Kimberly McIltrot’s contributions to nursing span clinical practice, advocacy, research, and international education. Her 35-year nursing career began with her eleven-year service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (veteran), specializing in maternal-child health. Previously, she served as lead nurse practitioner in pediatric surgery and wound, ostomy, and continence care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for 18 years. At the School of Nursing, Dr. McIltrot completed a six-year term as DNP Program Director specializing in curriculum development before transitioning to her current role as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Presently, Dr. McIltrot is also on the Continence team in the Physical Medicine and Rehab Department at Kennedy Krieger Institute, where she works with children and young adults with neurobehavorial challenges alongside gastrointestinal incontinence-related diagnoses. Dr. McIltrot has spearheaded the development and implementation of innovative practice programs locally and internationally, including experiential learning opportunities for international nursing education in Nepal, Guatemala and Peru with the Center for Global Initiatives (CGI). She has advanced pediatric surgical nursing through the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association as founder of the Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing. An internationally recognized expert on wound care, pediatrics, and pediatric surgery, Dr. McIltrot has written numerous journal articles and textbook chapters, presented internationally, and served as an expert consultant in Malta, the Middle East, and the U.S. She served as co-director of the first cohort of DNP students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. McIltrot supports DNP advanced practice students as instructor, mentor, and preceptor in a variety of courses and instructional methods. She earned her DNP in 2010 from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing first DNP graduating class.
JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Child and Youth Health