Meet Lake Forest's Pediatricians
At Cook Children's, taking care of kids means including the whole family. We take the time to listen to you and your child, answer questions and help you navigate parenthood.
Our doctors are specialists in the health care of infants, children and adolescents. Our team includes board certified pediatricians that, together with you, will get your kids on the path to leading happy and healthy lives.
Meet our nurse practitioner
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Kim Andrews APRN, CPNP-PC
MSN, APRN, NP-CKim has been a Nurse Practitioner since 2015. She has been working in McKinney for the past 5 years at Cook Children’s Lake Forest, previously McKinney Pediatrics.
Kim was born and raised in Carrolton, Texas. Her family moved to Cairo, Egypt when she was 13 years old where she attended and graduated high school. This experience made a big impact on her life, teaching her the importance of diversity and inclusion.
Kim graduated college with a business degree but found out that the business world was not for her. It was after marrying and having her first child that she returned to college to pursue nursing. Through her nursing career Kim found a love for working with kids which led to her earning degree as a pediatric nurse practitioner degree at University of South Alabama.
Kim loves working with kids and educating families about caring for babies and kids all throughout their lives. In particular, Kim loves caring for newborns and first-time parents. Kim finds it very rewarding to watch her patients grow into happy healthy young adults. She also has a great affinity for teaching parents about ADHD and helping to treat their kids with this disorder. As a mom of two kids with ADHD she has a personal understanding of how this disorder can affect the family and life of children.
Kim has been married to her husband for 25 years and has two sons. Kim feels like being a mom has helped her to understand the challenges of parenthood and helped her grow in her knowledge of pediatrics with first-hand experience.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, traveling and loving on her three sweet dogs.
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