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M. RASHAD MASSOUD, MD, MPH, FACP<\/h6>\n
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Bethesda, MD 20817 | Cell: (240) 751-8855 | rashadmassoud@gmail.com<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/m-rashad-massoud-md-mph-facp-87b7021 | www.RMA.global<\/div>\n
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE<\/div>\n
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C-Suite physician executive, public health specialist, and globally recognized leader in improving health outcomes, efficiency of care delivery, and patient and staff satisfaction. Adept at developing organizational capability, strategic and operational plans, fiscal management, teambuilding, advocacy, policy dialogue, business development, fundraising, program implementation, operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, exceeding customer expectations, innovation, results, and raising visibility. Committed, passionate, change agent; high energy; technologically savvy; data driven; analytic, continually learning. Master at orchestrating complex, multi-country activities, and virtual operations. Strong cross-cultural competencies, communications skills, relationship management, partnership-building, empowering leadership, and adaptive management.<\/div>\n
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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Thought leadership in quality management and health systems strengthening: Elected Inaugural Member ISQua Academy. Advisory Board Member, World Health Organization Global Report on Quality and Safety.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Improved health outcomes and reduced inequities: For example, Improved blood pressure control in 8 mobile health centers in India from 63% to 90% and reduced the gender inequity gap from 10.4% to 2.5%.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Managed multiple projects in 40 countries at a time. Received USAID\u2019s highest Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) of \u201cExceptional\u201d on every evaluation criterion for the HCI Project.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Managed a budget of $160 million\/year. Oversaw distribution of $1.25 billion gifts-in-kind to 92 countries.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Staff management and oversight: 80 HQ, and 600 staff in 40 countries. Nurtured vibrant, collaborative teams.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Empowering, inclusive, and adaptive management. Exceptional relationship management. Inspiring advocate and articulate public speaker. Worked with policymakers. Extensive US and global network.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Quadrupled revenue for QPI\/URC from $14 to $60 million\/year. Generated $750 million in revenue. Generated funds from solicitations, philanthropies, I-NGO\u2019s, high net worth individuals, private companies.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Lived in 6 countries, traveled to 93, worked with 104. Multilingual: English, Arabic, Russian, basic French.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Experienced working with Boards of Directors of IHI, URC, and Americares. Board Member, 400,000-member Harvard Alumni Association. Editorial Board Member Journal for Health Management Standards. Former President, Harvard Chan SPH Alumni Association. Former Chair, BOD Americares Tanzania.<\/div>\n
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/div>\n
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Head, Global Health, USA, IQVIA Jan 2025 \u2013 Present<\/div>\n
Leading global health efforts in the USA including strategy, revenue generation, and delivery in countries.<\/div>\n
Founder & CEO, Rashad Massoud Associates, LLC Dec 2023 \u2013 Present<\/div>\n
Consulting, Advisory, and Implementation in Healthcare Quality Improvement, Global Health, Health Systems.<\/div>\n
Set up, and managing company, generating revenue, designing, implementing, resourcing, and monitoring and evaluating activities. Managing client, funder, and partner relations. Reporting and ensuring compliance.<\/div>\n
\u2022 November 2024 \u2013 Present: Indonesia Ministry of Health, National Quality and Patient Safety Strategy<\/div>\n
\u2022 September 2004: Snorkel AI Inc., Consultant, Expert Contributor, Health Policy.<\/div>\n
\u2022 August 2004 \u2013 Present: Renaye James Healthcare Associates, Consultant, Health Care Equity.<\/div>\n
\u2022 May -December 2024: Vmarsh Healthcare, Empaneled Consultant.<\/div>\n
