Alison Haruta, MD
Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Washington
- Residency: University of Washington Hospitals
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas
- Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
- Surgery, 2022
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- American College of Surgeons, National
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- Henry Harkins Surgical Society, Local
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Haruta, A and O'Connell, K Adopting the Fourth Pillar of Acute Care Surgery: The Current State of Palliative Medicine in Trauma Care. , Current Trauma Reports: 2026
Kodadek LM, Cook M, Young J, Cottrell-Cumber S, Farrell MS, Jawa R, Kirsch JM, Nohra EA, Haruta A, Lueckel S, Maerz LL, Toevs CC, Sanchez SE, Kaups KL, Pathak A, Zonies D, Cuschieri J, Stein DM, Cooper Z; American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee. Primary palliative care in acute care surgery: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee and Palliative Care Committee clinical consensus document , Trauma Surg Acute Care Open, 10: 2025,e001616
Haruta, A Caring for Surgical Patients at the End of Life-Hospice Care , Surgical Palliative Care: A Surgeon's Guide: 2025
Haruta, A. Cooper, Z. Palliative Care Education Opportunities for Surgeons , AAST Cutting Edge: 2024
Haruta, A, McCurry, I, Chapman, A. Formal Training in Palliative Care for the Trauma Surgeon: Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship , Current Trauma Reports: 2024
Haruta, A. Difficult Conversations and Delivering Serious News , ACS/APDS/ASE Resident Prep Curriculum: 2024
Haruta A, Mandell SP. Assessment and Management of Acute Burn Injuries , Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am: 2023
Haruta, A, Pham, T. Burn Resuscitation Guidelines , UW Medicine Online Clinical Care Advisories and Messages: 2020
Haruta, A, Pham, T. Burn Center Referral Criteria , UW Medicine Online Clinical Care Advisories and Messages: 2020
Haruta, A, Drezner J. Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death: The Accuracy of Current Heart Health History Questions , Western Student Medical Research Forum: 2015