Jeremy Kukafka, MD

Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care Penn Presbyterian
Call 800-789-7366
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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.

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.
Dr. Kukafka is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

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