Ximena García-Quintero, MD, MSc

Ximena Garcia-Quintero, MD, is a Program Manager for the Global Palliative Care Program within the Global Pediatric Medicine Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Originally from Cali, Colombia, Ximena trained as a pediatrician and holds a master’s degree in Pediatric Palliative Care. She further specialized through the Harvard Medical School  Palliative Care in Education and Practice (PCEP) program.

She is the founder of one of Colombia’s first pediatric palliative care programs, which  continues to sustain and expand. Her program was awarded a My Child Matters grant (2019-2021), significantly increasing its national reach and impact. During her time in Colombia, she began collaborating with St. Jude Global as a country leader for the ADAPT Study in Latin America, further deepening her interest in global health.

Since joining the GPM team, Ximena has supported various global palliative care initiatives in education, research, and quality improvement, including the Global Comfort Promise. She is particularly passionate about leadership and program implementation in LMICs, quality improvement, and research, striving to reduce unnecessary suffering in children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases by ensuring they receive high-quality, compassionate care.