Kristiana Kaufmann, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Faculty
kkaufm@dmc.org

Undergraduate:
University of Michigan

Medical education:
Wayne State University, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Residency:
University of Cincinnati

Medical Interest:
International Medicine, Wilderness Medicine

Interests outside medicine:
National Ski Patrol Health Frontiers – Lao PDR Medical Education SCUBA

Kristiana Kaufmann is director of the Global and Urban Health Section and the Global and Urban Health Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Wayne State University (WSU) Department of Emergency Medicine.  She is also the co-director of the WSU Global Health Alliance and its Global and Urban Health Equity Scholars Program.  Dr. Kaufmann is the American College of Emergency Physicians Ambassador to Lao People’s Democratic Republic through her long standing work with Health Frontiers, including development of and director of the new Lao EM residency training program.  She created the Hands-On Practical Emergency Skills (HOPES)  first aid training for incoming students in the WSU School of Medicine and is faculty adviser for the First Aid First WSU student organization aimed at teaching first aid in the Detroit community.  Dr. Kaufmann is the Eastern Michigan Region Medical Director for the National Ski Patrol and actively patrols as a Senior patroller and Outdoor Emergency Care course director at Alpine Valley Ski Patrol in White Lake, Michigan.  In her spare time, she likes to play catch with her dogs Mork and Mindy and play ping-pong with her family.​