Andrew Kofke, MD, MBA, FCCM
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care
- Emeritus Professor CE of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
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
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology - Critical Care, 1986
- Anesthesiology, 1983
- American College of Critical Care Medicine (elected), National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- American Society of Neurochemistry, National
- Association of University Anesthesiologists (elected), National
- International Neuroanesthesia Research Group, International
- John Morgan Society (elected), National
- Massachusetts General Hospital Alumni Association, National
- National Healthcare Cost and Quality Association, National
- NeuroCritical Care Society, National
- Patent Policy Appeals Advisory Board, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, Local
- Pennsylvania Society of Critical Care Medicine (1986-95, 2001-present), Local
- Philadelphia Neuroscience Society, Local
- Society for Medical Simulation, National
- Society for Neuroscience, National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
DeYoung, T.P., Li, J.C., Tang, X., Ward, C.G., Dworkin, B.R., Eckenhoff, M.F., Kofke, W.A. Absence of Neuropathology With Prolonged Isoflurane Sedation in Healthy Adult Rats , Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology: 2017
Baker WB, Parthasarathy AB, Gannon KP, Kavuri VC, Busch DR, Abramson K, He L, Mesquita RC, Mullen MT, Detre JA, Greenberg JH, Licht DJ, Balu R, Kofke WA, Yodh AG Noninvasive optical monitoring of critical closing pressure and arteriole compliance in human subjects. , J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 8(37): 2017,2691-2705
Chitra Sivasankar, Todd Miano, Guy Kositratna, Robert Hurst, Andrew Kofke Anesthetic Variation and Potential Impact of Anesthetics Used During Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke , Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 8(11): 2016,1101-1106
Marlon Schwarz, Giovanni Rivera, Mary Hammond, Zmira Silman, Kirk Jackson, W. Andrew Kofke Acousto-Optic Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring During Induction of Anesthesia in Humans , Neurocritical Care Society, 24(3): 2016,436-441
Kosty JA, LeRoux PD, Levine J, Park S, Kumar MA, Frangos S, Maloney-Wilensky E, Kofke WA Comparison of Clinical and Research Practices in Measuring Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP): A Literature Review and Practitioner Survey , Anes Analg, 117(3): 2013 ,694-8
Bohman LE, Pisapia J, Sanborn MR, Frangos S, Lin E, Callahan D, Kumar M, Park S, Kofke WA, Stiefel MF, LeRoux PD, Levine JM Response of brain oxygen to therapy correlates with long term outcome in patients with aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage , Neurocritical Care, 19(3): 2013 ,320-328
Nelson P, Nelson JA, Chen AJ, Kofke WA An Alternative Position for the BIS-Vista Montage in Frontal Approach Neurosurgical Cases , J Neurosurg Anesthesiol, 25(2): 2013,135-142
Kosty, J.A., Leroux, P.D., Levine, J., Park, S., Kumar, M.A., Frangos, S., Maloney-Wilensky, E., Kofke, W.A. A comparison of clinical and research practices in measuring cerebral perfusion pressure: A literature review and practitioner survey , Anesthesia and Analgesia: 2013
Nelson, P., Nelson, J.A., Chen, A.J., Kofke, W.A. An alternative position for the bis-vista montage in frontal approach neurosurgical cases , Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology: 2013
Kosty J, Kofke WA, Maloney-Wilensky E, Frangos S, Levine JM, LeRoux PD, Zager E Physiologic Effects of Xenon in Xenon-CT Cerebral Blood Flow Studies on Comatose Patients , Translational Stroke Research , 3(3): 2012 ,375-380