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PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER

Julie Kappes
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Julie Kappes is a native of southern Illinois.  She attended Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky to receive her bachelor's degree in nursing in 1986.  In 2002, after 15 years of emergency nursing, she returned to the Medical College of Georgia to become a certified pediatric nurse practitioner.  She started the pediatric department at MJWCHC in June of 2005.    

Julie is married to Dr. Joe Kappes, a pediatrician in Augusta, Georgia and has 4 children. She is active with the youth in her church and is on the board of directors for Ambassadors Community Organization, a downtown Augusta ministry for children and youth, as well as Destino del Reino, a children's home in Honduras.