Farrukh N Jafri, MD, MS-HPEd, FACEP, is the Medical Director of WPH Cares, a department dedicated to providing data-driven, innovative solutions to ensure patients have access to services they need. In this role, he has designed and operationalized a virtual health platform including a community paramedicine program, a clinical outreach program for every hospital discharge, a tele-clinical pharmacist and remote patient monitoring program as well as a virtual acute care clinic for complex care patients. 

In his prior role, Dr. Jafri served as the Assistant Director of Education and Simulation and Co-Medical Director of the Armonk Urgent Care Center.  He built a simulation center and led a multi-hospital quality improvement initiative focused on COVID airway management, coached interprofessional teams in Pediatric and Adult inpatient units along with the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and the Departments of Intensive care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology on Crisis Resource Management. He has designed medical virtual reality programs including an IDSA-recognized Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training program. Dr. Jafri has been awarded ”Healthcare Hero” by Westchester Magazine, “Excellence in Healthcare” by the United Hospital Fund, “Rising Stars: 40 under 40” by the Business Council of Westchester and the “Medical Service Award” by the Children’s Dream Foundation. He has served as a research mentor to High School, College and Medical School students and has taught workshops at NYU, Mount Sinai, Henry Ford and Harvard University. 

Dr. Jafri has a BA from New York University, obtained his MD from the Renaissance School of Medicine in Stony Brook and completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital where he also served as Chief Resident. He has completed his Masters of Science in Health Professions Education at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and a fellowship at the Montefiore Center of Performance Improvement and is currently enrolled in a PhD at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions studying the impact of digital health for patient safety, quality and performance improvement. 

Jafri FN, Santana Felipes RC, Bliagos D, Torres RE, Bellido S, Arif A, Elwell D, Mirante D, Ellsworth K, Cardasis J, Anastasian G, Pinto H, Kochar A. Stress Testing the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: A Novel Use of In Situ Simulation to Identify and Mitigate Latent Safety Threats During Acute Airway Management. Simul Healthc. 2023 Apr 21. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000725. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37094366.

Yang CJ, Saggar V, Seneviratne N, Janzen A, Ahmed O, Singh M, Restivo A, Yoon A, Bajaj K, Ahmed ST, Moseley M, Moss H, Jafri FN. In Situ Simulation as a Quality Improvement Tool to Identify and Mitigate Latent Safety Threats for Emergency Department SARS-CoV-2 Airway Management: A Multi-Institutional Initiative. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023 Feb 24:S1553-7250(23)00059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.02.005. PMID: 37003946.

Raff JP, Cook B, Jafri FN, Boxer N, Maldonado J, Hopkins U, Roayaie S, Noyer C. Successful Pancreatic Cancer Screening Among Individuals at Elevated Risk Using Endoscopic Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Community Hospital Experience. Pancreas. 2022 Nov-Dec 01;51(10):1345-1351. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002182. PMID: 37099777.

Binder C, Elwell D, Ackerman P, Shulman J, Yang C, Jafri F. Interprofessional In Situ Simulation to Identify Latent Safety Threats for Quality Improvement: A Single-Center Protocol Report. J Emerg Nurs. 2022 Nov 15:S0099-1767(22)00234-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2022.09.007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36400572.

Jafri FN, Yang CJ, Kumar A, Torres RE, Ahmed ST, Seneviratne N, Zarowin D, Bajaj K, Edwards RA. In Situ Simulation as a Tool to Longitudinally Identify and Track Latent Safety Threats in a Structured Quality Improvement Initiative for SARS-CoV-2 Airway Management: A Single-Center Study. Simul Healthc. 2022 Jan 26.

