Reena P. Tam
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Reena P. Tam, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-3645
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Dr. Reena P. Tam received an M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Utah followed by a two-year Pediatric Global Health Fellowship in rural India; Chinle Indian Heath Service unit and southern Rwanda.

Dr. Tam is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She is a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Tam is also an Associate Program Director for the categorical Pediatric Residency Program within which she directs the Global, Rural, Under-resourced Child Health (GRUCH) pathway and the Health Equity, Accountability, and Respect (HEAR) initiatives.

Academically, she is interested in medical education scholarship, quality improvement, and improving patient safety and disparities.

When not working, Dr. Tam can be found trying new SL-area food trucks, restaurants, bakeries, traveling with kids, hiking/camping, road biking, trail running, XC skiing, and coaching women's lacrosse.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (sub: Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Dr. Reena P. Tam received an M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Utah followed by a two-year Pediatric Global Health Fellowship in rural India; Chinle Indian Heath Service unit and southern Rwanda.

Dr. Tam is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She is a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Tam is also an Associate Program Director for the categorical Pediatric Residency Program within which she directs the Global, Rural, Under-resourced Child Health (GRUCH) pathway and the Health Equity, Accountability, and Respect (HEAR) initiatives.

Academically, she is interested in medical education scholarship, quality improvement, and improving patient safety and disparities.

When not working, Dr. Tam can be found trying new SL-area food trucks, restaurants, bakeries, traveling with kids, hiking/camping, road biking, trail running, XC skiing, and coaching women's lacrosse.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Hospital Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (sub: Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Molecular Genetics [Pre-Med]; Minor: International Studies [Africa] - Ohio State University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Ohio State University College of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - University of Utah Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Global Health - University of Utah Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. McHenry MS, Tam RP, Nafiseh AA, Etling MA, Barnes AE, Rule ARL, Crouse HL, Haq H, Morris LE, Murray BL, Umphrey LA, Keating E (2021). Global Health Partnerships During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Insights from International Partners. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 105(2), 407-412.
  2. For Academic College of Emergency Experts in India (ACEE-INDIA) ¿ INDO US Emergency and Trauma Collaborative., Mahajan P, Batra P, Thakur N, Patel R, Rai N, Trivedi N, Fassl B, Shah B, Lozon M, Oteng RA, Saha A, Shah D, Galwankar (2017). Consensus Guidelines on Evaluation and Management of the Febrile Child Presenting to the Emergency Department in India. Indian pediatrics, 54(8), 652-660.
  3. Spraker-Perlman HL, Tam RP, Bardsley T, Wilkes J, Farley L, Moore D, Sheetz J, Baker J (2019). The Impact of Pediatric Palliative Care Involvement in the Care of Critically Ill Patients without Complex Chronic Conditions. Journal of palliative medicine, 22(5), 553-556.
  4. Lalitha AV, Fassl B, Gist RE, Shah BR, Chawla N, Singh A, Baranawal A, Shamarao S, Vanaki R, Mahajan P, Patel R, Chauhan V, Batra P, Saha A, Galwankar S, Soans (2019). 2019 WACEM - Academic College of Emergency Experts Consensus Recommendations on Admission Criteria to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Departments in India. Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shock, 12(2), 155-162.
  5. Batra P, Thakur N, Mahajan P, Patel R, Rai N, Trivedi N, Fassl B, Shah B, Saha A, Lozon M, Oteng RA, Shah D, Galwankar (2018). An evidence-based approach to evaluation and management of the febrile child in Indian emergency department. International journal of critical illness and injury science, 8(2), 63-72.
  6. Umphrey L, Paasi G, Windsor W, Abongo G, Evert J, Haq H, Keating EM, Lam SK, McHenry MS, Ndila C, Nwobu C, Rule A, Tam RP, Olson D, Olupot-Olupot (2022). Perceived Roles, Benefits and Barriers of Virtual Global Health Partnership Initiatives: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study. Global Health Research and Policy. Global Health Research and Policy., 7(11),
  7. Purtell R, Tam RP, Avondet E, Gradick (2022). We are part of the problem: the role of children's hospitals in addressing health inequity. Hospital practice (1995), 49(sup1), 445-455.
  8. Kaeppler C, Holmberg P, Tam RP, Porada K, Stryker SD, Conway K, Schubert C, Medical Student Global Health Study Group (2021). The impact of global health opportunities on residency selection. BMC medical education, 21(1), 384.
  9. Haq H, Msekandiana A, Matshaba M, Thahane L, Watts J, Tam R, St Clair N, Schubert C, Rule A, Pannaraj P, Pitt M, Oleson D, Murray B, Morris L, Mendoza J, McHenry M, Keating E, Ferrer K, Crouse H, Condurache T, Batra M, Barnes A, Conway (2022). Global health electives in the COVID-19 era: resuming travel and strengthening global health academic partnerships. International journal of medical education, 13, 143-147.
  10. Stryker SD, Conway K, Kaeppler C, Porada K, Tam RP, Holmberg PJ, Schubert C, and Medical Student Global Health study grou (2023). Underprepared: influences of U.S. medical students' self-assessed confidence in immigrant and refugee health care. Medical education online, 28(1), 2161117.
  11. Fanny SA, Tam RP, Rule A, Barnes A, Haq (2024). Transforming Pediatric Global Health Education Through Antiracist and Anticolonial Principles. Pediatrics, 153(2),
  12. Umphrey L, Paasi G, Windsor W, Abongo G, Evert J, Haq H, Keating EM, Lam SK, McHenry MS, Ndila C, Nwobu C, Rule A, Tam RP, Olson D, Olupot-Olupot (2022). Perceived roles, benefits and barriers of virtual global health partnership initiatives: a cross-sectional exploratory study. Global health research and policy, 7(1), 11.

Newspaper

  1. Tam R, Gradick K, Keating E, Wilkins V, Diaz-Ochu (2020). Commentary: Are we really all in this together? May 26, 2020 https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/05/26/commentary-are-we-really/.