Elinore Juliana Kaufman, MD, MSHP

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Trauma Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery University City
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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

  • Medical School: Harvard Medical School
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Kaufman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

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

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

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

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

Kaufman EJ, Hoskins K, Lee A, Maguire J, Adams L, Betsill T, Anthony B, Vespico Jackson S, Yan R, Lopez A, Kaur K, Spencer E, Souder J, Ahya V, Delgado MK The development of a scalable hospital-based firearm safety program , NEJM Catalyst: 2025, in press

Meredyth N, Song J, Hatchimonji J, Haddad D, Cannon J, Wathen C, Howard S, Schuster J, Kaufman EJ Brain and body: Early decision-making and outcomes for multiply injured patients with penetrating brain injury , Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: 2025, in press

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