Farrukh N. Jafri, M.D.

Farrukh N. Jafri, MD, MS-HPEd, PhD, FACEP, is the Medical Director of WPH Cares, a department dedicated to providing data-driven, innovative solutions to ensure patients have access to the services they need post hospital discharge. In this role, he designed and operationalized a virtual health platform that includes a community paramedicine program, a clinical outreach program reaching every hospital discharge, a tele-clinical pharmacist service, a remote patient monitoring program, and a virtual acute care clinic for complex-care patients. His current work centers on embedding artificial intelligence and remote monitoring into transitional care to improve patient safety, quality, and post-discharge outcomes.

Dr. Jafri also serves as a member of East Post Road Ventures, White Plains Hospital's venture capital affiliate, where he advises on early-stage investments in care delivery and medical device innovation, and he sits on the hospital's AI Steering Committee. His research is supported by funding from PCORI and an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet award, among others. He serves as Associate Editor of Simulation in Healthcare and Assistant Editor of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. He maintains an active research program with over 35 peer-reviewed publications focused on implementation science, digital health, artificial intelligence, and healthcare simulation.

In a 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-19 airway management, coaching interprofessional teams across pediatric and adult inpatient units, the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and the Departments of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, and Anesthesiology in Crisis Resource Management. He 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 Star: 40 Under 40" by the Business Council of Westchester, the "Medical Service Award" by the Children's Dream Foundation, and the Editor's Choice Award from Simulation in Healthcare. 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 earned his BA from New York University and his MD from the Renaissance School of Medicine at 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 holds a Master of Science in Health Professions Education from the MGH Institute of Health Professions and completed a fellowship in Quality and Performance Improvement at the Montefiore Center for Performance Improvement. In 2026, he completed his PhD in Health Professions Education (Implementation Science) at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, studying the impact of digital health and simulation on patient safety, quality, and performance improvement.

Jafri FN, Elsener M, Kumar A, Kardong-Edgren S, Edwards RA. Artificial Intelligence-Powered Simulation for Telehealth Communication Training: Bridging Traditional Simulation and Artificial Intelligence. Simul Healthc. 2026 Apr 30. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000940. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42061299.

Arif A, Kumar A, Elsener M, Egan K, Jafri FN. Analyzing Vital Sign Variability in Remote Monitoring as a Predictor of 31-Day Heart Failure Readmission: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Telemed J E Health. 2026 Apr 7:15305627261440450. doi: 10.1177/15305627261440450. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41943975.

Jafri FN, Johnson K, Elsener M, Latchmansingh M, Sege J, Plotke M, Jing T, Arif A, Ganz-Lord F. A Quality Improvement-based Approach to Implementing a Remote Monitoring-Based Bundle in Transitional Care Patients for Heart Failure. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Nov;50(11):775-783. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.07.004. Epub 2024 Jul 26. PMID: 39277482.

Elsener M, Santana Felipes RC, Sege J, Harmon P, Jafri FN. Telehealth-based transitional care management programme to improve access to care. BMJ Open Qual. 2023 Nov;12(4):e002495. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002495. PMID: 37940335; PMCID: PMC10632879.

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 Jun-Jul;49(6-7):297-305. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.02.005. Epub 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 37003946; PMCID: PMC9951608.

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. 2023 Feb 1;18(1):16-23. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000633. Epub 2022 Jan 28. PMID: 35085181; PMCID: PMC11221782.