grew up in Houston, Texas and has lived in the West Valley for 13 years. Dr. Jafri is double board certified in family medicine and geriatrics, trained at Banner Good Samaritan, now BUMC. She worked as a hospitalist for 6 years specifically in the Sun Cities for geriatrics. Since 2011, she provides black bag doctor service for seniors 65 and older at bedside no matter where on the longterm care spectrum they live. She is adjunct faculty at BUMC Geriatric Fellowship program and trains physicians in geriatric medicine, focused on providing evidence based, responsible and sensitive longterm care. Dr. Jafri is a certified medical director, overseeing infection, safety and quality control at an assisted living facility for over 6 years, She has also been a medical director at Hospice of the West for 5 years and continues to serve in this capacity, often providing the Islamic point of view to chaplains serving Muslim patients. As such, her expertise in geriatric life runs from independent living to end of life care. In her spare time, she provides free full spectrum adult family medical care to uninsured patients at Phoenix Allies for Community Health, serves grassroots local organizations and refugee resettlement agencies’ pregnant populations, and is a certified speaker at Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona, providing multiple presentations on Islam across the Valley. Dr. Jafri is a practicing Muslimah, mother to 4 homeschooled children, wife of 14 years, a podcaster at Mommying While Muslim, and an advocate for seniors who routinely suffer ageism and culturally insensitive care. She is fluent in English, Spanish, and Urdu.

What is Palliative Care? Specialty in medicine for people living with a serious illness with the goal to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family Based on the needs of a patient than the prognosis of a patient, and appropriate at any age, at any point in a serious illness, and can be delivered with curative treatment. 

Why Palliative Care? • Quality of life • Symptom control • Spiritual wellbeing • Psychological • Satisfaction with care • Less caregiver burden • Advance care planning • Fewer hospitalizations • Fewer hospital days • Cost savings

Uzma mentions the importance of a Transdisciplinary team • Physician • Nurse • Social Worker • Chaplain • Coordinator • Pharmacist

Email about end of life care: [email protected]

Here are the links for Muslim-centered end of life care resources:

1) https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/pulling-the-plug-the-islamic-perspectives-on-end-of-life-care

2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144300/

3) https://bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12904-021-00746-x

This is her senior Muslim community website: https://arizonamuslimseniorservices.org

These are the links to reach her podcast:

Email general: [email protected]

Podcast: https://mommyingwhilemuslim.com/

IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast