{"id":6155,"date":"2024-10-22T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=6155"},"modified":"2025-02-09T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:57:10","slug":"tara-grimes","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/tara-grimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tara Grimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Tara Grimes<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">MOT, OTR\/L, CCM<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Access Case Manager<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"phone\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:443-630-0043\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Phone\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t443-630-0043\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:tara.grimes@shepherd.org\" title=\"tara.grimes@shepherd.org\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Email\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttara.grimes@shepherd.org\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/admissions\/referrals\/\" class=\"wp-element-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Patient Referrals<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Tara Grimes, MOT, OTR\/L, CCM, has been with Shepherd Center since 2011 and serves as an Access Case Manager for the East Coast.<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Saint Francis University<\/strong><br \/>\nMaster\u2019s in Occupational Therapy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saint Francis University<\/strong><br \/>\nBachelor of Applied Science, Health Science<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Certified Case Manager (CCM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Tara Grimes joined the Admissions Department at Shepherd Center in 2011. She had previously worked for Shepherd Center as an occupational therapist in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Outpatient Therapy Department. She has experience in all aspects of rehabilitation, including acute care, inpatient, sub-acute, outpatient and home health. Tara covers Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an OT, I have a passion for helping the spinal cord and brain injury population become as independent as possible. I&#8217;m thrilled to be a part of the Shepherd Center team and give patients from the mid-Atlantic region the opportunity to receive therapy at the best place possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tara received her bachelor\u2019s degree in health science and her master\u2019s degree in occupational therapy from Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania. She enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and son. 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