Seema Amin, DO

Dr. Seema Amin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical school and serves as the Medical Director for the pediatric palliative care team known as the Pediatric Advanced Comprehensive Care Team (PACCT) at Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Hospital. She received her DO degree at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by residency at Akron Children’s Hospital. She went on to complete her first fellowship in pediatric hematology oncology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park NY. She spent one year at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a Hospitalist in the division of oncology/bone marrow transplant and pediatric critical care medicine. After that, she went on to complete a second fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, DE. She currently has three board certifications (general pediatric, pediatric hematology/oncology and hospice/palliative medicine). In her current role as medical director, she is working on programmatic development and expansion for the pediatric palliative care program. Her goal is to continue to expand the reach of services throughout NJ so all children can have access to proper pediatric palliative care.  Her research interest is focused on educational curriculum development for primary pediatric palliative care as well as communication training for medical students and residents.   

New York College of Osteopathic Medicine                                      09/2008 – 06/2012
Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine  

Psi Sigma Alpha Honor Society (Top 15%)
 

New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury NY                         09/2005 – 05/2009
Bachelors of Science: Life Science                                                   Presidential Honor List    

Post-DOCTORAL Training  

Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship                                                    07/2019 – 06/2020 
Nemours Children’s Health, Wilmington, DE

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship                                        07/2015 – 06/2018
Hofstra/ Northwell School of Medicine at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Long Island, NY  

General Pediatrics Residency                                                              07/2012 – 06/2015
Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio  

Dr. Amin's primary research interests include communication training and primary palliative care education. I have structured several curriculums for residents to teach basic palliative care principles and how to navigate challenging conversations.   

Bravo-Iniguez CE, Fritz JR, Shukla S, Sarangi S, Thompson DA, Amin S et al. Vagus Nerve simulation primes platelets and reduces bleeding in hemophilia A mice. Nat Commun 14, 3122 (2023)  

Sarangi SN, Gaballah M, Nolfi-Donegan D, Battaglia M, Amin S, Amodio J, and Acharya S. Primary thrombophylaxis to prevent thrombotic events in pediatric oncology patients with malignant mediastinal mass. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021; 68:e29360 

2020 SOPHM Abstract Award  

Given to the poster presentation of Transdermal Buprenorphine in Children with Complex Chronic Conditions: A Case Series