Jeffrey Wolfrey, MD, Joins the College

Jeffrey Wolfrey, MD, has been appointed chairman of the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. He began his new role July 5.

“Given the shortage of Family Medicine physicians in Arizona and the extraordinary contributions of primary care physicians in addressing the critical health care needs of diverse populations in the state, this position is key to the College’s mission of training and nurturing future family practitioners,” said Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD, interim dean of the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. “We are thrilled that Dr. Wolfrey has joined us in this critical leadership position.”

Dr. Wolfrey also serves as chairman of the Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Department of Family Medicine and is a board-certified family medicine physician.

He completed his medical degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and internship and residency training at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix. He was on the clinical faculty of the University of Virginia for five years. He returned to Phoenix in 1991 and has served on the Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix Family Medicine faculty for 25 years, 14 as Residency Program Director.

Dr. Wolfrey was named Arizona Family Physician of the Year in 2013, awarded by the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians, and is a clinical professor in Family and Community Medicine at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. He was president of the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians in 2010-2011.

Dr. Wolfrey’s scholarly interests include primary care dermatology and population-based, patient-centered care delivery. He anticipates significant advances in patient outcomes and a central role for innovative primary care through the partnership of Academic Medicine with a high-quality, integrated health system like Banner.