\u2022 April \u2013 June 2024: World Bank, Senior Consultant, Quality Component, HEQIP II Project, Cambodia.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Nov 2023- April 2024: Abt Associates, Consultant: Instituting Continuous Improvement.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Oct 2023 \u2013 May 2024: Rios Partners, Senior Advisor: Healthcare and Lifesciences Strategy.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Sep \u2013 Nov 2023: AstraZeneca, Lead Consultant: Study Concept Design, Quality Improvement Initiative.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Mar \u2013 Jun 2023: InterAmerican Development Bank, Strategy Consultant: Assessed, Engaged Leadership, and Developed Strategic and Technical Direction Roadmap to Improve Healthcare in Belize.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Nov 2022 \u2013 January 2025: Women Influencing Health, Education, Rule of Law (WI-HER), Strategic Advisor.<\/div>\n
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Instructor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health July 2024 \u2013 present<\/div>\n
Teaching Healthcare Quality Improvement for graduate students and for Executive Education Programs.<\/div>\n
Visiting Faculty, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Sep 2022 \u2013 July 2024<\/div>\n
Department of Global Health and Population (GHP) and the Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights. Developing innovative, comprehensive curricular content and programs for health systems strengthening, global health security, and public health in humanitarian crises and providing mentorship to students in the MPH, SM II, DrPH, and PhD programs.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Developed and taught tutorial on \u201cHow to Improve Healthcare\u201d for students and Executive Education.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Participated in multiple activities including Global Health Security and Health and Human Rights.<\/div>\n
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Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Sep 2020 \u2013 Sep 2022<\/div>\n
Americares Foundation, Stamford, CT<\/div>\n
Worked remotely to oversee and provide leadership to the organization\u2019s 50+ health programs at $60M\/year with 3,000 health centers in 20 countries for people affected by poverty or disaster, and 1,000 Free and Charitable Clinics in the US, its 45 Emergency Responses in US and globally, and its global distribution of $1.25B pharmaceuticals to 92 countries. Oversaw the program team of 470+ in 12 countries. Direct Reports: Two Deputy SVPs, Two VPs, Executive Director of Americares Free Clinics (AFC) – a separate 501 c3, and Chief of Staff for Programs. Ex-Officio Member, BOD AFC. Leadership Team Liaison to the Program Committee of Americares Board of Directors, working closely with the Chairperson and Members of the BOD. Ex-officio Chair of the Board of Directors of Americares Tanzania. Worked closely with Development, Fundraising, and Marketing.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Led the Program Team to deliver improvements in impact. Improved blood pressure control in 12 mobile health centers in India from 63% to 90% and reduced gender inequity gap from 10.4% to 2.5%.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Led the development of Americares Five-Year Program Strategy and Annual Implementation Plan. Focused on deepening impact through improved health outcomes; bridging health equity gaps; designing sustainability through local partnerships.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Strengthened and Positioned the Technical Unit. Pooled technical experts across Americares into eight technical communities of practice. Matrix managed technical experts with US and global Programs. Introduced two new communities of practice in Quality Improvement and Knowledge Management.<\/div>\n
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University Research Co., LLC-Center for Human Services (501 c3), Bethesda, MD, Nov 2007 \u2013 Sep 2020<\/div>\n
Establish goals to support key organizational objectives including profit and loss, fiscal management, and technical and organizational direction. Provide Executive-Level Corporate Leadership.<\/div>\n
Chief Medical & Quality Officer\/ SVP (Jan 2015 \u2013 Sep 2020)<\/div>\n
Oversee quality improvement efforts, corporate operations, and compliance with organizational and federal government regulations within a budget of $160 million. Oversaw 50 staff at HQ, 600 in 40 countries, and 200 consultants. Direct Reports: Project Directors, ASSIST Deputy Director, three Senior Directors, and four Regional Directors. Point of Contact with US Government Counterparts.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Fundraising: Led competitive bid and won USAID\u2019s \u201cImproving Health Systems\u201d IDIQ – $500M\/5 years.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Successfully directed USAID\u2019s \u201cApplying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project\u201d – $210 million, 46 long-term program countries. Received $40.5 million additional funding to address the Zika epidemic in 13 LAC and Caribbean countries.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Developed system for managing knowledge on improvement across countries and global improvement community. Developed and implemented online product solutions: Improvement Indicators Database, online training in three languages, and Financial Management System.<\/div>\n