Kravitz MB, Dadario NB, Arif A, Bellido S, Arif A, Ahmed O, Gibber M, Jafri FN. The Comparative Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Versus E-Module on the Training of Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment: A Randomized, Simulation-Based Educational Study. Cureus. 2022 Mar 30;14(3)

Sammartino D, Jafri F, Cook B, La L, Kim H, Cardasis J, Raff J. Predictors for inpatient mortality during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A retrospective analysis. PLoS One. 2021 May 10

Ahmed ST, Cusumano C, Shah SJ, Ma A, Jafri FN, Yang CJ. Response to "Mitigating Tracheostomy-Related Latent Safety Threats Through In Situ Simulation: Catch Them Before They Fall". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jun

Dadario NB, Felipes RCS, Cooney JV, Stephenson KM, Shleiwet NH, Liang T, Jafri FN. The Impact of a Mobile Phone Application for Retention of Bleeding Control Skills. J Surg Res. 2021 Jul 14

Arif A, Arif A, Fasciglione KA, Jafri FN. The Iterative Development and Testing of an Interactive Mobile Application for Skill Retention of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among High School Students: A Pilot Study. Simulation & Gaming. July 2021

Dadario NB, Bellido S, Restivo A, Kulkarni M, Singh M, Yoon A, Shapiro J, Quintero F, Tagami T, Yang CJ, Jafri FN. Using a Logic Model to Enable and Evaluate Long-Term Outcomes of a Mass Casualty Training Program: A Single Center Case Study. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 May 28

Singh M, Moss H, Thomas GM, Dadario NB, Mirante D, Ellsworth K, Shulman J, Bellido S, Amicucci B, Jafri FN. The Development of an Assessment Rubric for the Core and Contingency Team Interaction Among Rapid Response Teams. Simul Healthc. 2021 Aug 11.

Jing TT, Shah SJ, Dadario NB, Jafri FN. Evaluation of a Novel Three-Dimensional Emergency Cricothyrotomy Task Trainer. Cureus. 2021 Apr 30

Jafri FN, Dadario NB, Kumar A, et al. The Addition of High-Technology Into the Stop the Bleed Program Among School Personnel Improves Short-Term Skill Application, Not Long-Term Retention. Simul Healthc. 2021 Feb 16.

Jafri FN, Shah S, Yang CJ, Restivo A, Singh M, Yoon A, Ahmed ST. Safety Considerations for In Situ Simulation in Closed SARS-CoV-2 Units. Simul Healthc. 2020 Dec 2.

Jafri FN, Mirante D, Ellsworth K, et al. A Microdebriefing Crisis Resource Management Program for Simulated Pediatric Resuscitation in a Community Hospital: A Feasibility Study. Simul Healthc. 2020

Shah SJ, Cusumano C, Ahmed S, Ma A, Jafri FN, Yang CJ. In Situ Simulation to Assess Pediatric Tracheostomy Care Safety: A Novel Multicenter Quality Improvement Program. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;163(2):250-258.

Jafri FN, Shulman J, Gómez-Márquez JC, Lazarus M, Ginsburg DM. Sore Throat, Fever, Septic Emboli, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case of Lemierre Syndrome. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2018 Dec 6;2018:7373914. doi: 10.1155/2018/7373914. eCollection 2018.

Jafri FN, Solarz D, Hjemdahl-Monsen C. Cycling Induced Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2018 Jun 7;2018:2740513. doi: 10.1155/2018/2740513. eCollection 2018.

Nakao JH, Jafri FN, Shah K, Newman DH. Jolt accentuation of headache and other clinical signs: poor predictors of meningitis in an adult population. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Oct 15.

Siddiqui S, Jafri FN. A 14-year old boy with sore throat and syncope. Pediatr Ann. 2013;42:403-6.

Derrick BJ, Jafri FN, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Perforated uterus with displacement of intrauterine device. J Emerg Med. 2013;44:1144-5.

Yeh J, Jafri F, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Renal fracture. J Emerg Med. 2013 Apr;44:e337-8.

Jafri F, Runde D, Saul T, Lewiss RE. An inexpensive and easy simulation model of ocular ultrasound that mimics normal anatomy as well as abnormal ophthalmologic conditions. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2011 Apr 30(4):569-73.