Jeremy Kukafka, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Clerkship in Anesthesiology, Perelman School of Medicine
- Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: University Of Medicine & Dentistry Of New Jersey - Piscataway
- Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2008
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, Local
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Pitoulis F, Pamias-Lopez B, Fraser C, Rao A, Mangino-Blanchard L, Vernick W, Shah R, Kukafka J, Spelde A, Acker M, Szeto W, Ibrahim M. Transaortic TAVR and Mitral Repair Under Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in a Porcelain Aorta Patient , JACC Case Rep, 29: 2023,102144
Audrey E Spelde, Emily J MacKay, Jeremy D Kukafka, Jacob T Gutsche, Warren J Levy Methylene Blue Not Associated With Decreased Vasopressor Requirement: A Case For Further Prospective Analysis , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Annual Meeting and Workshops: 2021
Linganna RE, Patel SJ, Al Ghofaily L, Mackay EJ, Spelde AE, Zhou EY, Kukafka JD, Feinman JW, Augoustides JG, Weiss S Pilot Study Suggests Smartphone Application Knowledge Improves Resident Transesophageal Echocardiography Knowledge: A Randomized Controlled Trial , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 34(8): 2020,2126-2132
Kukafka JD, Milas BL Cardiac Anesthesiology , A Guide to Anesthesiology for Medical Students: 2018,32
Spelde A, Steinberg T, Patel PA, Garcia H, Kukafka JD, MacKay E, Gutsche T, Raiten JM, Augoustides JGT Role of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Integrated Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Significant Caval Extension of Tumor Thrombus , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 32(3): 2018,e63-e64
Spelde A, Steinberg T, Patel PA, Garcia H, Kukafka JD, MacKay E, Gutsche JT, Frogel J, Fabbro Ml, Raiten JM, Augoustides JGT Successful Team-Based Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Caval Extension of Tumor Thrombus Above the Diaphragm , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 31(5): 2017,1883-1893
Fernando R, Gutsche JT, Augoustides JGT, Kukafka JD, Spitz W, Frogel J, Fabbro M, Patel PA Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement After Intraoperative Discovery of Porcelain Aorta in a Patient With Aortic Stenosis , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 31(2): 2017,738-747
Vernick WJ, Szeto WY, Li RH, Atluri P, Augoustides JG, Kukafka JD, Patel PA, Gutsche JT The utility of atrioventricular pacing via pulmonary artery catheter during transcatheter aortic valve replacement , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 29(2): 2015,417-420
Messé SR, Acker MA, Kasner SE, Fanning, Giovannetti T, Ratcliffe SJ, Bilello M, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Hargrove WC, Mohler ER, Floyd TF, Determining Neurologic Outcomes from Valve Operations (DeNOVO) Investigators Stroke after aortic valve surgery: results from a prospective cohort , Circulation, 129(22): 2014,2253-61
Kukafka JD, Fleisher LA Anesthesia , Surgery Review, 3rd Edition: 2013,491-504