Ashlee M. Jaffe, MD, MEd
Areas of expertise: Healthcare Informatics, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, Medical education, Advocacy- Firearm Injury Prevention, Pediatric rehabilitation medicine, Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation
Locations: Main Building
About Ashlee M. Jaffe, MD, MEd
Ashlee M. Jaffe, MD, MEd is board certified in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and serves as an attending physician in the Center for Rehabilitation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jaffe’s career bridges pediatric rehabilitation and clinical informatics. While her early work focused on caring for children with conditions such as cerebral palsy, torticollis, and brain injury, her current efforts center on leveraging technology and data to improve care delivery and clinician experience. As CHOP’s Medical Director of Informatics for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and the Principal Informaticist for EHR Optimization & Provider Wellbeing, she leads initiatives in electronic health record (EHR) optimization and workflow redesign to enhance patient safety and reduce cognitive burden for clinicians. “I’m excited about using technology to improve the experience for our clinicians using our EHR,” she says.
Dr. Jaffe has published on spasticity assessment in cerebral palsy, quality improvement strategies, and the integration of informatics tools to improve documentation efficiency and population health management. Dr. Jaffe is Epic-certified in multiple domains and chairs the inaugural PM&R Specialty Steering Board at Epic, contributing to national efforts to advance specialty-specific EHR functionality.
Beyond informatics, Dr. Jaffe is deeply committed to advocacy and education. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Academic Physiatrists and the Physiatry Foundation and is a leadership board member for OnCall4Kids, where she champions firearm injury prevention and community safety initiatives. “Advocacy is a missing milestone in medicine,” she notes. “Engaging clinicians in advocacy can change systems and save lives.” She also develops curricula in quality improvement and patient safety for trainees and mentors future leaders in rehabilitation medicine and clinical informatics.
Education and experience
Dr. Jaffe earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and completed residency training in rehabilitation medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, followed by a fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She also holds a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, a Master’s Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research, and a Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement & Patient Safety.
Titles
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director of Informatics, Division of Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Principal Informaticist, EHR Optimization Team, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Certifications
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine – American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Informatics – American Board of Preventive Medicine
Epic Certified - Physician Builder
Epic Certified - Analytics
Epic Certified - Population Health
Epic Patient-Entered Data Badge
Epic: Empowering the Clinical End User Badge
Bleeding Control Basic Instructor, Stop the Bleed
Awards and Honors
2026, Recognized for Distinguished Volunteer Service, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2025, Innovators & Influencers Honoree, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2025, Women of Influence, Main Line Parent; Selected as one of three recipients out of 275 nominees
2024, Clinical Analytics Champion, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2021–2023, Program for Academic Leadership (PAL), Association of Academic Physiatrists
2019, Good Catch Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2018, QI Leadership Course, Selected Participant, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2017, 3rd Place Poster at Nurse Research & Evidence Based Practice Day for "Tracking Bundle Compliance to Reduce Harm: How We Watched Our Rates Fall," Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2013, Resident Award for Exemplary Service to the Department, Thomas Jefferson Medical College
2013, Certificate of Recognition for Exceptional Service to the Department, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
2013, Resident Award for Exemplary Medical Student Teaching, Thomas Jefferson Medical College
2012–2013, Certificate of Recognition for Scholarly Activity, Recipient in 2012 & 2013, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
2012, Copello Health Advocacy Fellow
2012, A. Gene Copello Physician Leadership Summit Nominated Participant
2011–2013, Certificate of Recognition for Medical Student Teaching: 2011, 2012, & 2013, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
2011–2012, Certificate of Recognition for Special Projects, Recipient in 2011 & 2012, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
2011, Outstanding Participation and Contribution as a Patient Safety Officer, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Leadership and Memberships
Epic:
- Inaugural PM&R Specialty Steering Board Chair 2024-2026
- PM&R Subject Matter Expert, Epic PM&R End-User Training Services, 2025
- PM&R Specialty Steering Board Chair Emeritus, 2026-2027
AMIA:
- Informatics Summit Submission & Abstract Reviewer, 2025
- Clinical Informatics Conference Submission & Abstract Reviewer, 2025
- Amplify Informatics Conference Submission & Abstract Reviewer, 2026
Editorial and Academic Positions
2026-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2025-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, PM&R
2023-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
2021-Present, Ad hoc reviewer, MedEdPORTAL: The AAMC Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MEd in Curriculum & Instruction - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Medical Degree
MD - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Internship
Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia PA
Residency
Rehabilitation Medicine - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Rehabilitation - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Additional Training
Masters Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement & Patient Safety- Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Masters Certificate in Clinical & Translational Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Publications
PubMed
Publications
2025
Hatch EH, Jaffe AM, Prosser LA.: Clinical utility of a patient-reported outcome for assessing spasticity in a pediatric population. J Pediatr Rehabil Med 18(1): 5-12, Feb 2025.
