David Charles Kaufman, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 273-1841

Administrative: (585) 273-1841

Office: (585) 273-1911

Fax: (585) 756-4411

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 619-26
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Surgery , Thoracic (SMD)
Associate Dean/Student Advising - Offices of Medical Education (SMD)
Professor - Department of Urology (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Medicine , Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics (SMD) - Joint
Professor - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD) - Joint

Patient Care Settings

Anesthesiology, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary, Surgery

Biography

Professional Background

David Kaufman, M.D., Professor of Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center, received his M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowships in both Critical Care and Medical Ethics from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Kaufman joined the Department of Surgery in 1993. He has been the Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit since 1999, the Director of the Bed and Bench course since 2005, and Associate Dean for Advising for the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry since 2015. His areas of special interest include critical care medicine and ethics.

Credentials

Specialties

Education

1986
MD | NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

01/01/1992 - 12/31/1993
Fellowship at University of Rochester School of Medicine GME

09/01/1991 - 06/30/1993
Fellowship in Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine GME

09/01/1990 - 06/30/1991
Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine GME

09/01/1988 - 06/30/1990
Residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Nephrology GME

09/01/1987 - 06/30/1988
Internship in Pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Nephrology GME

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Awards

2016
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2016 for excellence in teaching

2015
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2015 for excellence in teaching

2014
Gold Medal Teaching Award, awarded by the 2013-2014 University of Rochester Medical School student body

2013
Presidential Citation, awarded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the SCCM

2012
Commendation for Excellence in Third Year Medical Student Teaching, awarded by the Class of 2013

2012
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2012 for excellence in teaching

2011
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, awarded by the Class of 2011

2011
Harry L. Segal Prize, awarded by the Class of 2012 for excellence in third year teaching

2010
Commendation for Excellence in Third Year Medical Student Teaching, awarded by the Class of 2011

2010
Nominated for Glaser AAMC Teaching Award

2010
Excellence Award for Physicians, awarded by University of Rochester Medical Center Board

2009
Presidential Citation, awarded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the SCCM

2009
Grenvik Award for Family Ethics, awarded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine

2008
Harry L. Segal Prize, awarded by the Class of 2009 for excellence in third year teaching

2008
Seymour I. Schwartz Faculty Excellence in Teaching, awarded by the Department of Surgery for excellence in teaching

2008
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2008 for excellence in teaching

2007
Commendation for Excellence in Third Year Medical Student Teaching, Class of 2008

2007
Seymour I. Schwartz Faculty Excellence in Teaching, awarded by the Department of Surgery for excellence in teaching

2007
Presidential Citation, awarded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the SCCM

2006
Presidential Citation, awarded by the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the SCCM

2006
Harry L. Segal Prize, awarded by the Class of 2007 for Excellence in Third Year Teaching

2006
Herbert W. Mapstone Prize, awarded by the Class of 2008 for excellence in teaching

2006
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2006 for excellence in teaching

2004
Humanism in Medicine Award Nominee by AAMC Office of Student Representatives

2004
Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha by the Class of 2004

2004
Keith Miner Ford Award, awarded by the Class of 2004 for excellence in teaching

2003
Commendation for Excellence in Second Year Medical Student Teaching, Class of 2005

2002
The Herbert W. Mapstone Prize, awarded by the Class of 2004 for excellence in teaching

2001
Commendation for Excellence in Second Year Medical Student Teaching, Class of 2003

1998
Outstanding Service Award, Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Unit

1989
Dr. Elmer E. Hinton Book Award, New England Deaconess Hospital

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Publications

Journal Articles

4/12/2023
Young MR, Rappaport SH, Belz S, Kaufman DC, Haas CE. "Determining the Risk of Elevated Digoxin Concentrations Following Loading Dose in Patients With Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease." The Annals of pharmacotherapy.. 2023 Apr 12; :10600280231163256. Epub 2023 Apr 12.

6/2020
Connor KA, Conn K, Kaufman DC, Haas CE. "Acid-base effects of continuous infusion furosemide in clinically stable surgical ICU patients: an analysis based on the Stewart model." Clinical and experimental nephrology.. 2020 Jun; 24(6):541-546. Epub 2020 Mar 09.

6/2017
Sharma AK, Kaufman DC. "TIPS performed in a patient with complete portal vein thrombosis." Radiology case reports.. 2017 Jun; 12(2):327-330. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

Books & Chapters

2017
Book Title: Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care
Author List: LaRosa JA; Kaufman D
Edited By: LaRosa JA, Kaufman D
Published By: Society of Critical Care Medicine 2017 in Prospect, IL

2017
Chapter Title: Ethical Controversies in Critical Care
Book Title: Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care
Author List: Kaufman D
Edited By: LaRosa JA, Kaufman D
Published By: Society of Critical Care Medicine 2017 in Prospect, IL

2017
Chapter Title: Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
Book Title: Textbook of Critical Care
Author List: Turner CD, Kaufman D
Edited By: Vincent JL, Abraham E, Moore FA, Kochanek PM, Fink MP
Published By: Elsevier Saunders 2017 in Philadelphia, PA

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