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SVP, Quality & Performance Institute (QPI) (Nov 2007 \u2013 Jan 2015)<\/div>\n
Generated revenue and managed $50+ million, ~10 Projects; 30+ countries, 50 headquarters staff, 560 field personnel, and 180 consultants. Direct Reports: three Senior Directors and four Regional Directors. Point of Contact with US Government Counterparts.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Fundraising: Tripled revenues from $14 to $50+ million, and the number of countries from 14 to 44.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Director, \u201cUSAID Healthcare Improvement (HCI) Project\u201d – $150 million, 38 countries.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Received USAID\u2019s highest Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) of \u201cExceptional\u201d on every evaluation criterion for the HCI Project.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Awarded USAID\u2019s first Small Business Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Award for the relationship with WI- HER (Woman-owned small business focused on gender) on the USAID HCI Project.<\/div>\n
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Senior Vice President Oct 2004 to Nov 2007<\/div>\n
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Cambridge, MA<\/div>\n
Led Strategic Partner Portfolio \u2013 key customers focused on innovation, transformation, and large-scale spread.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member of the IHI Executive Management Team. Provided subject matter expertise and technical solutions in quality improvement. Grew revenue and evolved Strategic Partner Portfolio from 3 (Ascension Health, HRSA\u2019s Health Disparities Collaborative, and Premier Inc.) to 9, adding (Kaiser Permanente, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, DHHS Indian Health Service, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in England, NHS Scotland, and Jonkoping County Sweden). Delivered innovative solutions, yielding improvements at scale for every strategic partner.<\/div>\n
\u2022 IHI\u2019s Board of Director Liaison on disparities, and Co-Chair of the IHI \u2013 Kaiser Permanente Endowment Committee for Community Benefits.<\/div>\n
Prior Experience: Vice President, Regional Director, & Senior Quality Assurance Advisor of URC; Healthcare Improvement Expert for Harvard University Institute for International Development; Management Consultant for KPMG and UNICEF; Director of Quality for the Palestine Council for Health; Medical Officer at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), West Bank; and Internal Medicine Clinical Practice, West Bank.<\/div>\n
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EDUCATION<\/div>\n
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Master of Public Health (MPH), Health Policy & Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.<\/div>\n
Doctor of Medicine (MD), I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Former USSR.<\/div>\n
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SELECTED TEACHING & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS<\/div>\n
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International Society for Quality and Safety; World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<\/div>\n
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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member, Advisory Board, Harvard Business Review (August 2024)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Inaugural Member, Emeriti Presidents Council, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (July 2024)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Chair, International Advisory Board to the Palestinian Ministry of Health (July 2024)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Frontiers in Public Health. Review Editor (June 2024), Member Editorial Board (2015)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Discussant, European Public Health Preparedness, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (March 2024)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Co-Chair, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria: Better Preparedness for the Next Pandemic (March 2024)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Lifetime Membership Award, International society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua), (August 2023)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Editorial Board Member, Journal for Healthcare Management Standards, (June 2023)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member, International Advisory Board FlaQuM (Flanders Quality Model), (September 2022)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member, Board of Directors, Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). (July 2022 -June 