Namita Jayaprakash, MD

Henry Ford Health
ICU Steering Committee Member since 2022
Dr. Jayaprakash is a board-certified Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine Physician based in Detroit MI. She is passionate about enhancing sepsis care and early interventions in critical illness. Her vision is delivered through her clinical practice in both areas of emergency medicine and medical intensive care, her commitment to process improvement and her research. Graduating from University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, Dr. Jayaprakash completed a basic specialist training scheme in the Republic of Ireland and gained a competitive and esteemed Membership (by examination) to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for the UK and Ireland. Following this, she completed an emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital and then a critical care fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She currently serves as a Senior Staff Physician at Henry Ford Health and Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University. In addition, she leads the Sepsis Program at Henry Ford Health (a health system inclusive of five acute care hospitals).