2023
M. Caverow, PT, DPT; K. Kouvel, PT, DPT, PCS; A. Jaffe, MD, MEd; Fendrick, J, MD; Drexler, C, MD: Outpatient Specialty Care and Primary Care Clinical Pathway for Congenital Muscular Torticollis. CHOP Clinical Pathways Library June 2023 Notes.
Marchese DL, Feldman K, Sinn C, Javaid S, Jaffe A, Katz E, Lider J, Green MM, Marcus L, Swanson E, Gober J, Thomas SP, Deike D, Felman K, Sinha A, Dalal P, Ewing E, Hiller A, Rosenberg N, Mosher KA, Houtrow AJ, McLaughlin MJ.: Rehabilitation Outcomes in Children With Acute Flaccid Myelitis From 2014 to 2019: A Multicenter Retrospective Review. Pediatr Neurol 145: 41-47, May 2023.
2021
Jaffe, A; Powell, M; Konieczny, T; Osweiler, C; Kreher, G: Improving WeeFIM Score Completion Rates: An Interdisciplinary Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Quality Improvement Project. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine 14(3): 517-524, July 2021.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2026
Farion D, Auh E, Hemeida A, Jaffe A, Jayabalan P, Rydberg L: Advocacy Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency. Am J Phys Med Rehabil Page: DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000003070, Jun 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Jaffe A, Case A: "Spinal Cord Injury and Autonomic Dysreflexia Management", Chapter 1459. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, 23rd ed. Accepted for Publication.
2024
Jaffe A, Case A: "Spinal Cord Injury and Autonomic Dysreflexia Management", Chapter 751. Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd ed. Robert M. Kliegman & Joseph W. St. Geme III (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 4389-4392, April 2024.
2023
Caverow M, Kouvel K, Jaffe A, Fendrick J, Drexler C: Outpatient Specialty Care and Primary Care Clinical Pathway for Congenital Muscular Torticollis. CHOP Clinical Pathways Library June 2023 Notes: https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/congenital-muscular-torticollis-clinical-pathway.
2019
Bryant, PB and Jaffe,AM: "Spinal Cord Injury and Autonomic Dysreflexia Management" Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st ed. Robert Kliegman, Joseph St. Geme (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 3755, April 2019.
Alternative Media
2025
Jaffe, A.: Treat's Tricks & Friends: Epic In-Basket Tips. Instructional video, CHOP intranet, 2025 Notes: Internal training for CHOP providers.
2024
Jaffe, A.: Invited Remarks on Firearm Injury Prevention and Child Health Advocacy as a Pediatric Rehabilitation Physician and Mass Shooting Survivor, OnCall4Kids. Press Conference Address, Washington, DC, May 2024.
2023
Jaffe, A.: The Other Side: A Physiatrist's Retelling of the Highland Park Shooting. Physiatry Forward. Association of Academic Physiatrists, Summer 2023.