2025)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member Health Equity Committee, American College of Physicians (April 2022)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Member, Global Health Equity Network, World Economic Forum (March 2022)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Three times Alumni Commencement Speaker, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Senior Marshal, Harvard University Commencement, Cambridge, MA (05\/2019, 05\/2018, 05\/2016)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Elected Inaugural Member of ISQua\u2019s International Academy for Quality and Safety – \u201cfor excellence of leadership within research, academia, or service delivery in quality and safety in healthcare (10\/2018)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Advisory Board Member, World Health Organization Global Report on Quality and Safety (09\/2013-06\/2018)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Alumni Association. Immediate-Past President (09\/2019-09\/2021), President (2017-2019), President-Elect, (2015-2017). Member Alumni Council (2012-2015)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Co-Chair, Health Systems Global, TWG on Quality in Universal Health Coverage (10\/2017-10\/2020)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Chair, Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 565 on \u201cBetter Health Care: How Do We Learn About Improvement?\u201d Salzburg, Austria (07\/2016). Chair, Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 489 (04\/2012)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Co-Chair, TWG, Quality, Standards, and Regulation, WHO Global Health Workforce Alliance (10\/2013 \u2013 10\/2015)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Nominee (one of 64) for SafeCare Magazine\u2019s Person of the Year. Editors and Board regard nominees as \u201ccontributed significantly toward improving patient safety and healthcare quality across the globe\u201d (04\/2015)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Faculty Member of the Year Award, F1000 Medicine Public Health & Epidemiology, (04\/2014)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Special Recognition Award for Leadership in Global Health Improvement, Asia Pacific Forum on Improving Quality and Safety in Health Care, Auckland, New Zealand (10\/2014)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Elected Fellow, American College of Physicians, FACP (08\/2009)<\/div>\n
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PUBLICATIONS<\/div>\n
\u2022 September 2024, Rios Partners, Health of Health 2023 Report, https:\/\/www.healthofhealth.org\/ Dr. M. Rashad Massoud, Senior Advisor Kyle Johnson, Director Shannon Hayes, Senior Analyst Jasper Swierstra, Senior Analyst.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Shang Ju Li, Thomas Miles, Itisha Vasisht, Harshwardhan Dere, Celestina Agyekum, Rashad Massoud, Breaking barriers: assessing the impact of clinical quality improvements on reducing health disparities in hypertension care among Mumbai\u2019s urban slums. BMJ Open Quality 2024;13:e002716. doi:10.1136\/ bmjoq-2023-002716<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud MR and Kimble L. Reflections from Over a Decade of Managing Large, Global, USAID-Funded Quality Improvement Projects. F1000Research 2020, 9:865 (document) (doi: 10.7490\/f1000research.1118008.1)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud MR, Kimble L, Boucar M et al. The Next Frontier of Healthcare Quality Improvement: Remaining Gaps and Priorities. F1000Research 2020, 9:866 (document) (doi: 10.7490\/f1000research.1118019.1)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Aumakhan B, Coly A, Hager S, Chitashvili T, Massoud MR. Evaluation of the rapid, multi-country, parallel process, multi-tasking approach to startup of short-term technical assistance to improve service delivery in newborn and child health in the context of USAID\u2019s Zika response in four Eastern and Southern Caribbean countries. F1000Research 2020, 9:251 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.22814.1)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Brittney Sweetser, Akilia Semoy, Maurice Lehman, Nigel Livesley, Mirwais Rahimzai, Esther Karamagi Nkolo, Henry Mwebesa, Alex Kakala, M. Rashad Massoud, Joseph Okware, Jacqueline Calnan. Institutionalising the culture of quality of care: A team of experts highlights Quality Assurance in Uganda. Africa Health, October 2019. https:\/\/africa-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AH-October-2019-32-quality.pdf<\/div>\n
\u2022 S Hargreaves, K Rustage, LB Nellums, JE Bardfield, B Agins, P Barker, M R Massoud, N P Ford, M Doherty, G Dougherty, S Singh. Do quality improvement initiatives improve outcomes for patients in antiretroviral programmes in low- and middle-income countries? a systematic review. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes DOI: 10.1097\/QAI.0000000000002085.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud MR, Kimble LE, Boguslavsky V et al. Managing hundreds of improvement teams. F1000Research 2018, 7:1722 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.16099.1)<\/div>\n
