David Kaufman, MD, FCCM
Associate Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Anesthesia, and Medical Humanities
Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Strong Memorial Hospital
Is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed a Fellowship in Medical Ethics at the University of Rochester. He was on the Ethics Committee and was Chair of the Ethics Consultation Service at Rochester General Hospital from 1995-1998. Upon his return to Strong Memorial Hospital he joined the Ethics Committee and has been on the Ethics Consultation Service since 2004. He is also a member of the Transplant Council at Strong Memorial Hospital and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Kaufman serves on the Ethics Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is currently the Chair. He was a panelist on Ethics in the ICU at SCCM’s 34th Annual Congress. He has given presentations on Ethics in the ICU, led a Medical Humanities Seminar and was a group leader for the Ethics and Law in Medicine course at the University of Rochester. Dr. Kaufman has also published book chapters on ethics and end of life decisions.
