Rajesh Daftary

Rajesh Daftary, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 

Location: UCSF San Francisco & Oakland
Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Medical Director, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Biography

Education:
Board Certifications: Pediatrics

University and National Positions:
Member, American Academy of Pediatrics

Education and Training

  • 2024 - , UCSF Foundations for Excellence in Physician Leadership
  • MPH, 2014 - , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 2013 - Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
  • 2012 - , Health Emergencies in Large Populations: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), offered by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 2008 - Pediatric Residency/Community Health Track, George Washington University/Children's National Medical Center
  • MD, 2005 - , Texas A&M University College of Medicine
  • BA, 2001 - Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Awards and Honors

  • Physician Provider of the Year, University of California, San Franciso/Benioff Children's Hospital - San Francisco - Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2021
  • UCSF Emergency Residency Faculty Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2018
  • Best Poster Presentation-Fellows' Research Symposium, Texas Children's Hospital, 2013
  • Best and Most Complete Fellow among all fellowship programs, Texas Children's Hospital, 2013
  • Appointment as Chief Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital; Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2012
  • Inductee, Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2005
  • Award for Outstanding Leadership and Commitment to the Community, Texas A&M College of Medicine Department of Leadership in Medicine, 2005
  • Recognition for the most innovative immunizations program in the state; awarded for establishment of Health Circus, Texas Department of Health, 2003

Publications

Development of a simple, practice-based tool to assess quality of paediatric emergency care delivery in resource-limited settings: identifying critical actions via a Delphi study.
Daftary RK, Murray BL, Reynolds TA
Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Prehospital Law Enforcement Handcuffing in Children With Behavioral Health Emergencies.
Watkins K, Glomb NW, Trivedi TK, Leibovich SA, Cruz-Romero M, Daftary RK, Kornblith AE, Foster AA, Schriger DL, Sporer KA, Kellison C, Hong T, Grupp-Phelan J
Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda.
Knappett M, Hooft A, Maqsood MB, Lavoie PM, Kortz T, Mehta S, Duby J, Akech S, Maina M, Carter R, Popescu CR, Daftary R, Mugisha NK, Mwesigwa D, Kabakyenga J, Kumbakumba E, Ansermino JM, Kissoon N, Mutekanga A, Hau D, Moschovis P, Kangwa M, Chen C, Firnberg M, Glomb N, Argent A, Reid SJ, Bhutta A, Wiens MO
Physical restraint use in children with mental and behavioral health emergencies in the prehospital setting.
Foster AA, Watkins K, Trivedi TK, Cruz-Romero M, Leibovich SA, Daftary RK, Kornblith AE, Grupp-Phelan J, Sporer KA, Kellison C, Glomb NW
Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response.
Daftary RK, Cruz AT, Reaves EJ, Burkle FM, Christian MD, Fagbuyi DB, Garrett AL, Kapur GB, Sirbaugh PE