UM Shore Medical Group-Pediatrics at Easton Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Jessica Pajak

Jessica Pajak, DNP, CPNP

EASTON, Md. (November 25, 2025) – University of Maryland Shore Medical Group (UM SMG) is pleased to announce that Jessica Pajak, DNP, CPNP, has joined UM Shore Medical Group–Pediatrics at Easton. Pajak is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner with more than a decade of nursing experience and a strong background in both neonatal and pediatric primary care. UM SMG is an affiliate medical practice of the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.
 
Pajak earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in 2019 and her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in 2017 from the University of South Alabama. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where she graduated magna cum laude.
 
Before joining UM Shore Medical Group, Pajak provided pediatric primary care at Panda Bear Pediatrics in Gilbertsville, Pa., and Just Kids Pediatrics in Newark, Del., where she cared for children from birth through young adulthood. Earlier in her career, she served as a registered nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., and as a clinical instructor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., mentoring future pediatric nurses.
 
Pajak’s professional interests include preventive and developmental care, adolescent mental health and supporting families in promoting lifelong health and wellness for their children.
 
“We are excited to welcome Jessica to our Pediatrics team,” said Timothy Shanahan, DO, medical director, UM Shore Medical Group. “Her extensive experience in both neonatal and pediatric care, along with her warm and collaborative approach to families, aligns perfectly with our mission to provide exceptional, family-centered care to children on the Eastern Shore.”
 
A member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Pajak is board-certified as a Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board.
 
 About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 600 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore.
 
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.