Nurse Practitioner Manager
Passionate about reproductive medicine both on a professional and personal level, Tamara Tobias is an active leader in the fertility community. Her personal experience—nine years of infertility—gives her a unique perspective and the ability to truly empathize and walk with her patients through the emotional ups and downs of the experience. She shares her patients’ stories, their triumphs and their heartbreaks along the journey.
The fertility journey is not easy, especially when the path isn’t clearly marked. Tamara took many long hikes along her own fertility journey which is why she wrote Fertility Walk: A Nurse’s Guide Along Your Journey.
Awards
2020, 2021 & 2022
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine Top Doctors
2014 & 2017
Seattle Magazine’s Top Nurse Practitioners
Tamara obtained her Nursing degree from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota, Nurse Practitioner training at Harbor-UCLA and Masters of Science Degree in Nursing from California State University, Long Beach. She has provided comprehensive care to infertile couples since 1997.
Tamara feels very fortunate that she was able to start with SRM when they launched their first of 6 offices back in 2004. She wore many hats at the time including the development of all of SRM’s third-party programs, numerous policies and procedures, and patient education materials which she continues to manage.
Some of her accomplishments include:
- Current Manager of the Advanced Practice Providers and Third-Party Program at SRM
- Honored recipient of the ASRM Service Milestone Award for serving 10 years in leadership board and/or committee positions
- Honored recipient of the ASRM STAR Award for presenting at 9 ASRM Annual Meetings/Scientific Congresses
- Co-chair, The Donor Egg Meeting
- Served on the Executive Council of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART)
- Active American Society for Reproductive Medicine member, currently serving on the ASRM Membership Committee and newly formed APP Professional Group
- President-Elect, Pacific Coast Reproductive Society (PCRS)
- Past Chair of the Nurses’ Professional Group within ASRM
- Invited speaker at ASRM annual meetings and multiple other professional conferences
- IVPCARE’s 2007 Cathy James Professional Patient Education Grant winner
- Published several articles in nursing newsletters and journals
- Founding member of Seattle Tacoma Area Reproductive Society (STARS) a non-profit organization established to provide continuing education and networking for fertility experts.
- SRM’s 2014 Employee of the Year
- Author of Fertility Walk, A Fertility Nurse’s Guide Along Your Journey and Hiking Geat for the Two-Week Wait, and Bella’s Family Tree
- Founder of Fertility Walk Hope Fund
Tamara sees patients at the Bellevue location. When she’s not working, Tamara especially enjoys the outdoors, hikes in the woods with her family, and gardening.