Kwame Tuffuor, MD, MBA
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Assistant Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Assistant Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Assistant Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
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Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Adult Emergency Department
Biography
Dr. Tuffuor currently serves as the Assistant Medical Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. His interest includes operational management along with the improvement of patient experience, patient safety, patient satisfaction, and quality of care with a special focus on underserved populations.
Dr. Tuffuor completed an Administration Fellowship in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale School of Medicine along with an Executive MBA (EMBA) at Yale School of Management.
Dr. Tuffuor was born in Ghana and raised in the Bronx, NY. Upon completion of an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Virginia, he served as a Post Baccalaureate IRTA Fellow at National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Following NIH, he served as the Senior HIV Tester Counselor/Clinical Data Manager Supervisor at Howard University Hospital while attending Howard University College of Medicine. Dr. Tuffuor completed residency in Emergency Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health and served as the Resident leader and liaison for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Northwell Emergency Medicine Service Line. He was awarded the Joseph LaMantia Award of Excellence in Service and Accomplishments.
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Emergency Medicine
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Education & Training
- Administrative Fellow
- Yale University (2023)
- MBA
- Yale University School of Management (2023)
- Resident
- Zucker School of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center (NS/LIJ) (2021)
- MD
- Howard University College of Medicine (2018)
- BS
- University of Virginia, Biochemistry (2009)
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Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA, FACEP
Edieal Pinker
Reinier Van Tonder
Vivek Parwani, MD, FACEP
Andrew Ulrich, MD
Publications
2025
355 Subcutaneous Opioid Administration in the Emergency Department Improves Adverse Effects
Dilip M, Sun W, Tuffuor K, Pavuluri S, Van Tonder R, Parwani V, Ulrich A, Venkatesh A, Sangal R. 355 Subcutaneous Opioid Administration in the Emergency Department Improves Adverse Effects. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2025, 86: s154. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.06.373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLoad leveling as a strategy to enhance emergency department throughput
Dilip M, Su H, Zhang W, Meng L, Tuffuor K, Pham L, Fogerty R, Venkatesh A, Pinker E, Sangal R. Load leveling as a strategy to enhance emergency department throughput. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2025, 98: 207-212. PMID: 40907274, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.08.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient length of stayEmergency departmentED throughputLength of stayHospital systemDoor-to-room timeBoarding timeEmergency department throughputSingle health systemPatient perspectiveHealth systemPatient's capacitySecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRetrospective observational studyPatient throughputED operationsObservational studyAdmissionHospitalNo significant differenceShorter boarding timesNational crisisPatientsOutcomesShort-Stay Hospitalizations and Hospital Capacity Constraints
Janke A, Sun W, Gibson C, Rothenberg C, Lin S, Tuffuor K, Dilip M, Buchla A, Kocher K, Sangal R, Venkatesh A. Short-Stay Hospitalizations and Hospital Capacity Constraints. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2025, 86: 225-231. PMID: 40220007, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.03.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHospital boardsCapacity constraintsShort-stay hospitalsEmergency departmentED hospitalizationsShort stayCross-sectional analysis of hospitalizationsUS emergency departmentsBoardHospital-based observationRetrospective cross-sectional analysisHospital capacity constraintsAnalysis of hospitalizationsHospital careED visitsED dispositionHospital
2024
409 The Impact of Level Loading in a Large Academic Medical System
Dilip M, Su H, Zhang W, Meng L, Tuffuor K, Pham L, Fogarty R, Venkatesh A, Pinker E, Sangal R. 409 The Impact of Level Loading in a Large Academic Medical System. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: s184-s185. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.408.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces
Tuffuor K, Su H, Meng L, Pinker E, Tarabar A, Van Tonder R, Chmura C, Parwani V, Venkatesh A, Sangal R. Inequities among patient placement in emergency department hallway treatment spaces. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 76: 70-74. PMID: 38006634, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEscalation of careAdjusted odds ratioED revisitsHallway bedsEmergency departmentHigher oddsPatient placementPatient insurance coverageSocial risk factorsPatient social factorsDischarge AMAED visitsSecondary outcomesPatient agePatient demographicsPrimary outcomeMale sexPatient sexTreatment spaceED censusFemale sexRisk factorsOdds ratioED staffingObservational study
2017
The Importance of 4th Generation HIV Testing in an Urban Emergency Department
Mohamud S, Tuffuor K, Howard Q, Tchokochoua E, Kitancho S, Maxwell C. The Importance of 4th Generation HIV Testing in an Urban Emergency Department. Journal Of The National Medical Association 2017, 110: 367-370. PMID: 30126562, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2017.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsUrban emergency departmentEmergency departmentEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayHIV antibodiesHIV infectionUniversal screening of patientsHIV transmissionUniversal screeningDetection of HIV antibodiesHuman immunodeficiency virus infectionLinkage to carePresence of HIV antibodiesAcute human immunodeficiency virus infectionHIV diagnostic algorithmEarly HIV detectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionEffective treatment modalityScreening of patientsHigh-risk behaviorsHIV testingED physiciansCenters for Disease ControlImmediate linkageHIV detectionTreatment modalities
2015
Functional characteristics of the Staphylococcus aureus δ-toxin allelic variant G10S
Cheung G, Yeh A, Kretschmer D, Duong A, Tuffuor K, Fu C, Joo H, Diep B, Li M, Nakamura Y, Nunez G, Peschel A, Otto M. Functional characteristics of the Staphylococcus aureus δ-toxin allelic variant G10S. Scientific Reports 2015, 5: 18023. PMID: 26658455, PMCID: PMC4674873, DOI: 10.1038/srep18023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPhenol-soluble modulinsAmino acid sequenceD toxinsSequence types ST1Community-associated infectionsPeptide familyMurine infection modelStaphylococcal pathogenesisIsogenic strainsStrain backgroundAllelic variationFrequent causeStaphylococcus aureusImpact in vivoPathogenesis mechanismsInfection modelPro-inflammatory capacityWhite blood cellsCytolytic capacityStrainVariantsInflammatory responseMultiple functionsDisease severityBlood cells
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