Dr. R. Rammy Assaf, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• R. Rammy Assaf MD, MPH, MA, FAAP
• Office: 714-543-8911
• Specialty: Emergency Medicine
• Board Certified: Pediatrics; Pediatric Emergency Medicine

R. Rammy Assaf MD, MPH, MA, FAAP is on staff at CHOC Hospital in Orange .

Location

EMSOC
1310 West Stewart Drive, Suite 212
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-543-8911
fax: 714- 543-8914

Education

• Medical School
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Residency
  Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Fellowship
  Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Research Interests

Organizational social care integration; climate change and health; health inequities; mixed methods

Publications

Assaf RR, Assaf RD, Padlipsky PS, Young KD. Family preferences on reporting social needs in a pediatric emergency department setting. PEC Innov. 2024;4:100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100283.

Assaf RR, Assaf RD, Barber Doucet H, Graff D. Social care education and training among US pediatric emergency medicine fellowship programs. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003168. Online ahead of print

Assaf RR, Dolce M, Garg A. Sustainably implementing social determinants of health interventions in the pediatric emergency department. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4949.

Assaf RR, Assaf RD, Barber Doucet H, Graff D. Pediatric emergency department organization and social care practices among US fellowship programs. AEM Educ Train. 2022;6(4):10.1002/aet2.10791. PMID: 35982713

Assaf RR, Barber Doucet H, Assaf RD, Graff D. Social care practices and perspectives among US pediatric emergency medicine programs. AEM Educ Train. 2022;6:e10737. https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.10737. PMID: 35493290.

Assaf RR, Siembieda J, Recto M, Doniger SJ. Point-of-Care Ultrasound and New-Onset Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Teenager. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022;38(12):702-704. doi: 10.1097/PEC. PMID: 36449741

Assaf RR. Clinical and radiologic features of fulminant pediatric autoimmune encephalitis: a case report. J Edu & Teaching Emerg Med. 2022;7(2):V21-27. https://doi.org/10.21980/J8JW75

Assaf RR, Winters K. Not another presentation of cellulitis: A case report of erythromelalgia. J Edu & Teaching Emerg Med. 2022;7(1):V31-34. https://doi.org/10.21980/J8BD2K

Assaf RR. An unusual case of a toddler with metastatic neuroblastoma mimicking myasthenia gravis. J Edu & Teaching Emerg Med. 2022;7(1):V26-30. https://doi.org/10.21980/J8G35V

Assaf RR. Small Talk – Finding the right clues to manage BRUEs. emDocs. 1 Sep 2021. http://www.emdocs.net/small-talk-finding-the-right-clues-to-manage-brues/

Assaf RR, Winters K, Young K. Hot Hands: a case of Erythromelalgia. PEM Pix National Finalist. AAP NCE 2021. http://www.pempix.com/

Assaf RR, Young KD. Trends in pediatric recreational drug use and ingestions. Adv in Pediatr. 2021;68:261-81. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2021.05.011. PMID: 34243857

Assaf RR, Piroutek MJ. A case report of neonatal vomiting due to adrenal hemorrhage, abscess and pseudohypoaldosteronism. J Edu & Teaching Emerg Med. 2021;6(3). https://doi.org/10.5070/M56354261

Assaf RR. “Hematology/Oncology.” In: Chang C, Padlipsky P, Young K. Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) PEM Fundamentals, 1st ed. Irving, TX: EMRA. 2021;165-178

Assaf RR, Phung P, Schmidt A, et al. Pediatric emergency department shift experiences and moods: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study. AEM Educ Train. 2021;5(3):e10572. doi: 10.1002/aet2.10572. PMID: 34124518

Assaf RR, Kiehna EK, Cheung C, et al. An Eleven year-old Girl with Depression and Electrolyte Disturbance. Pediatr in Review. 2019;40(8):421-424. doi: 10.1542/pir.2017-0082. PMID: 31371635

Assaf RR, Hudson S, Marcy S, et al. Sibling caregivers: a mixed methods study & family-based intervention model in a pediatric hospital. J Health Edu Research & Develop. 2018;6(4):283. doi: 10.4172/2380-5439.1000283

Assaf RR, Hoffman J, Parekh C, et al. A 5-year old immigrant child with a mediastinal mass. Pediatr Inf Dis J. 2017;36(11):1109. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001651. PMID: 28650417

Assaf RR, Wu H. Severe scaly pruritic rash in an 8-year-old girl with trisomy 21. Pediatr in Review. 2016;37(11):e45-47. https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2015-0158. PMID: 27803149

Assaf RR, Auf der Springe J, Siskowski C, et al. Participation rates and perceptions of caregiving youth providing home health care. J Community Health. 2016;41(2):326-333. doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0100-7. PMID: 26483035

Assaf RR. Overview of local, state and national government legislation restricting trans fats. Clin Ther. 2014;36(3):328-332. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.01.005. PMID: 24636818

Assaf RR, Llanes A, Chmait R. In utero release of constriction amniotic bands via blunt dissection. Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2012;31(1):25-29. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2011.618875. PMID: 22017664