Elinore Juliana Kaufman, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Member, Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Director, Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Firearm Injury Content Lead, Penn Injury Science Center
Co-Director, Outreach Core, Penn Injury Science Center
Research Director, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 North 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-7323
Fax: 215-243-4679
Fax: 215-243-4679
Links
Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery Research Website
Leonard Davis Institute profile page
Firearm Secure Storage Promotion
Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery Research Website
Leonard Davis Institute profile page
Firearm Secure Storage Promotion
Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
Education:
BA (History (Summa cum Laude))
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 2004.
MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2011.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Permanent linkBA (History (Summa cum Laude))
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 2004.
MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2011.
MSHP (Health Policy)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Selected Publications
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: 105841, Sept 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105841.
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, September 2025.
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(313), 372-379, September 2025.
Kaufman EJ, Passman JE, Alur R, Smith R, Osborn A, Scarlet S, Sue K, Wright R, Maine R, Smith N, Holston N, Zhu E, Beard JH. : Providing Equitable Surgical Care to Patients in Law Enforcement Custody: A Review. JAMA Surg 160(7): 814-821, July 2025.
Kaufman EJ, Jung HS, Teichman A, Colosimo C, Brewer JM, Perea LL, Dultz L, Dvorak J, Lu N, Weston R, Kartiko S, Qiu KM, Rakhit S, Murphy P.: The Effect of Ridesharing Services on Motor Vehicle Crash Outcomes: A systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 99(1): 135-142, July 2025.
Chen AT, Haddad DN, Eisinger E, Delgado MK, Kern J, Knowlton LM, Lile D, Morgan AU, Ramadan OI, Kaufman EJ: Access To Surgical Care After Newly Acquired Insurance Enrollment. Ann Surg Page: in press, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006774. Online ahead of print.
Ratnasekera AM, Rattan R, Seng SS, Butler C, Goldenberg-Saundau A, Lu N, Abdel Aziz H, Appelbaum RD, Mashbari H, Hafiz S, Chowdhury S, Soe-Lin H, Reynolds JM, Teichman AL, Kartiko S, Kaufman EJ, Murphy P, Kodadek L.: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Efficacy of Helmet Use and Helmet Laws to Reduce Mortality and Cervical Spine Injury in Adult Motorcycle Riders: A Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 99(4): 650-663, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004607.
Rosenthal JW, Brown D, Rosen C, Roberts SE, Keele LJ, Wirtalla C, Kaufman EJ, Kelz RR.: The Conditional Effect of Serious Mental Illness on Emergency General Surgery Outcomes: an Instrumental Variable Analysis The American Journal of Surgery June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116488.