Education

PhD Health Services Research (Financial Management Minor), UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MHA, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
MBA, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
BSc Kin, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
BSc Bioc, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia

Faculty Bio

Dr. Saleema Karim is Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Administration, College of Health Professions. Dr. Karim has taught classes that focus on operations management and healthcare financial management to MHA and MBA students. Her research focuses on hospital financial sustainability, disparities, geographic variation and payment reform.

Prior to joining VCU, Dr. Karim was a faculty member in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus on healthcare financial management. Her dissertation focused on the relationship of the Magnet Recognition designation on hospital financial performance.

Publications

• • Dayama, N., Felix, H., Pradhan, R., Morris, M., Karim, S. (2024) Exploring the Association Between Nursing Home Health Information Technology Implementation and Financial Performance. Accepted at the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy (August 2024).
  • Owsley, K. & Karim, S. A. (2024) Community Social Vulnerability and the 340B Drug Pricing Program: Evaluating Predictors of 340B Participation Among Critical Access Hospital. The Journal of Rural Health. http://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12833 
  • Carroll, N.W., Shih, S.-F., Karim, S.A. & Lee, S.-Y.D. (2024). Hospital Finances During the First Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Washington State Hospitals. Hefner, J.L., Cross, D.A. and Shay, P.D. (Ed.) Research and Theory to Foster Change in the Face of Grand Health Care Challenges (Advances in Health Care Management, Vol. 22), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 143-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-823120240000022007 
  • Lee, H. E., Chen, H. F., Huang, Y. T., Ho, P. S., & Karim, S. (2023). Rural–urban disparities in the incidence and treatment intensity of periodontal disease among patients with diabetes. Frontiers in Public Health, 11: 1241150. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1241150 
  • Karim, S. A., Tilford, M. J., Boguulski, C., Qadimirabbani, M., Hayes, C., Eswaran, H. (2023). Financial Performance of Rural Hospitals Persistently Lacking and Having Telehealth Technology. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. https://jhmhp.amegroups.org/article/view/8161/html 
  • Patel, K. N., Shih, SF., Bondugula, C., Carroll, N. W., Karim, S. A., Ford, E. W., Lee, SY. D. (2023). Compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Policy in the U.S. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. https://jhmhp.amegroups.org/article/view/8144/html