensive Care Clinic
81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

South Davis Community Hospital

401 South 400 East
Bountiful , UT 84010

Nancy Murphy, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR is a Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Complex Care and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Since joining the faculty in 2001, she has been the Medical Director of the Pediatric Transitional Care Program at South Davis Community Hospital. In 2007, she established the Comprehensive Care Program at Primary Children’s Hospital for children with complex conditions and disabilities, often with technology dependencies. She is the Immediate Past Chair of Council of Children with Disabilities, a national committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Throughout her career as a pediatric physiatrist, Dr. Murphy has focused her clinical and academic work on the care of children with disabilities, in the context of their families and communities.

Board Certification

American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Phys Medicine & Rehabilitation (Sub: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine)

Nancy Murphy, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR is a Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Complex Care and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Since joining the faculty in 2001, she has been the Medical Director of the Pediatric Transitional Care Program at South Davis Community Hospital. In 2007, she established the Comprehensive Care Program at Primary Children’s Hospital for children with complex conditions and disabilities, often with technology dependencies. She is the Immediate Past Chair of Council of Children with Disabilities, a national committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Throughout her career as a pediatric physiatrist, Dr. Murphy has focused her clinical and academic work on the care of children with disabilities, in the context of their families and communities.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation -Adjunct Professor
Board Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Phys Medicine & Rehabilitation (Sub: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate Microbiology - Rutgers University, Cook College B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School M.D.
Residency Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ames SG, Delaney RK, Delgado-Corcoran C, Houtrow AJ, Alvey J, Watt MH, Murphy (2024). Impact of disability-based discrimination in healthcare on parents of children with medical complexity. Developmental medicine and child neurology, 66(9), 1226-1233.