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Dr. Frank Scafuri moved to Staten Island with his parents when he was only five (5) years old. He attended St. Rita School on Bradley Avenue from first to eighth grade. In 1987, at only fifteen (15) years old, Dr. Scafuri began working at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center (now know as Richmond University Medical Center “RUMC”) in the microbiology lab for Dr. Rudolph Howard. In 1990, he graduated Monsignor Farrell High School and thereafter he continued his education a St. Peter’s College in Jersey City majoring in pre-med.
After graduating St. Peters in 1994, Dr. Scafuri attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in 1999. In 2000, he completed his internship at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. In 2001, Dr. Scafuri returned to St. Vincent’s on Staten Island to complete his last two years of residency. Finally, in 2004, he completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at New York Medical College at St. Vincent’s Medical Center of New York in Jamaica, New York. When Dr. Scafuri’s fellowship was completed, he returned to St. Vincent’s again and opened his private practice on Staten Island.
Dr. Scafuri is currently the Chief of Infectious Diseases at RUMC. In addition, Dr. Scafuri is Chairman of the Infection Control Committee and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He is also a member of RUMC’s Credentials Committee and the secretary/treasurer of the Medical Executive Committee.
Dr. Scafuri has a solo practice in Staten Island on Forest Avenue and Amboy Road. He also has just opened a new office in Keansburg, New Jersey. Dr. Scafuri is on the Board of Directors for the Forest Avenue Business Improvement District as well as being an Honorary Police Surgeon for Infectious Diseases for the New York City Police Department.
Dr. Scafuri is married for fifteen years to his high school sweetheart, Mary, and together they have four children, Frank, Domenick, Marianna, and Angelina and two pets, a dog Oreo and a rabbit Kissie.
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