Rajesh Daftary, MD, MPH

Education
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
Honors and Awards
  • 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

  1. 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. Race, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Prehospital Law Enforcement Handcuffing in Children With Behavioral Health Emergencies. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 39527058


  2. 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. Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda. Pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37800272


  3. Foster AA, Watkins K, Trivedi TK, Cruz-Romero M, Leibovich SA, Daftary RK, Kornblith AE, Grupp-Phelan J, Sporer KA, Kellison C, Glomb NW. Physical restraint use in children with mental and behavioral health emergencies in the prehospital setting. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open 2023. PMID: 37600903


  4. Daftary RK, Murray BL, Reynolds TA. 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. BMJ open 2018. PMID: 30093514


  5. Daftary RK, Cruz AT, Reaves EJ, Burkle FM, Christian MD, Fagbuyi DB, Garrett AL, Kapur GB, Sirbaugh PE. Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response. Prehospital and disaster medicine 2014. PMID: 25226070