Jefferson T. Barrett, MD, MPH

Jefferson T. Barrett, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an attending physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship and Co-Director of Simulation Education, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein. He is also Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Barrett’s clinical focus is on pediatric emergency medicine, simulation and medical education, pediatric disaster preparedness and readiness and firearm violence and injury prevention. After completing his Bachelor of Science at Providence College in 2008, Dr. Barrett attended Tufts University School of Medicine, earning his Master of Science in biomedical science and his Master of Public Health in health services management and policy in 2010. He then attended the University of Massachusetts Medical School, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Barrett completed his pediatric residency and pediatric chief residency at The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in 2018. He continued his training at Boston Children’s Hospital, completing his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship in 2021, taking on the role of Chief Fellow in his final year.

Dr. Barrett’s research focuses on pediatric readiness and disaster preparedness at a local and national level, as well as pediatric firearm and injury prevention. He has shared his work nationally through numerous peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, and invited presentations.

Dr. Barrett is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Medical Association and the Academic Pediatric Association. Dr. Barrett has been twice recognized in Super Doctors, New York Rising Stars in New York Times Magazine. In 2023, he received the Lewis Fraad Resident Teaching Award from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein. In 2024, Dr. Barrett received the Teaching Star Commendation from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.