- Chronic disease management
- Gender affirming health care
- Gender affirming hormone therapy
- LGBTQ+ primary care
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Laura Kurash, MD
she/her/hers
Family Medicine
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clerkship Director, Family Medicine Clerkship, Perelman School of Medicine
- Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Family Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
- Co-Director, Primary Care Pathway Program, Perelman School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
My education and training
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
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)
- 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
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Family Medicine, 2020
- ABFM, National
- American Academy of Family Physicians, National
- Reproductive Health Access Project, Eastern Pennsylvania cluster, Local
- Society of Teachers in Family Medicine (STFM), National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Jennifer Lee, Laura Kurash, Max Yang, Joseph Teel Utilizing Medical Assistants to Manage Patient Portal Messages , Annals of Family Medicine, 22(3): 2024
Jennifer Lee, Jenny Wang, Laura Kurash, Joseph Teel Utilizing a Flex Clinician to Manage Absences and Support Wellness , AAFP: 2024,16-18
Jennifer Lee, MD and Laura Kurash, MD et al Flexible Work in Primary Care as a Wellness Initiative , Society of Teachers in Family Medicine : 2023
Jennifer Lee, MD and Laura Kurash, MD etal Utilizing Certified Medical Assistants to Help Manage Patient Medical Advice Requests in an Academic Family Medicine Office , Society of Teachers in Family Medicine : 2022
Laura Kurash, MD and Jennifer Lee, MD Reducing Racial Disparities in Uterine Cancer Outcomes , Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM): 2021
Laura Kurash, MD and Rahul Kapur, MD Acute Neck Pain in a Collegiate Wrestler , American Medical Society for Sports Medicine National Conference: 2019