Faryal Farooqi

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Get to know General Practitioner Dr. Faryal Farooqi, who serves patients in Greenacres, Florida.

With a focus on primary care, Dr. Farooqi is the Medical Director of Dedicated Senior Medical Center in Greenacres, Florida. Her areas of specialization include internal medicine, anti-aging medicine, regenerative medicine, and aesthetic medicine.

Dedicated Senior Medical Center is a family-owned primary and specialty care practice committed to delivering superior healthcare to Medicare-eligible seniors. It provides a full range of primary and preventive care services and works with trusted, preferred specialists for patients’ care. These preferred specialists, both on-site and in the community, work side-by-side with the primary care physicians to care for each patient individually.

As she tackles her senior patients’ health concerns, Dr. Farooqi loves to help them achieve goals they never thought possible. “There is no better reward than to see their quality of life improve. Along the way, I truly enjoy earning their trust and hearing their wisdom and humor” she stated.

Inspired by the lifelong care that her twin brothers have required, she became a physician to make a difference for others. She earned her medical degree from Universidad Ibero-Americano in the Dominican Republic in 2012, after which she performed her training at Aventura Hospital & Medical Center and Larkin Community Hospital in Florida.

Prestigious professional organizations of which Dr. Farooqi is a member of include: the American College of Physicians, the Society of Hospital Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the American Association for Physician Leadership.

In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients. A GP manages types of illnesses that present in an undifferentiated way at an early stage of development and may require urgent intervention.

In her spare time, Dr. Farooqi likes to read medical research and spend time with loved ones. Also an avid picture-taker and traveler, she dreams of visiting Africa, Japan, Croatia, and Switzerland. She is fluent in several languages, including English, Spanish, Urdu, Punjabi, and Italian.

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