\u2022 Stuart Barson,Robin Gauld, Jonathon Gray, Goran Henriks, Christina Krause, Peter Lachman, Lynne Maher, M. Rashad Massoud, Lee Mathias, Mike Wagner, Luis Villa, (2018) “What initiatives do healthcare leaders agree are needed for healthcare system improvement? Results of a modified-Delphi study”, Journal of Health Organization and Management, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JHOM-08-2017-0216<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Kimble, L.E., Goldmann, D., Ovretveit, J., & Dixon, N. (2018). Better Health Care: How Do We Learn About Improvement? Salzburg Global Seminar Session 565 Editorial. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(S1): 1\u20134.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Barry, D., Kimble, L.E., Nambiar, B., Parry, G., Jha, A., Chattu, V.K., Massoud, M.R., and Goldmann, D. (2018) A Framework for Learning About Improvement: Embedded Implementation and Evaluation Design to Optimize Learning. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(S1): 10-14.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Kimble, L.E., Massoud, M.R., and Heiby, J. (2017) Using Quality Improvement to Address Hospital-Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Chapter in \u201cAMR Control 2017: Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance.\u201d Published in official association with the World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance. Global Health Dynamics, ISBN 978-0-9576072-7-9.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. and Kimble, L.E. (2017) Why Is It Important to Use Improvement Methods to Address Chronic Care Priorities in Primary Care? Health and Primary Care, 2515-107X.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Kimble, L.E. and Massoud, M.R. (2017) Quality Improvement in Intensive Care Medicine: Leveraging Teamwork to Improve and Optimize Care Delivery. Austin J Emergency & Crit Care Med, 4(1): 1051.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Kimble, L.E. and Massoud, M.R. (2017) What Do We Mean by Innovation in Healthcare? European Medical Journal, 1(1): 89-91.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ahmed, F., Michelen, S., Massoud, M.R., and Kaafrani, H. (2016) Are the SDGs Leaving Safer Surgical Systems Behind? International Journal of Surgery, 36: 74-75.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Barry, D., Murphey, A., Albright, Y., Sax, S., and Parchman, M. (2016) How Do We Learn About Improving Health Care: A Call for a New Epistemological Paradigm. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1-5.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., and Mensah-Abrampah, N. (2015) Scaling-Up of High-Impact Interventions. Chapter in \u201cImproving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health.\u201d Springer 2015, ISBN 978-1-4939-2720-3.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Barry, D., Vaid, S., Kuhlase, N.M., and Haumba, S.M. (2015) The Role of Improvement Science in Infection Control. Chapter in \u201cAMR Control 2015: Overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance.\u201d Published in official association with the World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance, Global Health Dynamics, ISBN 978-0-9576072-3-1.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Shakir, F., Livesley, N., Muhire, M., Nabwire, J., Ottosson, A., Jean-Baptiste, R., Megere, H., Karamagi-Nkolo, E., Gaudreault, S., Marks, P., and Jennings, L. (2015) Improving Care for Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy through a Gap Analysis Framework. AIDS, 29(Suppl 2): S187-S194.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. and Mensah-Abrampah, N. (2014). A Promising Approach to Scale Up Health Care Improvements in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: The Wave-Sequence Spread Approach and the Concept of the Slice of a System. F1000Research, 3(100).<\/div>\n
\u2022 Najjar, S., Hamdan, M., Euwema, M.C., Vleugels, A., Sermeus, W., Massoud, M.R., and Vanhaecht, K. (2013) The Global Trigger Tool Shows that One Out of Seven Patients Suffers Harm in Palestinian Hospitals: Challenges for Launching a Strategic Safety Plan. Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Mensah-Abrampah, N., Sax, S., Leatherman, S., Agins, B., Barker, P., Kelley, E., Heiby, J., and Lotherington, J. (2012) Charting the Way Forward to Better Quality Health Care: How Do We Get There and What Are the Next Steps? Recommendations from the Salzburg Global Seminar on Making Health Care Better in Low- and Middle-Income Economies. International Journey for Quality in Health Care, 24(6): 558- 563.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Mensah-Abrampah, N., Barker, P., Leatherman, S., Kelley, E., Agins, B., Sax, S., Heiby, J. (2012). Improving the Delivery of Safe and Effective Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. BMJ, 344(e981).<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (2012) Quality Improvement in Pediatric Primary Care. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(Suppl 2): A1-02.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Donohue, K.L., and McCannon, C.J. (2010) Options for Large-Scale Spread of Simple, High- impact Interventions. USAID Health Care Improvement Project Technical Report, University Research Co., LLC.<\/div>\n
