Dr. R. Rammy Assaf, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Dr. Assaf is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine who treats kids with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.

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

Media Publication: Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How to Help Them Cope. By Bernard J. Wolfson. Published January 8, 2025. https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/climate-change-anxiety-teen-youth-mental-health/

Assaf RR, Knudsen-Robbins C, Heyming T, et al. Food and housing insecurity, resource allocation, and follow-up in a pediatric emergency department. West J Emerg Med. 2025;25(7):1-12. doi: 10.5811/westjem.19435.

Assaf RR*, Barber Doucet H*, Das K, Tedford N, Graff DM, Fleegler E. Assembling the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Social Care Toolkit: a Modified Delphi Study. Acad Pediatr. 2024;25(2):102599. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.102599. PMID: 39521048 *Co-first authors

Assaf RR. ‘The wildfires may be contained but their impact on youth mental health is raging’. MedPage Today. Published 2 October 2024. https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/112207?trw=no

Assaf RR*, Golden CV*, Moreno T, et al. Age, adverse childhood experiences, and health care utilization. Pediatrics. 2024;154(5):e2023064838. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064838.

*co-first authors. PMID: 39420864

Video Abstract:

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/154/5/e2023064838/199647/Age-Adverse-Childhood-Experiences-and-Health-Care?autologincheck=redirected

Assaf RR, Barber Doucet H, Graff D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Social Care Toolkit. Northwestern National Collaborative for Education to Address the Social Determinants of Health (NCEAS). Published online May 2024. https://sdoheducation.org/resources/pediatric-emergency-medicine-pem-social-care-toolkit/

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. doi: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100283. PMID: 38689830

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;40(8):e151-e158. PMID: 38563810

Assaf RR, Dolce M, Garg A. Sustainably implementing social determinants of health interventions in the pediatric emergency department. JAMA Pediatr. 2024;178(1):9-10. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.4949. PMID: 37983050

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