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 (Clinical)
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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Other Departments & Organizations
- Admin Fellowship
- Emergency Medicine
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
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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Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA, FACEP
Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Craig Rothenberg
Reinier Van Tonder, MD
Vivek Parwani, MD, FACEP
Edieal Pinker
Publications
2026
The Nuance of Clinical Decision Support in Intravenous Fluid Shortages
Sun W, Rothenberg C, Venkatesh A, Alfano A, Aydin A, Balcezak T, Brining D, Cahill J, Chmura C, Davison C, Dubin S, Liebhardt B, McGovern M, Mittleman C, Parwani V, Powers E, Rose M, Ulrich A, Van Tonder R, Tuffuor K, Zahn E, Sangal R. The Nuance of Clinical Decision Support in Intravenous Fluid Shortages. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2026, 85: 22-27. PMID: 41950688, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2026.02.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricDecoding Emergency Department Dissatisfaction: Factors Associated with Patient Complaints
Blenden M, Sangal R, Rothenberg C, Sun W, Tuffuor K, Pavuluri S, Van Tonder R, Chekijian S, Reid E, Parwani V. Decoding Emergency Department Dissatisfaction: Factors Associated with Patient Complaints. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2026, 0: 244-249. PMID: 42054121, PMCID: PMC13016072, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.48866.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Load 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 ResearchCitationsShort-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 ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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 ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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 ResearchCitations
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 ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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