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Rima Saad Rassam

Rima Saad Rassam

Program Coordinator · PhD, MSN, RN, CPHON

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · United States/Lebanon

Dr. Rima Saad Rassam is the program coordinator at St. Jude Global Palliative Care Program. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Nursing Sciences from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Rima carries more than 22 years of combined expertise in pediatric oncology nursing and pediatric palliative care practice, education, and research. She completed two research residencies at the University of Michigan and Harvard University in 2019. Rima is a recipient of many national and international awards. Her research focuses on parents’ perspectives toward pediatric palliative care to uncover and implement potential improvement strategies in limited-resource settings.

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Publications

Paediatric palliative care in cancer
Downing J, Daniels A, McNeil M, Ndagire M, Palat G, Rassam R, Baker J · ecancermedicalscience · 2024
Development and Execution of a Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship in Latin America
Martinez-Jimenez S, Gradick K, Guarda J, Irwin L, Garcia-Quintero X, Rassam R, Cowfer B, Madni A, McNeil M, Montufar S, Moreira D, Antillon F, Delgado-Corcoran C, Pinargote Pico V, Rivas S · Journal of graduate medical education · 2026
Unfolding parental knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs toward palliative care for children with cancer
Rassam R, Huijer H, Noureddine S, Smith E, Wolfe J, Fares S, Abboud M · Pediatric Blood and Cancer · 2023
Paediatric oncology providers' perspectives on early integration of paediatric palliative care
Saad R, Kurdahi L, Yazbick-Dumit N, Irani C, Muwakkit S · International journal of palliative nursing · 2020
Parents providing palliative care for children with cancer
Rassam R, Huijer H, Noureddine S, Smith E, Wolfe J, Fares S, Abboud M · Ecancermedicalscience · 2024
Pediatric palliative care through the eyes of healthcare professionals, parents and communities: a narrative review
Saad R, Huijer H, Noureddine S, Sailian S · Annals of palliative medicine. · 2022
The first regional interdisciplinary paediatric palliative care (PPC) workshop for the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a groundbreaking collective step for PPC integration
Rassam R, Lion R, Cherkaoui S, Hessissen L, Garcia-Quintero X, Najjar L, Noun D, Hanna J, Yamout R, Resham S, Habaiba K, Al-Nassan A, El-Khoury J, Rayala S, Alotaibi Q, Gafer N, Troisi G, Downing J, Rasul S, Jeha S, Abraham M, McNeil M · ecancermedicalscience · 2025

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