\u2022 McCannon, C.J., Berwick, D.M., and Massoud, M.R. (2007). The Science of Large-Scale Change in Global Health. JAMA, 298(16): 1937-9.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Oxford Handbook of Public Health, 2nd Edition (2006) Part 6 Improving quality in healthcare, 6.2 Taking action to improve quality by Charlie Thompson and Rashad Massoud. Oxford Press<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Nielsen, G.A., Nolan, K., et al. (2006) A Framework for Spread: From Local Improvements to System-Wide Change. Institute for Healthcare Improvement Innovation Series White Paper.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (2002) Upgrading the Palestinian System: Improving Quality and Management. Cooperate and Separate, Separate and Cooperate: The Disengagement of the Palestinian Health Care System from Israel and Its Emergence as an Independent System. 217-226. PRAEGER<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (2001) A Framework for Clinical Quality Improvement: Integrating Content of Care & Process of Care. USAID Quality Assurance Project QA Brief, 9(2): 4.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Legros, S., Massoud, M.R., and Urroz, O. (2002) The Chilean Legacies in Health Care Quality. International Journey for Quality in Health Care, 14(Suppl 1): 83-8.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Catsambas, T.T., Kelley, E., Legros, S., Massoud, M.R., and Bouchet, B. (2002) The Evaluation of Quality Assurance: Developing and Testing Practical Methods for Managers. International Journey for Quality in Health Care, 14(Suppl 1): 75-81.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (2001) \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el responsable de la gesti\u00f3n de la calidad asistencial? Monogr\u00e1fico sobre la obra del Profesor Avedis Donabedian. Revista de \u00d3rgano de la Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Calidad Asistencial, 16(Supp 1): S107.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R., Askov, K., Reinke, J., et al. (2001) A Modern Paradigm for Improving Healthcare Quality. USAID Quality Assurance Project QA Monograph Series, University Research Co., LLC., 1(1). Translated into French, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, Vietnamese, and Korean.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (2001) Commentary on the paper \u201cA Conceptual Proposal for the Study of the Quality of Rehabilitation Care\u201d by Dr. Ruben Eldar. Journal of Disability & Rehabilitation, 23(5): 213-214; discussion 219-220.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Komarov, Y.M., Korotkova, A.V., Massoud, M.R., McGlynn, E., Meyer, G.S., and Notzon, S. (1999) Health Care Quality Glossary: Russian Federation \u2013 United States of America. The Russia-USA Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. The Health Committee, Access to Quality Health Care, the USAID Quality Assurance Project.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Habib, J., Massoud, M.R., Aboulafia, M., and Greenberg, D. (1997) Quality Management for Health Care in the Middle East and North Africa: Professional Cooperation as Part of the Peace Process. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 23(1): 65-68.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (1995) Appraisal of Policies and Practices in the Management of Diarrhea Among Children Under Five Years of Age in Major Palestinian Health Care Providers. United Nations Children\u2019s Fund West Bank and Gaza.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (1995) Total Quality Management & Health Care. Al-Quds Medical Journal. Journal of the Medical Association \u2013 Jerusalem, 2(4).<\/div>\n
\u2022 Contributing Author (1995) \u201cThe Palestinian Charter for Patient\u2019s Rights 1995.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u2022 Lead Author (1994) \u201cThe Strategic Plan for Quality of Health Care in Palestine.\u201d Palestine Council of Health.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Lead Author (1994) \u201cThe Operational Program for the Quality of Health Care Unit for the Year 1995\/1996.\u201d Palestine Council of Health.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Massoud, M.R. (1993) \u201cA Study of the Financial Statement of Health for the West Bank and Gaza.\u201d Harvard School of Public Health.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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