Khaled Rafeh

• Rotating across internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, OB/GYN and emergency medicine, taking direct part in admission
workups, ward rounds, daily progress notes, and discharge summaries.
• Carrying out histories and physicals, ordering, and interpreting routine laboratory and imaging investigations, and
presenting cases at multidisciplinary morning report.
• Performing common bedside procedures including peripheral cannulation, arterial blood gas sampling, NG tube placement,
urinary catheterization, and assisting with thoracentesis and paracentesis under supervision.
• Routine collaboration with attending physicians, residents, hospital pharmacists, and nursing staff in both Arabic and
English.

• Co-built the research group from ground up
• Coordinated a multinational team of medical students, residents, and faculty across
Jordan and the United States, taking the group from no published output to over 20
abstracts in two years.
• Lead end-to-end project management: study design, IRB-relevant data extraction
protocols using Epic and TriNetX-style real-world databases, statistical analysis
planning, manuscript writing, journal submission, and peer review responses.
• Mentor junior medical students through the full research cycle, including authorship
discussions, abstract structure, and conference submissions.
• 23 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts in gastroenterology, hepatology, IBD,
GI oncology, and cardiovascular medicine, accepted at
conferences (DDW, ACG, ACC Middle East, MEHFC) and journals (Gastroenterology,
American Journal of Indian of with
seven additional manuscripts in submission, peer review, or final preparation.

covering anatomy, physiology, biochemistry,
microbiology, pharmacology and pathology, with an organ-systems approach that
links basic science to clinical reasoning. for junior medical students engaged in the
Group, supporting them through the research cycle from question framing to
publication. Volunteered with a winter clothing
initiative supporting underprivileged families in Jordan. on request.

• Worked under Dr. Maen Abdelrahim Chief of GI Medical Oncology, of the Cockrell Center for
Advanced Therapeutics Phase I Program, Professor at College) and Dr. Abdullah Esmail Weill College, Section of GI Oncology) at one of the leading transplant oncology programs in
the United States.
• Followed inpatient and outpatient GI oncology cases on a quaternary referral service, attended multidisciplinary tumor
boards, and contributed to clinical decision-making discussions across pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and colorectal
malignancies.
• Conducted structured chart reviews and real-world data extraction from EPIC for ongoing oncology research projects,
including pancreatic adenocarcinoma survival analyses and immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity cohorts.
• Authored a single author narrative review titled gastrointestinal cancer prevention mini during the elective.