Rasha Khoury

Rasha Khoury, MD, is a pediatrician with experience spanning clinical medicine, health system leadership, human rights, and health equity. She earned her medical degree from the Technion, completed her pediatric residency at Schneider Children's Medical Center, and later served there as an attending physician, participating in clinical research and mentoring medical students, interns, and residents. She holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where she also served as a Course Coach in leadership programs.

 

Throughout her career, Rasha has worked across multiple levels of healthcare delivery, from caring for individual patients and families to leading population health initiatives and health system operations. She previously served as a regional medical director within one of Israel's largest health organizations, where she focused on preventive medicine, community health, and reducing barriers to care.

 

Alongside her clinical and leadership work, she has been active in humanitarian and human rights efforts. Rasha serves on the Board of Directors of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and has participated in mobile medical clinics serving Palestinian communities with limited access to healthcare. She also works in a clinic serving children without legal status, including the children of asylum seekers and migrant workers.

 

She is particularly interested in the health of children whose access to care is shaped by legal, political, and structural barriers, and in the responsibility of institutions to protect children's health and wellbeing.

 

Fellowship Project: Measuring the Invisible: Child Mental Health as an Accountability Metric in Protracted War

 

This project examines how child mental health outcomes can be used to assess institutional responsibility in settings of protracted war. While children living through war are often described as resilient, decades of evidence demonstrate lasting effects on mental health, education, and long-term wellbeing. Using Gaza as a focal case study and drawing comparisons with other wartime settings, the project explores how disruptions in pediatric care, mental health services, education, and social support contribute to developmental harm. Through comparative literature review, policy analysis, and interviews with clinicians and policymakers, the research aims to develop a Child Mental Health Accountability Framework that links children's developmental outcomes to measurable system-level indicators and child rights obligations.