Elinore Juliana Kaufman, MD, MSHP
General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
Elinore Juliana Kaufman, MD, MSHP
she
General Surgery, Trauma Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery University City
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Medical Director, Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
- Director of Research, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery
- Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
My education and training
- Harvard Medical SchoolMedical School
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterResidency
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship
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.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kaufman is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, 2018
- Agnew Society Trauma Surgery Observership, Local
- American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- American College of Surgerons, National
- Association for Academic Surgery, National
- Association of Out Surgeons and Allies, National
- CeasefirePA, National
- CodeRedPA, Local
- Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, National
- Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Local
- Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation, Local
- Research Society for Firearm Injury Prevention, National
- Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR), National
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Riojas CM, Hartwell JL, McDonald AA, Kaufman E, Shamim AA, Haut ER Conference attire as an expression of inclusivity: A perspective , Am J Surg, 256: 2026,116894
McLaughlin CJ, Song J, Kern JA, Seamon MJ, Martin ND, Chreiman K, Kim PK, Reilly PM, Kaufman EJ. Trauma Center Level and Mortality in Injured Patients with Shock or Multisystem Trauma. , J Am Coll Surg: 2026
Acker RC, Landau SI, Witt EE, Vargas G, Kaufman E, Brooks AD. Getting Prepared: Strengthening Clerkship Student Readiness for the Operating Room Through a Case Preparation Activity. , J Surg Educ., 83(9): 2026,104033
Acker RC, Roberson JL, McVey JC, Kaufman E, Kelz RR, Morris JB, Lee MK 4th, Maguire LH Grantsmanship Refined: Evaluation and Training of Efficacy in Residents (Greater Study) , J Surg Educ, 83(5): 2026,103891
Shaikhkhalil H, Abu Alamrain A, Toman HI, Muhaisen DA, Alkhaldi MA, Ahmad Y, Hamed O, Kaufman EJ, Alser O, Aladini M War-related emergency laparotomy and thoracotomy injuries and their operative outcomes in a makeshift surgical unit in Gaza during the 2023 - 2025 war. , Injury, 57(5): 2026,113026
Ashok VA, Yun K, Klebanoff MJ, Kaufman E, Aysola J, Richmond TS Characteristics Associated With Community Violence Prevention Programs in US Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey Analysis. , Acad Emerg Med, 33(4): 2026,e70300
Goldberg DW, Keele L, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Rosenthal JW, Kaufman E, Kelz RR An Assessment of Hospital Performance in Emergency General Surgery Using Direct and Indirect Standardization. , Ann Surg Open, 7(1): 2026,e632
Graham G, Wilson C, Hoskins K, Delgado MK, Vespico Jackson S, Lee A, Agarwal A, Kaufman EJ Firearm Owners' Preferences for Secure Storage Devices: Insights From Product Reviews , Journal of Surgical Research: 2025,372-379
Kern JA, Reese J, Haddad DN, Hatchimonji J, Dawson E, Seamon M, Kaufman EJ Predictors of return to work after traumatic injury: Associations of employment wiht long-term patient-reported outcomes , Surgery, 185: 2025
Wamakima A, Roberts LE, Wanders S, Morrison CN, Kaufman EJ, Cook M, Beard JH. Association Between Police Funding and Community Firearm Violence Incidence in 61 US Cities, 2015-2022. , Public Health, 246: 2025,105841